Wheel Hop Research Paper

Throughout my entire life I was raised around vehicles and tools. In fact my earliest memories of being in the presence of vehicles is when I would sprinting from my mother's Tan ford pinto up to the Billingsley tire shop to give my father his lunch for the day. I was always fascinated by the brightly colored tools and big machines.As i got older I also recall my Dad leaving a tool box full of snap-on tools completely at my disposal to play with and naturally just as any kid I wanted to be just like my father. When I was about 7 my father acquired a used 1998 Gmc Sierra that had already been modified. It was in this vehicle where we bonded throughout the rest of my teen years. The way it played out the 1998 Sierra was passed down to me once I graduated high school and through some internet bartering I managed to trade a Yamaha Banshee for another truck of the same body style. The only difference with this one was it was a 1993 and it was equipped with four …show more content…
Some inventions such as leaf spring traction bars or slap bars gained much popularity in the drag racing sceen. The design in this invention is merely an addition to the systems already in place by the vehicle. The slap bar takes the torsional stress from the centerline of the axle and directs it over the forward facing leadspring eyelet. In my opinion for it's time he design was incredible however it did not provide much functionality other than for hard launches coupled with its eyesoring properties the idem is bulky low hanging and unattractive. What is considered today's modern rendition of the slap bar is now called a cal-track. This is another system that works with the vehicles leaf spring components to provide more traction by adding another stress portion of the leaf spring in an attempt to cure the axle wrap. (How to build Hot Rods