Red Pepper Racing

Looks like the sphericals are almost done, just waiting to make approximately 3 more kits, which requires some materials that were back ordered but on their way. This seems to be ok with everyone as Christmas is upon us, and money is tight.

On another note. Now that the tig welder is fully operational, I will be doing all my welding with this machine. So here is the line up for items being made in the near future. If anyone has any comments please share. If you would like, go ahead and email me.

First on the list is traction bars. The front of the car has a tendency to pull back and out as it is under pressure from launching and hard cornering. To fix this problem we will be engineering a front bolt on kit to limit this movement. This kit will be essential for you spherical owners.

For those who haven't seen these traction bars before, they work by bolting a spherical rod from the rad support to the control arm. The kits will include the brackets, hardware and two rods needed to tie everything together. I'm shooting for right around $225.

People keep asking for fender braces, so I'm going to start making templates, it won't take much to make them. They will be similar to the kaka ones, with a little more plasma detail. Prices should be around $200.

And last of all, the rear cantilever suspension system that will replace the entire shock and spring setup. The new coilovers be connected to a large weld in bracket adjacent between the shock mounts. These are for the hardcore enthusiast looking to get rid of the stock spring setup and unsprung weight.

Oh and just to remind everyone, as I said earlier, all my products recently canceled are back up for production now that I have time to make things again including the strut mounts and bars. And for all those who need a bar to fit their camber kits, I will make a kit to bolt into the fender and firewall.

Wow !!
Chedda you kick butt

might have to get in on these traction bars as well, keep us posted on the progression of those!! thanks Chedda_j

dammitt!!...looks like im going to be broke for sometime with cheddaj..lol....can wait to see your upcoming products....diff in on this!!

haha no pressure.

I would love to add traction bars but due to Street Modified and Street Prep rules. I can not add one due to the addition of a suspension location. But there is a loophole in the street prep rules... traction bars are not explicitly forbidden. So the idea is to make a very weak "sway bar" that attaches to the control arm like a traction bar. But instead of just mounting directly to the rad support, attach it to a weak sway bar. The bar can even be detachable in the middle for "tuning" of the bar. The sway bar would then mount to the rad support. The "sway bar" would then act like a traction bar and still be legal in SM and SP.

Do you think this is possible to make?


Here is the SP wording.

Substitution, addition, or removal of any anti-roll bar(s) is permitted.
Bushing material, method of attachment, and locating points are unrestricted. This does not authorize removal of a welded-on part of a subframe to accommodate the installation, or the cutting of holes to route the bar or links. Non-standard lateral members which connect between the brackets for the bar, including allowed strut bars per 15.2.C, are permitted.
The bar may serve no other purpose which is not explicitly permitted
elsewhere herein.

Some more recent items that I am working on. The full aluminum overhead strut bars have been cut and are waiting to be tig welded together. Here are some photos. It still needs to be boxed but its turning out very good.