Well i was also thinking about putting on a set of latter bars to eliminate the wheel hop i hope.
That will certainly help if installed right. Traction bars help a little but ladder bars are certainly the way to go. I like the stability of leaf springs in a truck, but coils and 4 links are great options for a street/strip truck. Not wanting to go that far, and I wouldn't either, cuz I just don't see it as a justifable expense, unless you're running in the 10's in the quarter at which time you would then convert to a Ford 9 inch and then have it set up with your 4 links. For now, just get some ladders bars clamped nicely to the axle and anchored well to the frame and rock on with what you got. That's if you tend to have a bad wheel hop problem. Sometimes a 2-3 50lb sand bags up against the tailgate help with wheel hop to in a light in the ass street ride. I used to race an El Co, so I'm a bit aware of wheel hop, but that was a coil spring vehicle so ladders were no problem and that's what I did.
If you blow it, you can always reevaluate and go a different direction, but running a street tire, not heavy weight on it when your given the 406 hell, I think it'll hold up just fine. The only problem I'd potentially see is maybe a little wheel hop problem depending on the tires and how hard it launches.
