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Old 02-15-2005, 08:37 PM
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Has any towed with their Fbody? I have a jet ski and I also have a dragster on smallest open air trailer possible to tow it with. Would I be able to tow them with my A4 that has a tranny cooler and shift kit? I realize that it will reduce the life of my tranny but aside from that is there anything else I should worry about?
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define dragster...i hope you mean a jr dragster...if not...your f'n crazy...the main thing is weight man..you cant tow something that weighs 4 tons...your car is not heavy enough..i would think a small jetski would be ok..but if your talking a huge 3 seater and stuff...i dont know man..asking for trouble i think.. those jetskis are heavy and usually dont have trailer brakes..do u think your car could stop a huge *** jetski and your car in time to avoid an accident?
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Its a small two seater jet ski. By dragster I mean Super Comp dragster weighs about 2000 lbs. I live about 25 miles from the track and it is all highway and state roads maybe 2-3 traffic lights. I wouldn't go above 60 mph.
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F-Bodies aren't meant for towing especially 2000 lbs.
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Get a used truck man
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I towed my jet ski and never had any problems. Even with a 2in drop and the jet ski was a yamaha GP1200. even had to put the hurt on a mustang gt or 2 towing it. (one was my girls mustang 5spd, k&n,cat back) That had to hurt, had them both by 2 car lenghts from 60 to 120-30ish.
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