Wheelie bars and front end limiters
03-01-2006, 01:18 PM
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Wheelie bars and front end limiters Well I got the car to the track and needless to say I need some wheelie bars and front end limiters. Im spraying out the hole and hooking pretty good and im lifting the front about 2 feet off the foot break (I have a trans break but I also have a stonk 10 bolt 
) My problem is when the car comes down from the launch it tends to spin because of the weight transfer from the rear. Does this sound right because its the only thing I can think of why the car is spinning when it comes down. The car is just coming up too easy on the nitrous on my best pass to date I launched the car it came up about 2 feet when it came down the tires spun so i let out and then pegged it again and the front came up about 4-8" and when it came down from that hieght it didnt spin and I just stayed in it the whole run. Basically I want to know what you all think I should do and If the limiters and wheelie bars are the way to go whose should I go with? Im going with a billingsley fab rear and will have him weld the wheelie bar brackets on the rear. Any pics would also help alot. Thanks guys
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) My problem is when the car comes down from the launch it tends to spin because of the weight transfer from the rear. Does this sound right because its the only thing I can think of why the car is spinning when it comes down. The car is just coming up too easy on the nitrous on my best pass to date I launched the car it came up about 2 feet when it came down the tires spun so i let out and then pegged it again and the front came up about 4-8" and when it came down from that hieght it didnt spin and I just stayed in it the whole run. Basically I want to know what you all think I should do and If the limiters and wheelie bars are the way to go whose should I go with? Im going with a billingsley fab rear and will have him weld the wheelie bar brackets on the rear. Any pics would also help alot. Thanks guysJoe
03-01-2006, 03:00 PM
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put travel limiters on, play with the shock settings or- just delay the nitrous hit like .05-.1. using the trans brake and window switch.
You wouldn't NEED wheelie bars, besides, I think it's rule that you have to put it on the bumper
before you can get wheelie bars.
You wouldn't NEED wheelie bars, besides, I think it's rule that you have to put it on the bumper
before you can get wheelie bars.
03-01-2006, 06:44 PM
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Its an AJE front spindle set-up. 60/40 shocks. I believe limiters and wheelie bars will solve the problem. If not do you think something is out of wack?
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Originally Posted by The Juggernaut
You wouldn't NEED wheelie bars, besides, I think it's rule that you have to put it on the bumper
before you can get wheelie bars.
before you can get wheelie bars.
I do believe that is written somewhere! I'm going to try the travel limiters right out of the gate myself. And they will be "tight" for the first few passes! 
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Originally Posted by MADMAN
Get some drag shocks that are adjustable for the rear. (Strange, QA1, or AFCO). Then put some limiters on the front. You dont need wheelie bars. You can also get a set of "Save Your ***" bars for the front for insurance.
03-02-2006, 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by 1999TransamWs6
What exactly are "Save Your ***" bars? I have been planning on doing exactly what you said just didnt know if it would solve my issues. Thanks Madman
where do you welt the limiters to brian?
03-02-2006, 06:02 PM
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hey mr madman that gold nova in your website do you know where it came from?i think it used to be this guys down here by me.http://www.madmanandcoracing.com/mad.../chevy2_2.html
03-02-2006, 06:39 PM
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i love the " Save your *** bars" my car is lowered 2 inches all the way around, and i tend to scrape a little, so i would rather scrape them than my oil pan and headers, and they work well at the track, Saved my buddy Ben's LT1 Z28. hey madman, i may order another set, just to have as spares
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I would put limiters on the front.What i would do is make sure that your frontend has some preload on it and that should do the trick.As for the adjustable shocks i have qa1s and i think the ***** are for looks because they don't do **** for me.With the limiters on,the shocks seen to work as for tuning suspenion.BTW i can put my car on the back bumper with the shock set as tight as they will go.Once the limiters went on it made a huge diffrence.