Suggestion for Hal shock settings, V6 trying for 11's
04-19-2006, 09:11 AM
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Suggestion for Hal shock settings, V6 trying for 11's Well, trying for 11's this Saturday.
Suspension is as follows:
Hotchkis boxed trailing arms
Hotchkis pan hard rod
rk sport tubular sub frame connectors
V6 front and rear springs
Hal 12 way front and rear adj shocks
Random tech adj torque arm
PA racing drag k member
PA racing lower mild steel a arms
Tires:
Rear- Mickey thompson 26 X 10.5 X 16's (mounted on stock f body wheels)
Front- Moroso DS2 26 X 4.5 X 15 (mounted on weld drag lites)
Curb weight:
Around 2800 ish
Race weight:
Just over 3000
Drivetrain:
Built tranny
4200 Super Street Yank converter
4:10 gears
Power trax locker
Power adder:
TNT nitrous kit - 100 shot wet
Old set up (3200 stall and 3:23's) yeilded me:
Best of 12.1 ET spinning
Best of 1.58 60 ft spinning
Best of 110+ mph
With the old set up N/A I went:
Best of 13.9 ET
Best 60 ft of 1.9
With new 4200 stall, 4:10's and more weight redux N/A times are:
Best of 13.75 ET
Best 60 ft of 1.74
I picked up about .2 in the 1/4 with the new converter and gears and about .15 in the 60 ft
I have always just set the front shocks to all loose and rears to 8
I plan on having front tire psi at around 50 psi and rear tire psi around 15-16
My question is:
Any suggestions as to front and rear drag shock settings?
Thanks for any advice.... sorry for the long post!
Suspension is as follows:
Hotchkis boxed trailing arms
Hotchkis pan hard rod
rk sport tubular sub frame connectors
V6 front and rear springs
Hal 12 way front and rear adj shocks
Random tech adj torque arm
PA racing drag k member
PA racing lower mild steel a arms
Tires:
Rear- Mickey thompson 26 X 10.5 X 16's (mounted on stock f body wheels)
Front- Moroso DS2 26 X 4.5 X 15 (mounted on weld drag lites)
Curb weight:
Around 2800 ish
Race weight:
Just over 3000
Drivetrain:
Built tranny
4200 Super Street Yank converter
4:10 gears
Power trax locker
Power adder:
TNT nitrous kit - 100 shot wet
Old set up (3200 stall and 3:23's) yeilded me:
Best of 12.1 ET spinning
Best of 1.58 60 ft spinning
Best of 110+ mph
With the old set up N/A I went:
Best of 13.9 ET
Best 60 ft of 1.9
With new 4200 stall, 4:10's and more weight redux N/A times are:
Best of 13.75 ET
Best 60 ft of 1.74
I picked up about .2 in the 1/4 with the new converter and gears and about .15 in the 60 ft
I have always just set the front shocks to all loose and rears to 8
I plan on having front tire psi at around 50 psi and rear tire psi around 15-16
My question is:
Any suggestions as to front and rear drag shock settings?
Thanks for any advice.... sorry for the long post!
04-19-2006, 09:21 AM
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Oh yeah, btw.... as you can see there was extensive weight reduction.... 3450 to around 2800..... I focused primarily on getting weight out of/ off of the nose/ front end of the car.
04-19-2006, 09:22 AM
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full loose to 2 up front, and I'd start the rears at 5/5 and if you spin, i'd go 4/4. You want the rears to be as firm as possible until your 60ft starts going South.
I always start out at 1/1 front, and 4/4, and go from there. I go harder in back, and if the short time is the same, I leave it.
You might want to try different shift points and see what the car does, I don't know where the 3800's peak but it's worth a try. You should easily hit 11's.
I always start out at 1/1 front, and 4/4, and go from there. I go harder in back, and if the short time is the same, I leave it.
You might want to try different shift points and see what the car does, I don't know where the 3800's peak but it's worth a try. You should easily hit 11's.
