camaro98z28

Being that my RWD was much easier and the mods needed for RWD to get a good 60 ft is the opposite for FWD racing. I heard that lowering springs in the rear and sway bars help get FWD traction on the track. Oh and Slicks would help Im sure.

Anyone drag race a FWD car on a track?

BlackScreaminMachine

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I wont get into the FWD vs RWD vs AWD vs 4WD debate but when racing a FWD its all about NOT allowing the weight to xfer to the back of the car. As the car xfer's weight to takes it off the drive axle/tire and traction is lost or you cannot launch as hard and thus decreasing potential 60 foot times.

Keeping the weight on the tire, with proper tire compounds and a VERY stiff rear suspension will be a big improvement over any stock set up.

I have seen guys went straight bars in the bar which eliminate any ability to allow weight xfr, I have seen guys with preloaded wheelie bars.

Ultimately most I have seen run a manual, run some sort of FI or Nitrous power adder, leaving off the limiter and praying if the half shafts live.

JL ws-6

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Here's the advice I can give you: Don't waste your time.

Now if you are going to take a fwd driveline and put it in the back of a car, that will definitely work. But as long as the motor is sideways driving the wrong tires, it's not gonna sork for ****.

camaro98z28

Actually one of my ideas is to use a Soltice rear end and find a way to mount the engine the right way. LOL

913MOTOR

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Everything mentioned is spot on, my GTP used to cut a 2.0 60' on 225 kuhmo's at the track with the rear suspension locked and raised some.

camaro98z28

Good deal.. Thanks I'll be looking at doing stuff to plant it.

studderin

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FWD sucks, my best was 1.7s in my gtp.

Hector

I saw a Honda Civic at Infineon in the nines. The guy went over 140 mph with 6 psi in his front tires.

Zmg00camaross

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And that civic is still gay.

JL ws-6

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6 psi in the tires, that's really safe LOL.

Another reason the entire idea of fwd drag racing is bad. It's unsafe.

BlackScreaminMachine

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I am always up for a challange, but at this time, I am still working on the RWD thing. Also the reverse Skinny/Slick combo is a little too much for me.

camaro98z28

I'm just trying to do something that not supposed to be that fast. I just need the damn 60 ft down to 2.0 or less.

BlackScreaminMachine

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FWD cars on AVERAGE, are not expected to 60 foot like Heros. Their speed is attributed to essentially a weight to hp ratio, gearing, and suspension. Leaving the hole is an essential thing but if you ever have seen AWD DSM's leaving hard, only to drop the nose and then as they get rid of that turbo lag and go down the track, its pitiful.

These cars make up ET due to back half pull, not in the 60 foot.

JL ws-6

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Do yourself a favor camaro98.... don't waste your time. It's not gonna be fast, no matter what you do. the ONLY hope you have, is to 100% theft recover the thing, I mean GUT it to the fullest extent, hole saw the inner metal up, really hack it apart. And then, you're still gonna be limited to what can happen in the first 300 feet.

IMO, the time/effort that you will put into it, you could just pick up a cheap 4th gen ls car and put 3500 bucks into it and be into the 11's with no problems.

CH@Dbee

i went 12's with $200 in go fast parts in my FWD car....

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...deoid=52823752

then again the best 60' i could get was 1.8. like as stated before the key is to have the suspension soft in the front and hard in the rear, if weight transfers to the rear it comes off the front which causes loss of traction.

if your trying to run 12's then FWD is fine, if your trying to run 11's gets gets alot harder, if your trying to go 10's or faster its faaaaaaaaaar from easy compared to a RWD set-up

JL ws-6

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Yeah, but racing a FWD car, like a neon..... is like winning the special olympics, even if you win you're still retarded.

CH@Dbee

at the same time racing against one is like fighting a girl, if you win you have nothing to brag about, but if you lose you better hope your friends dont find out

JL ws-6

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I don't have that problem.. running into a bottom 9 second fwd car: Not very likly.

That being said... this thread is starting to go astray... and I'm locking it down.