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Old 06-13-2006, 04:51 PM
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Heres the set up. 73 camaro.
LS1 forged bottom end, Stock heads, T-rex cam. NOS 150 shot
T56 ram powergrip HD,4:11 gears.
Trick springs with comp eng.3 way drag shocks up front, 9 way adjustable rear shocks.Custom leaf springs. Caltrac traction bars. Skinnies and 325-50-15 MT DRs.
6 point cage, weld in sub frame connectors.
The engine is moved to the rear 5.5 inches. It also has rack and pinion steering. As well as all unneed weight removed.
I dont have any power numbers yet but Im going to the track this weekend.
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prob not with dr's and a manual tranny, 4.11 will probably shock the tires a bit to hard
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i dont think you'll have enought tq to do it unless you spray off the line, along with fact that you dont have drag shocks or bags (unless is missed it) or a thicker rear drag bar. i have seen stock internal ls1's barely pulling the fronts (<1") with a big stall converter, skinnies and dr's and full bolt ons so you might be able to do it, Good Luck
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Originally Posted by SMOKIN01TA
prob not with dr's and a manual tranny, 4.11 will probably shock the tires a bit to hard
You think 4:11 would be too much even with the 28 inch tall tire?
What would you suggest?

How do you launch your car. RPMS ect.
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Originally Posted by Hennytime
i dont think you'll have enought tq to do it unless you spray off the line, along with fact that you dont have drag shocks or bags (unless is missed it) or a thicker rear drag bar. i have seen stock internal ls1's barely pulling the fronts (<1") with a big stall converter, skinnies and dr's and full bolt ons so you might be able to do it, Good Luck
I do have drag shocks front and rear. I also saw a pic of a yellow t/a getting both wheels up on DRs. But I dont know how much power he had. Guess Ill find out on sat.
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Originally Posted by camrsz
You think 4:11 would be too much even with the 28 inch tall tire?
What would you suggest?

How do you launch your car. RPMS ect.
The Caltrac bars are the best thing that ever happened to leaf spring cars. Did you get a recommendation from them on how to set up the rest of the car? From what I understand they really stand behind what they sell.

Good Luck,

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Originally Posted by GIZMO
The Caltrac bars are the best thing that ever happened to leaf spring cars. Did you get a recommendation from them on how to set up the rest of the car? From what I understand they really stand behind what they sell.

Good Luck,

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I also heard the same on the caltrac bars and have seen alot of leaf spring cars with them hook very well. I do have the shocks they recomended as well. They said 90/10 shock up front with trick springs. And the adjustable shock in the rear.
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Originally Posted by camrsz
You think 4:11 would be too much even with the 28 inch tall tire?
What would you suggest?

How do you launch your car. RPMS ect.
4.11's will just try to spin the tires faster, so you will either blow them away or if it hooks it will jump a lil and bog unless you spray the full shot out the hole




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