View Poll Results: Inches Off?
1in
19
24.36%
2in
12
15.38%
3in
7
8.97%
4in
3
3.85%
5in
2
2.56%
6in
7
8.97%
7in
2
2.56%
8in
5
6.41%
9in
0
0%
10in
0
0%
11in
0
0%
HOLY CRAP A FOOT!!!!
21
26.92%
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Have you lifted em on Radials???
#46
Originally Posted by skipperbisket
that is the explination i was hoping for from you madman, that's the thing most guys don't see. most of the fbody guys i know think it's "cool" to put it on the bumper, they don't realize it sucks ***.
Originally Posted by skipperbisket
yeah, that car sat on the bumper and only destroyed a set of headers, oil pan, and probably some more parts. not to mention ******* the bumper up. lifting the tires is cool, i've done it and it was pimp, but sitting it on the bumper because you don't have the knowledge to setup your car correctly is NOT cool or fun, or funny...
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taking almost 200# out of the car and not changing anything in the suspension just proves my point exactly CJ. good call.... just like Lydia's car at SAR last year when it got on the bumper and then into the wall, weather, track and EVERYTHING else changed from friday night when the car was running good to saturday morning when it hit the bumper...attention to detail.
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where is the "i drug the bumper and i now have Madman travel limiters and save your *** bars on my drag radial car"? Ben (OU812) has done the same thing. If i am not mistaking he holds the record for longest wheelie on a drag radial. like 178' down the track. And its and LT1 car.
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I have seen 2 or so feet on the new hoosiers while atvracr and shiznitty have seen there cars go 12 oclock and banged up because they didnt have the mad man save your *** travel limiters on there drag radial cars
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opps, i didn't read the 210 footer. oh well. i do have to say this. My car was pulling off 4' to 5' wheelies even when i put the travel limiters on. we set them to the middle setting and it did the same thing. i adjusted the travel limiters one notch tighter and on the next pass the car looked like it was attached to a sling shot. No wheelie and i lost .06 on the 60' which could be partly to blame on a poorly preped track. I normally cut 1.32 60' times with a small wheely. that pass was a 1.38 60' with no wheely. it was cutting 1.42 on the 4' to 5' wheelies. I would have to agree that they look good in the air but if it is costing me on the short time. i like the small wheelies. all that to say, what ever it takes to make the car work on launch is what you should shoot for.
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Originally Posted by gator's 99TA
3) you dont know what a perfect hook is. NHRA prostock spin the first 15 feet of the run. they seem to run pretty "decent"
Also as Madman said, my car seems to 60' better with the front wheels about a foot off the ground. I'm not incredibly consistent in my 60's depending on the prep I am anywhere from a 1.49 to a 1.40 but either way, with the wheels in the air the car seems to 60' better. I am not running on DR's though.
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Originally Posted by gator's 99TA
if the tire didnt spin it would trip the beam and then put it on the bumper instantly. we all spin.
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im just saying that it takes horsepower to put it on the bumper
not just a hooking track you deffanently have something wrong if you cant hook on radials we run 30" hoosier radials on the corvette and it is allways on the bars and it only spins if there is something on the track .Late model f bodies are some of the best factory racecars ever produced look at how many stockers and super stockers are out there
not just a hooking track you deffanently have something wrong if you cant hook on radials we run 30" hoosier radials on the corvette and it is allways on the bars and it only spins if there is something on the track .Late model f bodies are some of the best factory racecars ever produced look at how many stockers and super stockers are out there