any body use a car dolly to pull their car to the drag strip. I only have about 12 miles to the track but ive never pulled one of these before. I have a m6 car and i will be running nitto dr's if that makes a diff. thanks

 

What's keeping you from just driving the car to the track?

 

im trying to refrain from street driving my car any and i will also be running headers with 18'' extensions and no mufflers.

 

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Last time I saw someone use a dolly, we were in the pits & hear a god awful noise out on the street.
My wife & I are looking around like what the hell? Some guy comes pulling in with a old ford or dodge,
forget which. Both rear wheels fell off, he was draging in on the traction bars. I always parked 1st space,
so he pulls in next to us. Boy was he upset & red.
Nice guy & his wife. Had to borrow nuts & tow home on the slicks.

So, make sure you tighten & check the street tires every so often, as you tow. He said, he never heard or felt anything??

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id just by a non-enclosed trailer

 

12 miles-no mufflers=drive the car....................there is no way i would go thru the trouble of hooking it up to tow it 12 miles. use your gears in the m6 to keep the noise down. i drive my car around here to car shows with slicks and one chambers.

 

I agree with red83, 12 miles ain't jack! It will take maybe 13 minutes to get to the track driving vs 20 minutes minimum to get it loaded and strapped securely then 15 minutes or so to the track. By the time you get there on the dolly you could have already made at least one pass and been a whole lot safer than pulling it on a dolly. Just my .02

 

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Get something, I'm not leaving my car sitting at the track because of a 50 cent failure.
No way in hell. I don't care if it's 4 blocks. I've broke down when I used to drive & seen hundreds others.

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I drive mine 30 minutes to the track with 14" turndowns (no mufflers), a TH400, a 4k stall converter, and slicks & skinnies. Just drive it.

 

My car insurance covers the first $50 of a tow. I've used it twice already...both times from the track.

 

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Smart man, liability only on a 25 year old project car, NO TOWING.
At least I was smart enough to not go back until I bought a trailer.

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I have been running Dynomax 3" bullet mufflers in the Camaro and if I lived 12 miles from the track I would never trailer that car. Heck I could go home and get the trailer if I broke something.

I think when you tow with a dollie you have to remove the DS in a auto car, not sure in stick car.

 

only if the stick car has a front pump (off the input shaft) that need to spin to supply fluid

 

also been debating this question for a while now. I have heard with a th350/400 and 4k stall or bigger you shouldnt drive more than 45 minutes in anyone direction. Anyone have any input to why

 

thats not good info at all. just upgrade or be sure you have a trans. cooler. think about it this way---------overdrives havent been around forever and stall converters have.

 

I don't own a trailer so I rent one from the local Uhaul when I go to the track, which is 35 miles away from home.
On the juice w/ the stock 10 bolt and I know something is bound to give one of these days.

 

I would not use one of those dolly's. Our front ends are very low and you may damage something. I have to be very carefull when loading mine on and off my open trailer. I have to extend the ramps.

 

I drove my Camaro to and from the track, went 10.9 on nuts and 10.00 on dope... Just run a good trans cooler. I have a 4800 stall.