My man!!!!

 

Lol.
Post up the video if you can.
What a classic.
Sounds to me that the truck wanted to fly and was confused.

 

I've tried but can't figure it out. It's on my facebook. Troy Smith from Lawrenceburg Ky.

 

Tried several ways but the video won't upload to this site. Sorry guys.

 

Gonna need one of these “limiters”...

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/rhc-32-0000

 

there you go Troy

 

Thx buddy

 

I'm thinking I'm gonna drop the gears from 4.56 to 4.30 (needs to be done anyway), and lower the ladder bars 1 hole.

 

What kind of shocks do you have on the front? Ours used to wheelie bad too. Then we got Mencer DA's and now it doesn't leave the ground anymore and our sixty improved quite a bit. If that ever happens again, you have to react quick as soon as you start to loose sight of the track don't let off, bang second, and the car will come down soft. Works like a champ. But you cant even twitch your foot at all letting off or your going to hit hard.

What rpm are you going thru the traps at? If your not close to your max safe rpm. I wouldn't change gears. Just get the front end under control and that bad boy will really be fast. But if your right on the edge I would drop to the 4:30's too. Great Job!!!!

 

I have cheap 3 way shocks, I bought a set of double adjustable shocks last year and made 3 passes before they were both leaking. Looking back I wished I had hit 2nd and rode it out but it had never happened before and caught me off guard.....lol. I'm going through at 8k and it will be higher once the cool fall air get's here so the gear has to be changed.

 

My powerglide has a 1.98 first gear, should i switch to a 1.80 or even a 1.69?

 

Now that is one crazy launch.
Those trickflows must launch hard as hell.
You need to install wings as the next modification.

 

Man. Sorry for any damages, but that was bad ***! Hmfy!

 

I would do the rear gear first. Then if you still feel you need less gear, mod the glide.

Edit - 4.56 to 4.30 is about a 5% drop. 1.98 to 1.80 is about a 10% drop. If you do both at the same time it would be like dropping to a 3.90 from your 4.56.

 

I'd also take it back to 4.30 as well.

 

It looked like it was dead hooking off the line. I wouldn't touch the trans. If you are okay with the RPM your going thru the traps at, then I wouldn't touch the rear end gears either. Unless you want to lower the RPM at the traps, then lower the rear gear to lower RPM and pick up MPH. If you bite the bullet and get some Mencers on the front, we lost a tenth on the sixty switching to them keeping the front on the ground. With a glide there is that leap from first to high gear. Right now with the 4:56 gears your leap is considerably less which should be great for the 1/8 mile too. As long as you are okay with the RPM in the 1/4 you have the best of both worlds. Just remember if you go to the 4:30 gear the leap to high gear will increase possibly making it a little slower. Most all the good racing now a days is 1/8th mile, so you might want to keep that in mind. I'm not a fan of travel limiters. The right shocks will accomplish better results IMO. Travel limiters don't seem to let the weight transfer right, making it harder to hook. At least on a stock style suspension. Have never messed with a Ladder bar setup before, but it sure looks like you are right on the money with it. Remember only one change at a time. I would start with the shocks. If the DA shock you got were QA1's. Ours started leaking too. They are notorious for that. The Mencers are night and day better. Plus their customer service after the sale is priceless. If you need help they are happy to assist. They want you to improve as bad as you want to. Makes a big difference. Great Guys. For example. The QA1's were cranked all the way up and still couldn't slow the transfer enough to keep the wheels on the ground. The Mencers are set at 0 and the front stays on the ground. I can crank them up and they won't move just like limiters so you have an incredible range of adjustment to get it just right. I believe they also would have saved you all that carnage from the wheelie too. Best of Luck to You on however you decide to do it. Your going to have a lot of fun with that bad boy.

 

I will take a look at the shocks. I know a lot of guys love 1/8 mile racing but i hate it, just doesn't get my adrenaline pumping like 1/4 mile. I also won't use a transbrake or a power adder. I know I'm old but i enjoy doing it the old way.....lol

 

1.96 first is a lot. I’ve got a 1.80 straight cut first in our wagon and it’ll still try to flip over with 29.5” tall tires and 4.56’s. 1.80’s will run out further in first and get you higher in the revs on the gear shift recovery.

If you’re happy with the rpm in the quarter I wouldn’t change gear. It’s going to hurt you all the way down the track.

You mentioned moving the ladder bar that’s really what it needs I think. You gotta get the instant center further out. It won’t plant the tire as hard but it’ll drive out more instead of straight up. It’ll be faster and won’t get you straight up.

If you do need an actual part change I’d look at either the 1.80 first or have your converter adjusted. We took some hit out of ours at the line and gained efficiency at the top end and the car doesn’t get near the bumper anymore but still drives out 60+ foot wheelies when we want it to.

If you’re considering a change to the CID intake definitely do not go to 4.30’s.

 

It was going straight and not spinning getting up that high...are you against a wheelie bar up at the bumper? You could make them quick disconnect and only run them at the track. Wheelies are fun as **** and that was badass lol with a bar you’d have ridden that out just fine.

 

I pulled 100 pounds off the front end last week with chrome moly control arms and strange brakes and the weight loss off the front caused all this....lol. Before the changes it pulled the wheels about a foot, pass after pass, the launch was perfect. I don't really want wheelie bars, so thinking i will do the gear change since i already have them and the rpms really need to come down a little and I will also drop the ladder bars 1 hole.