Hooking on the street...
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Hooking on the street... As of now I have just a full Bolton car untuned... Today my lca's, panhard rod, and sfc's are coming in.. I also have summit drag thrusts wide and skinnies on the car.
The tires are wore out bfg DR's on the back, and my car eats them off with 30lbs of air in the tires.. Good thing I have a new set of Mickey thomspons coming today as well..
It's cold and the roads are terrible to be honest.. But I was wondering if these new parts and tires are gna help me any?.. Also I'm getting a torq arm within the next week..
Is it just the cold, or is it my setup.. Car has stock converter also..
Point is I was just amazed how terribly bad it spun with the new wheels, any advice on gaining traction would be great.. Thanks Aaron
The tires are wore out bfg DR's on the back, and my car eats them off with 30lbs of air in the tires.. Good thing I have a new set of Mickey thomspons coming today as well..
It's cold and the roads are terrible to be honest.. But I was wondering if these new parts and tires are gna help me any?.. Also I'm getting a torq arm within the next week..
Is it just the cold, or is it my setup.. Car has stock converter also..
Point is I was just amazed how terribly bad it spun with the new wheels, any advice on gaining traction would be great.. Thanks Aaron
lower your tire pressure for start. what kind of shocks and springs do you have? did you remove the front sway bar? if you have a strut tower did you remove it?
cold will affect the car alot..
cold will affect the car alot..
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Springs and shocks are stock and prolly done for.. I have not take. The front sway bar off, and it does not have a strut tower brace.. Moreless just roll raced everything and never worried about suspension, but now I'm going to make everyone race me from a dig.. To beat higher HP cars that don't hook either..
I'll bump the air pressure down a little at a time when the track opens.
Btw before April the car will have a ss3600, 9in, and tune at least. I just wanna make sure it hooks when I'm done with the setup.
I'll bump the air pressure down a little at a time when the track opens.
Btw before April the car will have a ss3600, 9in, and tune at least. I just wanna make sure it hooks when I'm done with the setup.
honestly the shocks might help you for now.. but i would try to get some sort of adjustable, i run qa1's but there are a variety of brands that work great. if you can afford to get the double adjustable.
if you run mickeys i would try 18-24 psi and just play with it to see what works best.
if you run mickeys i would try 18-24 psi and just play with it to see what works best.
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Ok thanks.. Of course the warmer it gets the better it's going to do but that'll be awhile it seems! Lol.
I'm really set on putting all my power to the ground and launching as hard as I can. And I know if I can dead hook my car on the street then it's going to be hard to catch especially with the stall.
Guess I'll be ordering me some shocks now.. What would u consider for front and back shock/spring setup? I've heard that just v6 springs can do alot but idk..
I'm really set on putting all my power to the ground and launching as hard as I can. And I know if I can dead hook my car on the street then it's going to be hard to catch especially with the stall.
Guess I'll be ordering me some shocks now.. What would u consider for front and back shock/spring setup? I've heard that just v6 springs can do alot but idk..
It looks like our cars are not to far off. I also have a 99 pewter z28 with full boltons and a 3400 stall. I just got qa1 12 way adjustable shocks. Look for some used ones. I got mine for $335 shipped to my door. They are about $800 new. or if you have the money just get them new....
i run stock springs in the rear and qa1's up front. alot of it will just be a trial and error and getting the car dialed in. remember that some surfaces will hook better than others on the street. when racing heat tires appropriately (no need for john force burnouts but get em warm) one thing i would do on the way to where ever i was running someone is i would try to shock em and light em up through first and second (th400 car) and get em nice and warm before the race, after that i can hear the rocks and everything hitting the fender wells lol. if you don't have a torque arm in your list of things add that too!
and yes, dead hooking > roll queens.
and yes, dead hooking > roll queens.
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And yes I'm sick of going from a roll... That's all anyone wants to do anymore!... Someone pulls up to me like let's run them.. I'm gonna hit the brakes and stop before I hit the gas haha..
haha, next thing you need to do is make sure you mark out a 1/4 and have proof of the distance because people will bitch that you shut down early when you hank them out of the hole.
At your power level the mods you have on the way with some good shocks should fair you well. As long as you have everything adjusted the way that the car and your driving style likes. Removing the front sway bar helps out and its free.
Either way if you are going to be racing from a dig nothing is more important than the driver mod.
Either way if you are going to be racing from a dig nothing is more important than the driver mod.
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I understand exactly what ur saying about it warming up... I try to tell everyone that. I guess I'm gonna have to just wait it out. Or roll race them.. Bout half tempted to go to the VP fuel vendor and get some VHT lc7.. Lol. Racing around here goes on even when it's half attemptable like right now, guess it's a KY thing haha.
i dead hook 1st gear with 275 nittos at 415rwhp and 4.10's they like to be at 20psi on the street and now in the cold though i spin through 2nd and some of 3rd its cold give up till its warm
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Thanks for the advice and info guys... Just opened up all my new parts earlier, I'm sure it'll all work out in the end when it warms up. Guess that'll be all I need for now. TTY guys later.
