blown97ss

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Alright so I can't get my car to hook no matter how easy I take off on it. Just want some opinions on what to add to my suspension set up to make it 60 ft better at the track. This is what I have full umi front suspension,adj tq arm,lca,phb,lcab,tq arm relo crosmember. I know I need some better shock and springs as I currently run eibach front springs with regular kyb shocks in the front. Back I have stock springs with the hose mod and bilstein shocks. Tire setup is littles and bigs run a 275-50-15 mt drag radial. Beat 60 ft wo far had been a 1.5 but could not duplicate it again.

blown97ss

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Should also add the car makes 500 wheel tq at 3k rpm and I have a 3k stall with 3.73 gears and I run a 4l60e trans

Ballzee

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1.5 is not bad... what did you do differently that one launch? i was told if you are having
trouble launching get bia ply tires.. they will take more of the pressure off the car and put it in the sidewall... for suspension i will let the others fill in that one.. lol

blown97ss

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What I did different was take off real slow cus it was my first time racing it. Was thinking about getting dome hoosier slicks maybe mt.

jrob56

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Im not even close to an expert, but I think you may be a lil past the drag radial and its time to move up to a slick.

blown97ss

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Thats what I was thinking just thought that maybe with some better springs and shock I would have some better luck with those tires. Guess I'm going to sell them before I wear them out too much

Ballzee

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as long as you have "drag" set of rears there is no reason you should be on a drag radial at the track.. but be careful of the stock rear end....

blown97ss

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good to go, not worried about it i also have the dana 60.

hiram007

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Agreed. The OP has done pretty much all the suspension upgrades for a street car. If he still cant get traction, time to switch the tires, considering the power level

BMR Sales2

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Is the car a manual or auto car? What kind of power does the car make to the tires? Too many unanswered variables to really be able to help you out too much. Give me a little more information and I will see what I can recommend for you.

Kyle

jrob56

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2nd post I highlighted it for you haha

BMR Sales2

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For some reason I passed over that and didn't even notice it.


Do you have lower control arm relocation brackets and where is the torque arm mounted on the torque arm relocation crossmember? A good set of drag shocks and springs will really help you out considerably and would be where I would go next. Honestly a 1.5 60ft is pretty good for the mods you have for anything better you may also have to step it up on the converter to.

blown97ss

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I don't have the lca relocation brackets. I have the tq arm on the top mounting point. Was looking into some drag shocks just don't know wich ones to get.

z28bryan

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Did you ask the guys in the drag racing section this question? The quality of response you will get there as opposed to here will likely be light years better. More people there who actually know what they are talking about

BMR Sales2

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When you are launching are you hooking or you just blowing the tires off and spinning? As far as drag shocks go it really comes down to your budget. I persoanlly like Strange shocks because they are affordable and do the job for 99% of people. I just finished up a super budget setup not too long ago with Strange single adjustable front shocks with Hypercoil 300lb springs and cheap Competition Engineering 3 way adjustable rear shocks and it is cutting low to mid 1.3x 60ft times but the car make good power and has all the other supporting parts to make it all work.

blown97ss

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That what it does just spins off the line. Do u have a link to the suspension set up.

blown97ss

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i took the car to the track again and it would initially hook then spin the tires. what would cause this to happen.

z28bryan

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You will get better answers in the drag race section. The best drag race drivers don't frequent this section enough and won't see this thread.

DREAMZ28

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It's loading/unloading the rear tires too fast. It plants them, then the weight shifts right back off and they spin. I know the cause, but don't want to really give a solution since with basically my only experience dealing with suspension changes is reading on the internet. Lol

garygnu

when you get better shock and springs ,you then need to set your pinion angle .