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Old Feb 22, 2008 | 12:00 PM
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I am trying to lower my 60ft time. at the moment i am cutting 1.9's which is horrible. my comp engineering rear shocks are set at 50/50, my tunnel mount torque arm is set at -2 deg,i have lakewood non adjustable LCA and BMR relocation brackets set on lowest setting.

when i set my pinion angle i just measured it from were the TQ arm mounts to the rear. is there a better way to do it? im running in the mid 7.5s in the 8th @ 95mph with a 1.9 60ft

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Thats how I measure the pinion angle however the best 60' I have cut 1.6 I had it set at -4deg with M/T d-radials at 18psi. Hope that helps.
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Ill try and set it a little lower around -3 or so and pull the front sway bar and see if that helps..i think if i can cut a 1.6 or lower i can get it down to about 7.0s in the 8th. then i can throw the bottle at her ***..lol
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What tire are you on?
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Originally Posted by scites
I am trying to lower my 60ft time. at the moment i am cutting 1.9's which is horrible. my comp engineering rear shocks are set at 50/50, my tunnel mount torque arm is set at -2 deg,i have lakewood non adjustable LCA and BMR relocation brackets set on lowest setting.

when i set my pinion angle i just measured it from were the TQ arm mounts to the rear. is there a better way to do it? im running in the mid 7.5s in the 8th @ 95mph with a 1.9 60ft

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Hi Tom,
We have a video on our front page that does an excellent job of going explaining the process of setting pinion angle www.bmrfabrication.com How old are the rear shocks?
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Nice video Lee!
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the shocks are not that old at all..i am running ET street 26/11.5/16
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the shocks are not that old at all..i am running ET street 26/11.5/16
The ET streets have avery soft sidewall that makes them difficult for a heavy vehicle. Your car would go faster on drag radial instead. The only thing you can do is try running higher tire pressure to stiffen them up or put a set of tubes in them.
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I have tubes in them now. I thru them in when i puttherim screws in..iv ran them any were from 18psi to 10 psi and im still not hooking
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