Car won't hook
03-21-2008, 05:04 PM
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Then why do they call it POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH!
Would you believe I talked my friend with a 79 Camaro to put 55psi in his tires at the drag strip. And a few minutes later we caught him airing down his front tires.
BTW a bad torque arm bushing will cause some hop but you get one with any aftermarket torque arm so just get the whole arm. And add more PSI!
Would you believe I talked my friend with a 79 Camaro to put 55psi in his tires at the drag strip. And a few minutes later we caught him airing down his front tires.
BTW a bad torque arm bushing will cause some hop but you get one with any aftermarket torque arm so just get the whole arm. And add more PSI!
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03-21-2008, 07:23 PM
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My MT drag radials made the biggest difference in traction (make sure you get them hot before you launch... if you dont see smoke, do it again... I run mine at 25 psi usually, but bring it down to 20 if the track isnt prepped well), but after that, my BMR adjustable TQ arm kept me from spinning too bad. The LCA relo. brackets eliminated my wheel hop issue (i did these before i did the tq. arm and before i switched from nittos to MT radials). Adjustable panhard bar wont do anything as far as straightline traction goes. Lowering springs can mess up traction sometimes though, so if you have them, you have to figure out what works for you.
03-21-2008, 07:40 PM
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Then why do they call it POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH!
Would you believe I talked my friend with a 79 Camaro to put 55psi in his tires at the drag strip. And a few minutes later we caught him airing down his front tires.
BTW a bad torque arm bushing will cause some hop but you get one with any aftermarket torque arm so just get the whole arm. And add more PSI!
Would you believe I talked my friend with a 79 Camaro to put 55psi in his tires at the drag strip. And a few minutes later we caught him airing down his front tires.
BTW a bad torque arm bushing will cause some hop but you get one with any aftermarket torque arm so just get the whole arm. And add more PSI!
You can't be serious
03-21-2008, 10:27 PM
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Its pounds of pressure, force exerted in the tires pushing outwards to the atmosphere. Same force pushing down as it is pushing up, therefore it can't change the weight as its negating it in all directions. Which is why it neither floats nor moves on its own. 2manycars you could be classified as slightly retarded, you should delete your posts so we think higher of you down the road. Then again your incredible intellect could be why you have such a great paying job to afford all of the blown up and/or project cars that you have. Keep up the good work!
03-22-2008, 04:11 PM
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I thought I made it clear with my second comment in the last post that I was joking. It was meant as a joke and nothing more. I don't need to take a physics class or get a new job but I appreciate the enthusiasm and offers. Yes I do have 10 cars (hence the name) two of them (riviera and acclaim) are cars I repaired for profit and are for sale and a total of six of them currently run. PLEASE don't be jealous of my 85HP Honda! That was a joke also just to clarify. I'm sorry, I did not intend my joke to turn into all this. I just thought I could make a few people laugh.
BTW, ALT not cool to insult someones career or passion especially when you don't know them at all. At least I don't BS and can admit that I have a lot of work ahead of me.
BTW, ALT not cool to insult someones career or passion especially when you don't know them at all. At least I don't BS and can admit that I have a lot of work ahead of me.
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03-22-2008, 04:28 PM
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Yeah I thought that if they were that thick then it would be good for them to learn to not trust everything you read and learn it in an unharmful way.
It's almost time to start gettin' our drink on!
It's almost time to start gettin' our drink on!
03-22-2008, 06:41 PM
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03-23-2008, 11:52 AM
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[quote=Alt;8982971]When you post w/o a sarcasm disclaimer it makes things difficult, there are quite a lot of retards that feel like whatever they post is the golden rule and no matter what, the real answer is wrong. I apologize for insulting you only based on the grounds that you are, in fact, quite well informed, granted it took you a few posts for the "j/k guys" to come out. [/quot
That's cool. I'll come clean quicker next time.
[/quotThat's cool. I'll come clean quicker next time.
