just wondering what you run and maybe you could post some pics of your launches or burnouts?

thanks

 

Yes and lots of pics on my web site.

 

sweet car!

hey this is off the subject but i noticed in one of the pics that you said you had those air bags in your rear shocks?

how do those help?
do they raise the rear or make it launch better or just a smoother ride?
are they worth the money?

thanks

 

The air bags are in the springs, not the shocks.

They're used for traction. I usually have 5 psi in the driver side and 15 psi in the passenger side.

When you launch, the passenger side wheel tries to lift off the ground. That's why an open diff, one wheel burnout is always the passenger side wheel. By using the air bags I can preload that side of the suspension so that it takes more force before the wheel wants to lift. It's just another tuning aid. I'll adjust the air pressures depending on the track conditions.

By experimentation even an open differential car can launch like a posi if the air pressures are set just right. They come in a set of 2 but you only really need one. You could sell the other to a buddy. They are worth the money if you want to adjust suspension.

 

Im thinking I have close to 400, I know I have over 400 TQ.
My best ET is 12.63 @110.1 and the car is 3700# race weight with me in it.

I have some pics on the web site

http://www.hometown.aol.com/cdalerdr...page/auto.html

http://mcbain.tzo.com/gwtra/images/phil89tta.jpg

 

That's a heavy car but the results are good. That ET translates to 363 HP and the MPH translates to 385.4 HP.

The MPH is a better indication of available HP. Since the ET was lower I'd say you had some tire spin. That's how much rear wheel HP was used to get that timeslip.

Depending on weather conditions and the altitude of the track they could both have a dyno corrected HP of just over 400 hp.

 

I've got over 400 RWTQ, and there's a pic of a burnout on my mods page in my sig. I wish I could launch the thing and get into the 12's!

 

I'm sure that I'm around 400 tq also, but I have no dyno numbers to prove it (yet). I have a TPI 383 vortec head LTR setup. My best run so far is 12.59 @ 107. The car can do one heck of a burnout (even with drag radials on it), but I don't have any pics (sorry).

Later, Mike...