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Obviously I need to do better in the first 60 feet.
This time slip was 2 years ago with a 3.54 ring and pinion gearset in my Dana 60.
I had just got my 315/35/17 Toyo Proxes TQ drag radials, and they worked WAY better than the T/A Radials I had.
I definitely need more track time! Other than being very busy with work, I had a problem with the top of the line Mancini pinion snubber I added, it bent on the first run I made, and on the 2nd run I had to remove it because it bent so badly it was rubbing on the pinion yoke.
I have a line lock that I need to install so I can clean the drag radials and impart some heat into them. I'm also considering getting one of these "clutch tamers" because it sounds like a great idea!
So far my best, most consistent launch technique is to ease out at about 1,500 RPMs and within a few feet stand on the throttle and go. That usually prevents wheel spin, even with the 4.10 ring and pinion gearset I have now, and with the 4.10 the RPMs climb faster. Still I know if I could hit the start at higher RPMs I could get a better 60 ft time.
I think my car should be running mid 12s, and you can see if I could cut my 60ft times from 2.2 to 1.8 that would get me into the 12s.
3 way adjustable Competition Engineering CEE-2730 rear shocks are new, and set to 50/50. I also just installed Viking 18 way double adjustable front shocks, but I haven't had any real time to play with them on the track.
I'm concerned that the factory leaf springs may be weak, because of the pinion snubber bending, I'm thinking the springs are really wrapping up. It's a real V-code Roadrunner, so it has the extra 1&1/2 leaf spring (or is it 1/2 of a leaf spring?) on the passenger side.
Eventually I'm installing a RMS StreetLynx or GERST triangulated rear suspension, and I am dead set on that. I know a lot of you are doing well with CalTracks and other leaf spring solutions, but I'm jumping in with both feet and going with one of those 2 setups.
In the meantime, what advice can y'all offer, and I appreciate all of your replies.
Here's the clutch tamer:
website: http://www.clutchtamer.com/
My timeslip:
EDIT: LOTS of great suggestions, I just ordered the Innovative Dual wideband O2 system!
https://www.forbbodiesonly.com/mopa...deband-o2-system.162123/page-4#post-911106260
This time slip was 2 years ago with a 3.54 ring and pinion gearset in my Dana 60.
I had just got my 315/35/17 Toyo Proxes TQ drag radials, and they worked WAY better than the T/A Radials I had.
I definitely need more track time! Other than being very busy with work, I had a problem with the top of the line Mancini pinion snubber I added, it bent on the first run I made, and on the 2nd run I had to remove it because it bent so badly it was rubbing on the pinion yoke.
I have a line lock that I need to install so I can clean the drag radials and impart some heat into them. I'm also considering getting one of these "clutch tamers" because it sounds like a great idea!
So far my best, most consistent launch technique is to ease out at about 1,500 RPMs and within a few feet stand on the throttle and go. That usually prevents wheel spin, even with the 4.10 ring and pinion gearset I have now, and with the 4.10 the RPMs climb faster. Still I know if I could hit the start at higher RPMs I could get a better 60 ft time.
I think my car should be running mid 12s, and you can see if I could cut my 60ft times from 2.2 to 1.8 that would get me into the 12s.
3 way adjustable Competition Engineering CEE-2730 rear shocks are new, and set to 50/50. I also just installed Viking 18 way double adjustable front shocks, but I haven't had any real time to play with them on the track.
I'm concerned that the factory leaf springs may be weak, because of the pinion snubber bending, I'm thinking the springs are really wrapping up. It's a real V-code Roadrunner, so it has the extra 1&1/2 leaf spring (or is it 1/2 of a leaf spring?) on the passenger side.
Eventually I'm installing a RMS StreetLynx or GERST triangulated rear suspension, and I am dead set on that. I know a lot of you are doing well with CalTracks and other leaf spring solutions, but I'm jumping in with both feet and going with one of those 2 setups.
In the meantime, what advice can y'all offer, and I appreciate all of your replies.
Here's the clutch tamer:
website: http://www.clutchtamer.com/
My timeslip:
EDIT: LOTS of great suggestions, I just ordered the Innovative Dual wideband O2 system!
https://www.forbbodiesonly.com/mopa...deband-o2-system.162123/page-4#post-911106260
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