Wheelies/Wheel Stands

[bigjimzlll]

Did you read any of the responses I made? The same with the chevelle sites discussion. The wheelie costs ET...it's physics. Now if a car can't transmit the power to the ground without transfering 100% of course a wheelie will help ET. I 60' in the 1.26 range with my truck. I have to adjust the ladder bars and shocks NOT to wheelie.
I could stand it on the bumper...but it would be slower and less consistant. I don't run a small tire though...I drag race. I'll put as big a tire as I need to hook up. I don't go for the flavor of the day 10.5 big money twin turbo'd Mustang crowd

[shawnt]

Who said anything about 10.5 turbo mustangs.
And like I said, small tire cars. of course if you put it on the bumper it will lose et.
You have big tires...means its not drag racing with small tires.... Gotcha.
No need in gettin pissy buddy. Shoulda known a closed minded person was in this discussion.
Oops forgot to mention they are stock suspension.
But still stands they need wheels up. And im sure the superstock guys could keep it down if they wanted.

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[Super73]

Originally Posted by Super73

For this very reason I say use a shock to control the front end rise and use as little rise as you need to make it hook. If that means putting it in the air for 100' so be it. The only time wheel stands are faster is when you can't over come the traction issue.

Originally Posted by bigjimzlll

Now if a car can't transmit the power to the ground without transfering 100% of course a wheelie will help ET.

We are both saying there are some cases that the rule does not work. But over all, it is the case.

Originally Posted by shawnt

On small tire na cars it needs to come up to get the weight on the tires.

You say it right here

Originally Posted by shawnt

You gotta give it what it wants.

I fail to see where people are arguing that. Not ALL small tire cars need to have the wheels up to go fast. I know a NA 275 radial car that has been 8.9x with a 1.2x 60' without the wheels sky high.

Originally Posted by shawnt

Shoulda known a closed minded person was in this discussion.Posted via Mobile Device

Again I fail to see any closed minded people. We are saying there are exceptions to the rule, but they are far and few between.

[shawnt]

I was aggrivated @ something at work when I posted that. Sorry about that.
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[thirdstreettito]

You could go real old school. Cut open the top of your tailgate and drop some lead weights in, then weld it back up. Welcome to real grass roots racing.

[Super73]

Originally Posted by thirdstreettito

You could go real old school. Cut open the top of your tailgate and drop some lead weights in, then weld it back up. Welcome to real grass roots racing.

I used a bunch of scrap flat steel I had in the shop Gate weighs 125lbs.