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Wheelie bars
masracingtd1167:
When I ran my short wheel base car in the 70's it needed a bar then and you should have one today . I bent plenty of stuff with that old car and chased a few photographers into the grass as well !
coupemerc:
I almost flipped our old TAD over backwards at Englishtown without a wheelie bar. The car crashed back down so hard that it broke one front wheel off and D shaped the other front wheel. Caused me L5/S1 disc problems requiring two operations and permanently limiting the movement of my left foot. Turns out the car was only 10 lbs light in the nose. Personally, I'll never run another dragster without a nice long wheelie bar.
ricardo1967:
--- Quote from: masracingtd1167 on January 31, 2016, 07:07:32 AM ---When I ran my short wheel base car in the 70's it needed a bar then and you should have one today . I bent plenty of stuff with that old car and chased a few photographers into the grass as well !
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Nice photos Bill!
retroboy:
--- Quote from: masracingtd1167 on January 31, 2016, 07:07:32 AM ---When I ran my short wheel base car in the 70's it needed a bar then and you should have one today . I bent plenty of stuff with that old car and chased a few photographers into the grass as well !
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The wheelie bars in the bottom pic weren't effective?
StigO:
Front end up in the air is for sure a crowd pleaser but my experience is that you get best ET if wheelie bars is long, stiff and low.
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