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calming the car down on the starting line
masracingtd1167:
Sounds like you are going in the right direction and I also think that adding some weight to the front will get you down the track ! once you are going straight you can make small changes to see what it dose !I spent a lot of time on my car trying to keep as much weight to the front ! Things like your fuel tank battery fire bottle ! I even moved my ignition box and primer pump up front and I still have to add a little weight to mine ! If you can move some of your weight even if it is in the middle of the car to the front it will help ! Some of my Comp friends are running that 10.5 tire and having good luck with it but they are rear engine cars with big hp and a 3 speed trans ! i have never tried a 10.5 on my car but if I did it would be the 31 tall one !
dusterdave173:
I agree--I could not drive my car no way no how without the 44 lbs on the nose
FWIW we have decided 7 1/2 lbs in our MT 10.5x33 works best on our SBC car
masracingtd1167:
I try to keep as much weight forward as possible
masracingtd1167:
I was just looking back at some pictures of your car and I noticed that it has a torsion bar front end ! Is it possible that when the car leaves the axle has no load on it and it turns the front wheels a little to the right ?
crider:
I have as much weight forward as I really can move up there. Fuel tank and trans cooler all the way up. Then battery and radiator right in front of the engine. Never thought about the possibility of front suspension travel turning the wheels. I don't think it is, but it's worth checking for sure. I really wish the monsoons would quit, seems like a month or more between dry days that I get to go to the track
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