i went back this week to the track. i cant get the car to hook at all much. i tryed psi in tires no help got worse. but i got a lil beter time 12.937@105.05 .but my 60ft was 1.898. this weekend im going to run open headers and pull the front sway bar. and i really think my exhaust holding me back bc its only 2 1/2 single and is kind dead heads not y in. so i hope to pick some tenths maybe off that. but i really need help to get her to hook?

 

uh what tires and maybe a little bit of info about what you have would help.....yes removing the front sway bar will help i dont know about the exhaust, i can guess it will make more power but i just dont see it helping the traction problems

 

i have m/t street radials,boxed lca and penhard. last 2 i dont think they help hooking. stock t arm mounted to crossmember. exhaust wont help hooking but i think it will help mph up top. other mods are in sig

 

18-20psi in the tires and see what it can do, this is where real slicks would help over drag radials on a non-perfect suspension setup.

 

How old are the tires? Tire pressure? How well is the track prepped?

 

removing the front sway bar will help in 2 ways , gets rid of some weight, and it allows the front to extend more freely putting more weight on the rear tires, also try avoiding the water box and just do a few dry hops to clean the tires

 

7 months old. hook best at 22psi. i have try all the way down to 15psi. the track prep is bad say mnova but i dont know bc i dont know what a good prepped track is like
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one time it hooks made it 3ft cut lose 3ft and hooks again goes why?

 

19lbs in the tires, and some LCA RELOCATION BRACKETS!!!!!

here's why:
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/susp...arm-angle.html

 

i have add Competition Engineering adjustable rear drag shock set 50/50 and umi bolt in lca relocation bractets .removed the front sway bar. reinforced the touqe arm. and set tire psi at 19. my front struts are what come on it 21yrs ago.this winter ill get some 90/10 for it. but only one more test tune. do yall thank it will hook better?

 

well it hooks now but axles didnt stay togather!!!

 

were you able to make a full pass?

do you need some new axles? what's the carnage lookin' like? i might have some stuff down here if you can't find anything closer to you.

 

about 5 ft. of the pass. and i just got it home happen about 9:03 tonight. new axles? i have some old ones out of other rearend i have had. i have 3 sets of used ones.

 

haha, i understand. i'm gonna stick with my 10 bolt for the moment, so i have all kinds of spare stuff laying around!

 

oops, hate when that happens, matt tell him how to build a rear so that stops happening

 

well, haha, you gotta run 28 spline axles. aftermarket are not necessary, because when you have the power to break factory 28splines, you'll break the aftermarket as well, lol!

solid pinon spacer is a must

quality gears, whether it be motive, or gm

good quality posi.

stud girdle/aluminum cover is nice, not necessary...i'm gonna pick another one up for mine for piece of mind since i'm sticking with my 10 bolt.

that's about it.

 

28? my is out of a 83 trans am

 

you'll need to find some 89.5-92 axles. they were 28 splines and much stronger. but unfortunately, if you're running a posi, you'll need to come up with the appropriate 28spline carrier as well...unless you can swap out the gears that have the splines on them...but is that worth the hassle/cost?

 

sounds liek you got the combo for hooking. just replace the front struts and you should be good to go. LCA's with brackets and good shocks/springs are really the two big suspension mods i'd do for hooking up and seem to be the most important. then again i have stiff "road handling" style springs with adjustable shocks. kinda not drag orientated but i got good tires and lca's all the way down with adj torque arm with about -2.5-3 degrees pinion angle. seems to work good for me. didnt break the 10 bolt yet

 

i bet i could break a 10 bolt lol

 

Orr89RocZ--- do u have lca relocation bractets?
car fixer--- what can't u break thats stock?

 

would it hold a pass at all car fixer?

yes i have brackets and i set them all the way down since my car is lowered and with the taller slicks, the lca's sit just below the line parrallel with the ground

 

man its not the axles its the posi unit u know where i can get one? but i dont have $400 for a eaton or something like that! it has to be a 2 Series carrier.

 

i do not have one of those available right now...

 

time to go junkyard diving intex