I finally finished my 350 TPI, 90% of the motor has been modded and I am putting out a good amount of power. I'm running a built 700r4 tranny w/3.23 gears. Well I took it up against my friends 94 vette and got creamed off the line. I just sat there and spun. I tried to let off and get back on it and I still just sat there. I have all the susp. mods (LCA's, PH bar, spohn torque arm, poly bushings, sway bars, etc.). Granted I could use a little more tread on my tires (yoko avs intermediates) but I still thought I would have a little more traction.

Can you guys give me any pointers on how to launch or some stuff I can do to my suspension to help me get some sort of traction? Thanks

 

what about relocation brackets, got those yet? and stiffer springs, shocks and struts would probably help too

 

Tires are the most important thing as far as hooking up a car goes. I have an all-tubular rear suspension with LCA Relocation brackets, drag struts/shocks, drag springs and a right side air bag, I put the 17" wheels/tires (and my rear tires are HUGE 335/35/ZR17's) off my 89 RS on my Z28 a little while back, and it would blow them off at almost any speed. I could floor it in 2nd gear at around 45-50 MPH and it would haze the tires even at that speed, which was fun and scary all at the same time! If your car is any lower than factory ride height, it only compounds the problem. Spohn LCA Relocation should make a lot of difference. They made the single most difference in my 60 ft times of any of the suspension mods I've done, but still w/o the slicks on it, won't go anywhere.

 

I'll try those relocation brackets, I have a brnad new set of factory IROC springs and KYB shocks and struts.

BTW, how were you able to get 335's on the back I thought the limit was around 275's?

Thanks guys for your input.

 

I had to push the inner fenderwell back about 1 1/2", and I made a set of offest tubular LCA's. (I notched the factory LCA's before I made the tubular ones) but it wasn't really too a of big deal. I heated up the inner fenderwell with a torch, and tapped it back. It actually moves pretty easy. Its looks awesome, and the car handles great. The rims are 17 X 12's on the back, and 17 X 9.5's on the front. I have attached a few pics of the car, and how I built the LCA's.

 

Here's the LCA's.