Lifting the front wheels.. - Page 2

fiveohpatrol · 06-07-2005, 12:24 PM

Put 2 of your friends in the trunk and launch it off of the rev limiter with as much nitrous as you can throw at it. You should be pulling them pretty hard that way

Ieatcamaros · 06-07-2005, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by fiveohpatrol

Put 2 of your friends in the trunk and launch it off of the rev limiter with as much nitrous as you can throw at it. You should be pulling them pretty hard that way

Yeah, ONCE. LMAO!

NOTCH306 · 06-07-2005, 05:42 PM

since i just want to put on a show and get it on video you guys think i would have any better luck doing on it on a hill.

~The Jester~ · 06-07-2005, 10:23 PM

If all you want is the show, screw the hill. Put 7.50 gears in her, and hold on!

Dark_5.0 · 06-08-2005, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by NOTCH306

since i just want to put on a show and get it on video you guys think i would have any better luck doing on it on a hill.

Put on a show???? I hope you dont think you will pop a wheelie like andy. You will probably only get about 2-6 inch of daylight under the tires tops. The best way to pull the wheels is with some real good sticky slicks and nitrous right off the line. Even then it wont be enough of a lift to put on a show. Andy launches his car at 8000 rpms and has 500HP. It takes big money to get where he is at.

To put it in perspective for you. I have every thing imaginable bolted on my car. I cant even think of anything alse to buy.

I have the a/c, power steering, smog pump, front sway bar removed and aluminum heads wich weigh about 50 lbs less than the stockers.

I put 4 banger springs in the front. Upper and lower control arms , sub frame connectors and an air bag in the passenger side right spring, 3.73 gears and hoosier slicks. My car puts 300HP to the wheels and I launch it at 5000rpms. I pull mid 1.6 60ft's and still do not lift the wheels. not even one wheel.

88workcar · 06-08-2005, 05:40 AM

DARK!, calm down. As you say I, I, I. Well that is you. I (me) can pull the tires (2) with just a 1.78 60ft. I can really get some light with a 1.54. The new set up is so close, can't wait to see the air now. Each set up is differant, even though we are all close to the same. Lets just encourage him and wait to see what time brings.

NOTCH306 · 06-08-2005, 10:33 AM

dam i would love to pull at 1.7 or 1.6 60ft time. the best i have ever done was a 2.0. i messed up on an earlier post i do have upper and lower controls. I know i'm not going to pull the wheels more than i few inches and i don't really care about that.

~The Jester~ · 06-08-2005, 01:00 PM

It's all about the setup. I was down in the 1.73 60' times (old motor) and never lifted anything. Darn close, but it just hooked and went instead of lifting.

Like everyone's been saying, lighten up the front, good stickys out back, 8,000 RPM and side step the clutch.

You DO realize you're gonna break a bunch of $hyt trying this, right? Stocker parts aren't gonna hold up to that kind of abuse bro.

06-08-2005, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by NOTCH306

dam i would love to pull at 1.7 or 1.6 60ft time. the best i have ever done was a 2.0. i messed up on an earlier post i do have upper and lower controls. I know i'm not going to pull the wheels more than i few inches and i don't really care about that.

A 2.0 60' time? I hope that's on a street radial?! Get some slicks, some drag springs & 90-10 front struts...and launch with the juice. Put 9psi. in the slicks. Do a huge 'ol smokey burnout. That should get ya some air under the left front tire I'd imagine.

Dark_5.0 · 06-08-2005, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by 88workcar

DARK!, calm down. As you say I, I, I. Well that is you. I (me) can pull the tires (2) with just a 1.78 60ft. I can really get some light with a 1.54. The new set up is so close, can't wait to see the air now. Each set up is differant, even though we are all close to the same. Lets just encourage him and wait to see what time brings.

LOl., I guess I have wheelie envy. I never understood why my car never pulled the wheels. I havent launched it since the 4 banger front springs so who knows.

06-08-2005, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Dark_5.0

LOl., I guess I have wheelie envy. I never understood why my car never pulled the wheels. I havent launched it since the 4 banger front springs so who knows.

You need drag suspension to get the wheels up. Slicks & horsepower aren't enough. I'm in the same boat. I'd love to pull the left front wheel...but I don't know if I'm ready to sacrifice the ride quality on the street and go for full on drag suspension. Launching on nitrous, at 5,000rpms...I've turned a 1.58 60'. I haven't pulled a wheelie...but the left front tire was pretty close to seeing air under it. My Eibach lowering springs are killing me.

Decisions...decisions...

NOTCH306 · 06-08-2005, 09:30 PM

yea those 2.0s where on a street tire

88workcar · 06-09-2005, 10:05 PM

In 92 when I first got the ol grinch, I used to talk like that. A fella that I met would sell parts to me as he upgraded. I would say stuff like, ''boy I wish my car would leave like yours''. He explained this to me. Make up your mind as to what you want, and you will never utter those words again. I didn't look back. My car leaves, and I can drive it to California. Mabey not as comfortable as the rest of you but I will get there.

06-07-2005, 12:24 PM	#21
fiveohpatrol I'd rather be basketweaving Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 2,551	Re: Lifting the front wheels.. Put 2 of your friends in the trunk and launch it off of the rev limiter with as much nitrous as you can throw at it. You should be pulling them pretty hard that way __________________ NMRA O/C 9516 NA pumpgas stickshift 347 10.65@125.6, 6.73@100, 1.41 60ft

06-07-2005, 05:42 PM	#23
NOTCH306 Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: York, PA Posts: 46	Re: Lifting the front wheels.. since i just want to put on a show and get it on video you guys think i would have any better luck doing on it on a hill. __________________ 1990 Notch, 306, T-56 trans, 3:73 gears, zex 100 shot, gt-40,z-303 cam, roush 200 heads, powerdyne on the way

06-07-2005, 10:23 PM	#24
~The Jester~ Rat Killer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Cold ass Ohio Posts: 1,143	Re: Lifting the front wheels.. If all you want is the show, screw the hill. Put 7.50 gears in her, and hold on! __________________ d-Con Racing "Nothing fancy, just 347 inches of RAT POISON!" MICE need not apply.....

06-08-2005, 05:40 AM	#26
88workcar Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Pierre Part, La. U.S.A. Posts: 1,850	Re: Lifting the front wheels.. DARK!, calm down. As you say I, I, I. Well that is you. I (me) can pull the tires (2) with just a 1.78 60ft. I can really get some light with a 1.54. The new set up is so close, can't wait to see the air now. Each set up is differant, even though we are all close to the same. Lets just encourage him and wait to see what time brings. __________________ 88workcar 1988 Mustang LX 342. 417rwhp @ 6800. 28 X 10 ET Drag, 4.30s, 10.69 @ 126.43 1.42 60ft. 11.13 @ 127.7 on BFGs 1.72 60ft Rice Hater # 42 To be old and wise, You must first be young and stupid I'm somewhere in tthe middle.

06-08-2005, 10:33 AM	#27
NOTCH306 Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: York, PA Posts: 46	Re: Lifting the front wheels.. dam i would love to pull at 1.7 or 1.6 60ft time. the best i have ever done was a 2.0. i messed up on an earlier post i do have upper and lower controls. I know i'm not going to pull the wheels more than i few inches and i don't really care about that. __________________ 1990 Notch, 306, T-56 trans, 3:73 gears, zex 100 shot, gt-40,z-303 cam, roush 200 heads, powerdyne on the way

06-08-2005, 01:00 PM	#28
~The Jester~ Rat Killer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Cold ass Ohio Posts: 1,143	Re: Lifting the front wheels.. It's all about the setup. I was down in the 1.73 60' times (old motor) and never lifted anything. Darn close, but it just hooked and went instead of lifting. Like everyone's been saying, lighten up the front, good stickys out back, 8,000 RPM and side step the clutch. You DO realize you're gonna break a bunch of $hyt trying this, right? Stocker parts aren't gonna hold up to that kind of abuse bro. __________________ d-Con Racing "Nothing fancy, just 347 inches of RAT POISON!" MICE need not apply.....

06-08-2005, 09:30 PM	#32
NOTCH306 Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: York, PA Posts: 46	Re: Lifting the front wheels.. yea those 2.0s where on a street tire __________________ 1990 Notch, 306, T-56 trans, 3:73 gears, zex 100 shot, gt-40,z-303 cam, roush 200 heads, powerdyne on the way

06-09-2005, 10:05 PM	#33
88workcar Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Pierre Part, La. U.S.A. Posts: 1,850	Re: Lifting the front wheels.. In 92 when I first got the ol grinch, I used to talk like that. A fella that I met would sell parts to me as he upgraded. I would say stuff like, ''boy I wish my car would leave like yours''. He explained this to me. Make up your mind as to what you want, and you will never utter those words again. I didn't look back. My car leaves, and I can drive it to California. Mabey not as comfortable as the rest of you but I will get there. __________________ 88workcar 1988 Mustang LX 342. 417rwhp @ 6800. 28 X 10 ET Drag, 4.30s, 10.69 @ 126.43 1.42 60ft. 11.13 @ 127.7 on BFGs 1.72 60ft Rice Hater # 42 To be old and wise, You must first be young and stupid I'm somewhere in tthe middle.

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