With all the talk about turbos and just plain going faster it's been awhile since I heard anybody say anything about weight. It's a whole lot cheaper to take...
I am the owner of a 73 Pinto with 302 and 4 speed. I realize I am the new guy here but the way I look at it is that, you can make the car as light as you can...
... awhile since I heard anybody say anything about weight. It's a whole lot cheaper to take weight off of a car than to build the motor. It's said that for...
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Aug 2, 2005 1:41 am
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"Most guys" sounded almost like an admonishment...I for one am all about daily driver performance Ive owned stock, lightly prepped and F production 1790 lb ...
eric tipsword
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Aug 2, 2005 7:18 am
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... corner, faster down the line, free HP. Agreed, but there is a such thing as "too light". Especially in drag racing. ... prep, instability is negligable....
I will say again 1/4 mile traction is a major influence. As for stability well if my car is perfectly balanced I would hate to drive one that was not. Anyway...
... stability well if my car is perfectly balanced I would hate to drive one that was not. Anyway the best I got my pinto to run was a 14.0 I am so close to...
Oh this poor backyard melvin has a tear in his eye.... all this talk of butchering the best little road car to ever flounder out of Detroit, and subjecting it...
eric tipsword
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Aug 2, 2005 6:22 pm
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... all this talk of butchering the best little road car to ever flounder out of Detroit, and subjecting it to a life of 1/4 mile drudgery :( Why dont you...
Hello That is all great advice and I appreciate it. A short wheel base is hard to get weight transfer out of for sure. The battery has been in the trunk since...
... You don't really need ladder bars, just some bolt on traction bars such as Lakewood or Competition Engineering Bug [Non-text portions of this message have...
you dont need no stinking ladder bars im going low 11s with traction bars solid front leaf bushing Racer Walsh and clamping the front of the leaf springs...
Leave us drag racers alone. Everybody's got their favorite thing to do. Just because you enjoy one thing doesn't mean we do. I enjoy watching the mini-stock...
Wow, I didn't mean for the post to go on like this. My point was simply to lose weight/faster car. It does seem that we have a lot of NHRA members here...
You're right, you *could* use Lexan, legal or not, but it's not practical for a "real" street car. Maybe on a, limited use, quasi-legal "race car with license...
... MY GOD!! That's a WHOLELOTTA gear for that size tire on a small car. I take it your motor revs to the moon? Bug [Non-text portions of this message have...
... as speeding is in all states, does that prevent you from doing it? Everything is legal in racing provided you don't get caught but I'm sure you already...
I've told you a bazillion times to not exaggerate! Jim ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has...
I run 3.40 gears with a 23.5" tall tire and a built C4 automatic. I'd actually like to go a lot deeper with the gears. I'm only turning about 5,900 across...
Hey Buzz, Did you have to relocate your leafs in back to fit the 10" under there? Do the tires stick out passed the fenderwells? I run a 265/50-14 and it...
i ran a 390 vacum sec on my 72 pinto with headers and mallary dual point with stock heads and lower half, it ran awesome for the best when i had it, top ...
I'd sure like to ride in one of those hopped up 4-cylinder Pinto's sometime. I bet they're a kick! Before I swapped in my V8 I took the 2.0L/4spd around the...
before i back haved it a g-60 14 just fit my rear wheels are 10 inch wide offsets 3 inches out 7 inches in [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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