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Re: ET with and without wheelie.
Did you watch the hemi shoot out at Indy this year?
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Re: ET with and without wheelie.
Thats going to vary from car/truck to car/truck Its not simple physics at all you also have to consider air drag of the front end versus air drag of the bottom of the car, front wheel drag versus none(during wheelie) offset by wheelie bar wheel drag(if the car has wheelie bars)
In the case of my 10.4-10.60 something truck(which is set up with a 9 inch tire ie stocker build), with no wind, the bigger the wheelie the quicker it is, when it goes into fly and be free mode, its flashing the convertor higher, which reduces the 60 foot on the rear tire time and lands 100-125 feet out there. Good sanhuffs keep it from a bouncing too much. It goes 100% straight every time.....except for TOO big of a wheelie, which will torque steer it a touch onto 1 tire, etc and kill a couple in ET as its going snake like down the track. There used to be a rule of thumb out there I think maybe in the MP books, something like 10 flat and less more wheelie would be slower due to aero drag, with modern stuff, I think you could get away with 9.30's
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Re: ET with and without wheelie.
Testing, Testing and more Testing to see what works best with your combination.
Too many different combinations with different variables to say one thing works best.
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Re: ET with and without wheelie.
Comella has his stuff in one sock as we say down South. BIG wheel speed and he pulls 2nd by the tree with the front up about a foot. He wins every race right there. I am sure he test and like I said "it's in one sock". Former Phish
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