Problem cutting a light - Page 2

Rich Biebel · 09-22-2014, 08:39 PM

Front end travel is usually a very big amount of change in RT.....

It is in a first generation F-Body....and more than a tenth is up there in those cars.

Maybe not as much in a later model with coil over type front end....

The problem is always limiting travel at some point will hurt weight transfer and traction....

Shorter front tires.....less front end travel....raise your starting line rpm as much as possible......

What do you want good RT's or the fastest ET's....One does not go with the other in a car like this......that's why people deep staged.....Speeds up RT's but kills ET's....

Eman · 09-22-2014, 11:31 PM

A friend just had a VW radial come apart on him this past weekend, almost flipped car. His were pretty new, i took my old ones off and I'm glad I did
You want shorter front tires for a faster reaction time and less rollout..
I've had RT woes and biggest improvement i saw once I worked tuneup and suspension was converter. Your RT are quite a way from fine tuning something if they're in the .6's. It does sound like a stumble or delay in the engine to be that late.
My 3rd gen has a lot of frt. end travel but I can still get it to react good .

Mike Pearson · 09-23-2014, 08:12 AM

What gear do you have in the rear end?

09-22-2014, 08:39 PM	#1
Rich Biebel VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern New Jersey suburbs Posts: 2,314 Likes: 25 Liked 544 Times in 213 Posts	Re: Problem cutting a light Front end travel is usually a very big amount of change in RT..... It is in a first generation F-Body....and more than a tenth is up there in those cars. Maybe not as much in a later model with coil over type front end.... The problem is always limiting travel at some point will hurt weight transfer and traction.... Shorter front tires.....less front end travel....raise your starting line rpm as much as possible...... What do you want good RT's or the fastest ET's....One does not go with the other in a car like this......that's why people deep staged.....Speeds up RT's but kills ET's.... __________________ Rich Biebel S/C 1479 Stock 147R

09-22-2014, 11:31 PM	#2
Eman Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: E TN Posts: 473 Likes: 16 Liked 133 Times in 76 Posts	Re: Problem cutting a light A friend just had a VW radial come apart on him this past weekend, almost flipped car. His were pretty new, i took my old ones off and I'm glad I did You want shorter front tires for a faster reaction time and less rollout.. I've had RT woes and biggest improvement i saw once I worked tuneup and suspension was converter. Your RT are quite a way from fine tuning something if they're in the .6's. It does sound like a stumble or delay in the engine to be that late. My 3rd gen has a lot of frt. end travel but I can still get it to react good . Last edited by Eman; 09-22-2014 at 11:37 PM.

09-23-2014, 08:12 AM	#3
Mike Pearson VIP Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,449 Likes: 615 Liked 1,926 Times in 579 Posts	Re: Problem cutting a light What gear do you have in the rear end? __________________ Mike Pearson 2485 SS