ET with and without wheelie.

[MR DERBY CITY]

Originally Posted by jimmyparker

Back in the eighties I was running a SS/BA Corvette that did big wheelies and was told by most that l needed to calm it down some with limiters, etc. I tried several ways of keeping the front end on the ground but they all hurt the ET so I went back to letting it get pretty high and never looked back.

I would explain my theory but might get beat up by a physics major.

Gotta agree with Jimmy on this one …I have been told that during the wheelie it makes the converter work more efficiently …...1320 please do not reply to my post…..I have dealt with enough IDIOTS today and like many on CR I do not give 2 ****z about your opinion OR your (. ) car ……

[1320racer]

I don't give a shyt what you think of my opinion or car! You don't know better nor have better!

Originally Posted by jimmyparker

Bracket cars and superstock cars are two different animals, transmissions, converters, gear ratios, power curves, etc., etc.

BS, that's what you want to believe.

[jimmyparker]

Hard to have a meaningful discussion with 1320 around.

Pose a question to your fellow stock, superstock racers that run your class and get opinions from a bracket racer.

I agree with my Buddy Mike, just leave me and my posts alone.

[1320racer]

Originally Posted by jimmyparker

Hard to have a meaningful discussion with 1320 around.

translated...can't spew myth, rumor, hearsay and bs on this forum when 1320 states the TRUTH backed by FACTS!

[J.R. Haddad]

It is obvious that every combination will have its own characteristics, weight transfer amount vs. wheel spin, two wheels on the ground vs. four, convertors reaction to it all, etc. etc. Serious testing on your own combination will give you the answer. For those not living in the Northeast, you will have to accomplish this without Ed. We know this puts you at a distinct disadvantage, but do the best you can.

J.R.

[1320racer]

I travel and have helped many bracket and class racers, some which have learned the hard way that the forums typically aren’t the place to get the truth and the facts, rather opinion based on myth, rumor and hearsay from those that think they know or sales pitches from those that stand to make a profit.

That said, THE PROOF IS IN THE PERFORMANCE and my Firebird has it as well the big checks and the Wallys!

[Dan Bennett]

I always worked with stick cars, so the converter thing is pretty interesting. I'm going to enjoy trying to figure out what's going on there.

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by 1320racer

I travel and have helped many bracket and class racers

Ed, I know most of the Racers that you do, name a few.

[1320racer]

you don't and If they wanted their names here they would have told me. IF you ever see me in person again, ask and I'll tell you.

[Dan Bennett]

Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY

...1320 please do not reply to my post?..I have dealt with enough IDIOTS today and like many on CR I do not give 2 ****z about your opinion OR your (. ) car ??

I started the thread to try to scrape the knowledge of the people here who've been successful for years. In this case, to try and understand why something that shouldn't work actually seems necessary. It's very obvious that people have decided that through testing. Maybe the wrong section and we may never get a clear explanation, but pretty interesting still.

It looks like that guy is pretty invested in the topic, but I've not seen a single thing he typed, no doubt using a single finger. He is the only person in roughly 30 years of online conversations that I've ever blocked. I recommend that move highly. You know, separate the wheat from the chaff, the signal from the noise...