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06-16-2021, 08:54 PM | #1 |
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Weight transfer
How do these stock and super stockers get so much weight transfer to stand up as far as they do?
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Re: Weight transfer
Stock; Clatracs and Hoosier radials.
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06-16-2021, 10:35 PM | #3 |
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Re: Weight transfer
Build the car light as possible. Then add back necessary weight over back wheels. 3 speed trans, 5:13 gear, stiff sidewall radial slicks.
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3-speed trans don't have anything to do with wheel stands either. There are lots of cars out there with a powerglide that will drag the bumper during the launch. |
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06-17-2021, 08:38 AM | #5 |
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Re: Weight transfer
The best reply I know of is simply ......POWER-POWER-POWER. You can play the converter games, the traction experimentation and fooling with people that think they are racecar gurus but usually do not know much more than you do. If you have the proven power all the other stuff will come with some work.
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Re: Weight transfer
Floyd,
Some of the wheelie is because of front springs and smooth moving front suspension components. All stockers and most super stockers retain the OE front suspension to employ a tall spring with stored energy. In addition, in many cases, they use quality, double adjustable shocks. The Caltracks that many stockers use perform much like a ladder bar and most of the SS cars have a four-link that allows some tuning of the wheelie. You already know it is not magic, just attention to detail.
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Re: Weight transfer
If you want to put it on the back bumper, put it at the back bumper. To keep it under control keep it at or near the axle center line
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I crawled under the car to find basically stock leaf springs and nothing fancy at all.. In a A/SA 427 with steel heads back then it's hard to believe he had a good front to back weight ratio.... So my conclusion 30 years later is that if you find the sweet spot(for wheel stands in this case) nothing else really matters..not that all thing suggested help,ofcourse they do....but sometimes it just works... other ways! p.s. Randy's Camaro did not looked worked on at the time...it was kinda rusty below..like left alone for 10-15 years..(I could be really wrong here) and I remember James Caro getting better et's with his Challenger but not looking quiet as exiting down the track!
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Re: Weight transfer
Would you say most Stockers are 50/50 or better?
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