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Anyone Racing a Leaf spring rear with the Alterkation #1457979 06/25/13 12:33 PM 06/25/13 12:33 PM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 2,117 Cleveland Ohio 10secGTX OP top fuel
10secGTX OP top fuel Joined: May 2003 Posts: 2,117 Cleveland Ohio	I'm curious as to how anyone is running this combo...you need a lot of front end travel for this to work and it looks like your limited with the Alterkation.....any thoughts

Re: Anyone Racing a Leaf spring rear with the Alterkation [Re: 10secGTX] #1457980 06/25/13 12:55 PM 06/25/13 12:55 PM
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 12,386 Taxes & Virus's R-US, NY Dragula I Live Here
Dragula I Live Here Joined: May 2004 Posts: 12,386 Taxes & Virus's R-US, NY	I run a Magnumforce front end with leafs...So far, a 1.50 60ft...Still tuning. '70 Cuda,...605 EFI Hemi Street Car (6.20 best pass, 1.33 60ft) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYw6RA-k5Bk (6.25 at 108.75mph from inside car) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zQEb9uxFng (6.25 at 108mph from outside car) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCvfzsC4NgM (9.9) '66 Barracuda AWB Stretched nose Blown 440 Car in build stage '71 Duster Drag Car 400 Low Deck 512 best 6.002 at 115.44mph https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Znuo3jMUXTk

Re: Anyone Racing a Leaf spring rear with the Alterkation [Re: 10secGTX] #1457981 06/25/13 02:23 PM 06/25/13 02:23 PM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 13,187 aZLiViN J J_BODY I Live Here
J_BODY I Live Here J Joined: May 2003 Posts: 13,187 aZLiViN	Al's lil tire car runs an AK front / leaf rear...

Re: Anyone Racing a Leaf spring rear with the Alterkation [Re: J_BODY] #1457982 06/25/13 02:34 PM 06/25/13 02:34 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,266 Renton Washington T Triple Threat master
Triple Threat master T Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,266 Renton Washington	Quote: Al's lil tire car runs an AK front / leaf rear... Ladder bar -Dustin 67 Dart, 9 second, 392" G3 Hemi 68 Barracuda 340 F/SA

Re: Anyone Racing a Leaf spring rear with the Alterkation [Re: Triple Threat] #1457983 06/25/13 02:54 PM 06/25/13 02:54 PM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 13,187 aZLiViN J J_BODY I Live Here
J_BODY I Live Here J Joined: May 2003 Posts: 13,187 aZLiViN	I stand corrected!

Re: Anyone Racing a Leaf spring rear with the Alterkation [Re: 10secGTX] #1457984 06/25/13 04:11 PM 06/25/13 04:11 PM
Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 528 Oak Grove, MN lowflyingdart mopar
lowflyingdart mopar Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 528 Oak Grove, MN	Quote: I'm curious as to how anyone is running this combo...you need a lot of front end travel for this to work and it looks like your limited with the Alterkation.....any thoughts I have 2 customers with that combo and it does not work well at all. I would like to move the upper shock mount up to give the cars the suspension travel the leaf springs need. "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." Thomas A. Edison

Re: Anyone Racing a Leaf spring rear with the Alterkation [Re: lowflyingdart] #1457985 06/25/13 04:54 PM 06/25/13 04:54 PM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 2,117 Cleveland Ohio 10secGTX OP top fuel
10secGTX OP top fuel Joined: May 2003 Posts: 2,117 Cleveland Ohio	We kinda knew this was going to be bad for weight transfer and it porpoised to the 300' than ran great .....just looking for info for a friend

Re: Anyone Racing a Leaf spring rear with the Alterkation [Re: 10secGTX] #1457986 06/25/13 05:11 PM 06/25/13 05:11 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,273 Greenville, South Carolina BBLM23 top fuel
BBLM23 top fuel Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,273 Greenville, South Carolina	Walter 1969 Dart Swinger w/ARC Pump Gas 493 B1/BS 10.18 at 130mph Racing Pro in street trim. 1981 Aries ARC 548 B1 8.88 at 147mph (footbraking) 1996 Ram 2500 V10 16.52 at 80mph 1981 Reliant 400

Re: Anyone Racing a Leaf spring rear with the Alterkation [Re: BBLM23] #1457987 06/25/13 07:26 PM 06/25/13 07:26 PM
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 339 Gilroy,CA. mopardude318 enthusiast
mopardude318 enthusiast Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 339 Gilroy,CA.	why not the use the street linx 4 link setup he makes as well? they are supposed to work together nicely. 408 Stroker 533 HP 520 FT LBS...........................1970 Dart RMS AlterKation

Re: Anyone Racing a Leaf spring rear with the Alterkation [Re: mopardude318] #1457988 06/25/13 10:28 PM 06/25/13 10:28 PM
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,608 Rudolph, Ohio moparguy7074 top fuel
moparguy7074 top fuel Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,608 Rudolph, Ohio	I don't use an alterkation, I have a Bondo Bob front suspension, but I had a 1.420 60' last week with my SS rear suspension. went 10.560...

Re: Anyone Racing a Leaf spring rear with the Alterkation [Re: J_BODY] #1457989 06/26/13 02:08 AM 06/26/13 02:08 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 19,363 Las Vegas Al_Alguire I Live Here
Al_Alguire I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 19,363 Las Vegas	Depends on how much powrt you make how much travel you will need. The more power the less travel you will need. Low powred cars will need more travel than a higher powered car. The alterK does not give you much travel at all, 3-3.5" is about the most I have seen. Lots of cars running well into the 7's on Caltracs, but they limit front end travel. "I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know." "It's never wrong to do the right thing"

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