What to do/how to prepare and deal with a wheelie?
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I hope this doesn't seem like a dumb question, but we are hoping to make a few passes in my buddy's new a-body drag car. Playing on the road behind the shop, it is pulling the wheels about a foot in the air. What do you do if it wheelies hard at the track? I already know to try and land it as easy as possible and don't get right out of the throttle. The steering wheel is marked straight up so I know where my wheels are. What helpful hints can you offer for the driver as well as for the suspension? THX
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Re: What to do/how to prepare and deal with a wheelie?
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is it turning one way or the other(on the street), if not just stab it and hang on
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Re: What to do/how to prepare and deal with a wheelie?
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you're doing this on the street? is your name Bo or Luke by any chance?
Or...Dom??
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Re: What to do/how to prepare and deal with a wheelie?
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If you have the power and weight transfer to pull the fronts off the ground on the street, you definitely need to consider wheelie bars. Give us some specs, trans type, stall, motor size, rear gears, tires, hp and torque, suspension type. This will help with recommendations.
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Re: What to do/how to prepare and deal with a wheelie?
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The car has a 4 link rear and 4.30 gears. It has a coil over alterkation front end. Muscle motors did the engine. It dynoed somewhere around 740 hp but I don't have all the specs. I should restate the playing on the street is actually in an industrial park behind the shop. It was going hard right at first, but with some adjustments, it seems to be launching pretty straight now. It has a transbrake, but we haven't used it yet.
Restoring a car to look "only" as good as the factory made it is like getting a boob job for your wife and having the doctor make them two different sizes to seem more natural
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