Traction Issues...AGAIN !!! UPDATE*****
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06/23/14 10:37 PM
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Car was hooking hard at the end of last season. CalTrac's were set at no preload left side and 2 flats on the right.....Ranchos on #6. Car left straight and was dead hooking. So why screw with it/.....right ??? Well...over the winter I took the Six Pack off and changed over to a Victor and a 950 Quick Fuel. This weekend, I couldn't get any hook at all.....just blazing the slicks well out past the 60 and most of the time back peddling to staightn the car out. I tried less shock....more shock...a bit more preload and still no results. To coin the phrase...WTF ???
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Re: Traction Issues...AGAIN !!!
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06/24/14 01:30 AM
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I'm going to say about 40. But there was NO signs of them going away....They hooked right thru till the end of last season, then the car's been parked. Can they "dry" up like that ???
Yes they can dry up BUT its usually in the sun that really hurts them... in the garage on stands is normally no problem
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Re: Traction Issues...AGAIN !!!
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06/24/14 03:17 AM
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let us know how it works out and good luck
footbrake N/A SB 408 Scamp 10.10 @ 132 street/strip 73 Duster 340 street strip 12.79 @ 105
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Re: Traction Issues...AGAIN !!!
[Re: pittsburghracer]
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06/24/14 07:56 AM
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I used to get over 100 passes out of my 32x14's on a 4 link car.
My 10.5 tire ladder bar Dart would eat slicks in 25 passes.
1970 Challenger, all aluminum 528 Hemi, HDK suspension, Tremec 5 speed manual
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Re: Traction Issues...AGAIN !!!
[Re: dvw]
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06/24/14 09:18 AM
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If it was spinning that bad, I would say it is track prep...or lack there of.
67 Barracuda street car, 408, e85, 1.38 60', 6.44 @105.9 in the 1/8 mile, 10.19 @130.5 in the 1/4...so far....
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Re: Traction Issues...AGAIN !!!
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06/24/14 10:14 AM
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If it was spinning that bad, I would say it is track prep...or lack there of.
I would have to agree with this. And if you decide to get rid of the old slicks let me know, I know I could hook with them.
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Re: Traction Issues...AGAIN !!!
[Re: superwrench]
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06/24/14 11:27 AM
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.Ranchos on #6. Car left straight and was dead hooking. So why screw with it/.....right ??? .... I tried less shock....more shock...a bit more preload and still no results. To coin the phrase...WTF ???
how old are the ranchos?
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Re: Traction Issues...AGAIN !!!
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06/24/14 12:57 PM
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Given that I know where you race, and track prep if we want to call it that leaves something to be desired, I wouldn't go tossing the slicks out just yet. How many races have been held this year and how was the track for others?
-Dustin 67 Dart, 9 second, 392" G3 Hemi 68 Barracuda 340 F/SA
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Re: Traction Issues...AGAIN !!!
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06/24/14 01:44 PM
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A few guys were having some hook issues, but most I talked too said it seemed to be pretty good. It was the first race weekend. This car was 60'-ing at 1.45 to 1.47 last season. Best to date is a 1.517 on a 6.87 1/8th pass. I know for a fact that with this carb and intake combo change, the car seems to really hit hard then releases...... harder than with the six pack. And yes...the shocks are 5 years old...I was thinking about that....maybe I should just crawl under there and change them too. But then, the ride was just as hairy with them at #9 as it was with them at #3.....you would have thought that if it is shock problems, that there would have been a setting in there that should have worked better . One thing I didn't do was to put in tubes when I went to these tires....maybe I've hit the sidewalls so hard last season that they can't put up with the abuse anymore !!
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Re: Traction Issues...AGAIN !!!
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06/24/14 01:54 PM
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Heavier cars that hit the tire hard kill the side walls much sooner than lighter cars... I've never worn out a slick(tread surface) but the side walls are done
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Re: Traction Issues...AGAIN !!!
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06/24/14 01:56 PM
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Try this pic....I think THIS tells the story !!!
A fellow racer just sent me this.....maybe hard to see at this sizing, but on a larger pic, the sidewalls are DESTROYED....and with pressure at 14# !!
Last edited by superwrench; 06/24/14 01:58 PM.
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