Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
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50/50 isn`t always the best answer and some cars I know actually end up putting weight back up front to make em leave better..............
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Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
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50/50 isn`t always the best answer and some cars I know actually end up putting weight back up front to make em leave better.............. I'm building a road race car. And yes, 50/50 is not necessarily the ideal, but certainly 60/40 is not good. E-bodies were the original 5.0L Fox bodies... hard to find one that never got turned around and hit something. I've got some weight yet to put back there... the original 7 1/4" rear is getting swapped for an 8 3/4", i'm hoping for some rear discs, its getting a rear sway bar, and heavier leafs, there's a rear spoiler to go on there and the battery is going back there, but thats about it. I have a LOT ov weight yet to go up front, and its gonna take every trick in my bag to keep it from going past the current 61/39 frt/rr the scales read. If i could afford the fiberglass hood and aluminum heads right off the bat it'd be a great start... but i cant. I'm hoping to make its maiden voyage down the street this summer (with the 383 i already have for it while i find me a smallblock) at 3200lbs. That shouldn't be hard... but while thats light for a big block E-body, its still not light. Under 3000lbs and still all steel (save hood) with BIG meats all around is the goal...
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Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
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Gotcha musta missed that part and agree............
72 Dart 470 n/a BB stroker street car `THUMPER`...Check me out on FB Dominic Thumper for videos and lots of carb pics......760-900-3895.....
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Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
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Ti rear shackles and spring eye bolts in their place. Those are Launcher springs and they carry their own weight for sure. I will create Titanium spring clamps for them when the time allows. Every ounce will count to make up for the spring mass. They do work for sure.
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Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
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Like they say, don't get caught cut short. LOL. Thank you. Yeah, I took into account that I could manipulate the shock angle and get a more smooth and valving advantage. I made my own upper shock mounts that sit just to the East and West of the originals.
The shackles on the other hand were a fab adventure on their own even though they look so simple. They are a carbon copy of Dr. Diff's offset shackle kit that I got from him a few years back. For Art sake, I had to make 'em, but for practicality??? well...........
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Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
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My car came alive Lee when I moved the shocks more vertical position.........
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Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
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Reducing unsprung weight is important as well. I`ve always thought that but must say that adding about 10+ more lbs to the rear of my car from the heavier nodular 3rd member, axles and brakes definitely made it respond/hook better when I mash the loud peddle...........
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Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
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You're right Thumper. Last time out, my car was leaving mean and clean even though I was pedaling it and I guess it was a combo of two strengths. One was the new adjustable shocks and their angles and the other was a clean mouth piece, aka Carburetor.
Off subject but much need in know. In what I thought was the pinnacle pick of carburetors, my Pro-systems 4150 based 1000HP turned out to be an athlete with a small case of athletes foot. Now don't get me wrong, this is a great carb to start with by the way, but it was in need of a little TLC within its circuits and metering blocks with the latest in carburetor black magic.
That TLC came from none other than a cat called Dominic Thumper.
This passionate racer seems to want to make everyones carb woes go away and really dives into the right stuff to make sure your carburetor/s run clean, responds razor sharp, idle with manners whether it's on the street or the staging lanes while being a villain at the stripe where it all counts. Dominic was nothing short of professional and reasonably priced in his retooling of our over anxious carb. Aside from performing a real world wet test and tune after retooling, he also was thorough in his explanation of why carbs stay rich thus getting lazy across the power band, but was patient in explaining post repair fine tuning if needed, which in our case it did not. This pup was ready to rumble once we nestled it on its manifold perch overlooking the landscape of this relatively stock looking Mopar engine. It fired right up on command and stood at attention and the results both on the street and strip thereafter have been fantastic. In short, short times dropped, MPH is up slightly and plugs are clean in between after a day of loitering around. He is reasonably priced, performs a real world wet test and tune, thus bringing forth a nasty carburetor ready to serve.
A carburetor clinic is in full swing, and it's at the hands of a committed ace, Dominic Thumper.
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Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
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GEEZ Lee-weez,you gunna be a whole 1000lbs lighter than me. We need to grab the lanes and make some vids!!!!
HEMI-ITIS has no cure. My condition is fully BLOWN!!
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