this thread sucks

[baddest434]

only because i don't have video or even a picture. but we sprayed the car for the first time last nite a 150 shot. holy **** i thought it was going to fly off into the sky. my son was driving this time and i watched as the car stood all the way up on the back bumper:mrgreen: when it came down it tweaked something in the front right tire area. we have'nt checked out the damages yet but i think it's time to invest in a set of wheelie bars. front tires were over 6 feet off the ground. luckily no damage to the oil pan or headers. i thought for a second that it might flip over backwards but my boy did a great job pedaling it back down to the ground. everyone in the stands were cheering. it had to go at least 100 ft before it came down. crossed the 60 ft mark on the back tires and just kept rising. next time i'll have wheelie bars on for sure. since i have no pics i'll say ttiwwp

[radialtireking]

This thread does suck!:rofl:

[Untamed]

Glad he was ok.

However the sadistic tendencies in me really enjoys seeing parts explode out from beneath cars the stand up and crash down.

[baddest434]

Glad he was ok.

However the sadistic tendencies in me really enjoys seeing parts explode out from beneath cars the stand up and crash down.

i do to but not from my car.

and i told this thread sucked jeff:rofl:

[Tsar]

way to tease us, god dam it

[Jersey_TA]

Glad it wasn't worse than it could have been. 6 ft wheel stand = WOW......good job :)

[Tru2Chevy]

Do you have any sort of travel limiter in the front suspension?

Also, what was the ET and mph?

- Justin

[NJSPEEDER]

wheelie bars are for the weak!!!
take droop out of the front suspension. a simple set of travel limiters will solve everything, jsut take about 25% of the drop out and it will help a ton.

[baddest434]

Do you have any sort of travel limiter in the front suspension?

Also, what was the ET and mph?

- Justin

thats one option we are thinking about justin.
we were only doing 1/8th mile passes then shutting it down. we have no licenses yet. our plan was to go all out on pass3 then they could kick us out we would be leaving then anyway. you know you only get 3 passes @ e-town:lol:
1st pass 11.30@86
2nd pass 10.80@87
3rd pass-who knows damn it

[baddest434]

wheelie bars are for the weak!!!
take droop out of the front suspension. a simple set of travel limiters will solve everything, jsut take about 25% of the drop out and it will help a ton.


weak=ouch :laugh:
limiters would help a ton your right there tim. probally what we'll do.

[SPRYN4LOWETS]

No wheelie bars for us!!!! Monkeys play with bars. HAHA it was all the talk at work today, im gonna have to do it one more time so we can get a pic of it. In the mean time take a pic of the tattooed bumper and post it up. Front end limiters and a lower launch rpm and we'll keep her going good. Thats why wednesdays are Test & Tune.

[Tsar]

wooo you both have the same sig, u're confusing my russian brain.

[baddest434]

wooo you both have the same sig, u're confusing my russian brain.

thats not hard to do you guys have 33 letters in your alphabet:rofl:

but for real you know thats my son, and it's "our" car so he can use my sig:mrgreen:

[Tsar]

thats not hard to do you guys have 33 letters in your alphabet:rofl:

but for real you know thats my son, and it's "our" car so he can use my sig:mrgreen:
yea i knew it was your son, however it would be better if it was your daughter, my age, and attractive :lol:

[BigAls87Z28]

Yeah, so the Commie could make off-color comments about her weight and how he uses her.....


Anyway, major lameage on the no pics and or vid, but ouch... Must have been a fun ride for your son!! Its not enough hp till you can flip it, and it lands back on its tires.

[Tsar]

Yeah, so the Commie could make off-color comments about her weight and how he uses her.....
um..i did say attractive, so there should be no issues with weight :scratch: and as far as the other part goes that all depends on her.

[SPRYN4LOWETS]

Im tall and thin......WAIT my father warned me about guys like YOU!!!!! HAHAHAHAHA

[Tsar]

Im tall and thin......WAIT my father warned me about guys like YOU!!!!! HAHAHAHAHA
:rofl:

[qwikz28]

Im tall and thin......WAIT my father warned me about guys like YOU!!!!! HAHAHAHAHA
*cough* *cough* isnt your license suspended? :lol:

[SPRYN4LOWETS]

You guys should see the pictures i got............ in my head still. I wanna go back out and do it again! Knew the car might do it NOW know i does!

[jrsfast84]

wheelie bars are for the weak!!!
take droop out of the front suspension. a simple set of travel limiters will solve everything, jsut take about 25% of the drop out and it will help a ton.
Yah what he said, what do you have for front struts, and try the limiters so that when you EVENLY jack up the front end, you have 3" of travel, are you coming to Island on Sunday, i'll show you mine on my car, if not i'll take pictures of them and post them here. JR1.

[SPRYN4LOWETS]

Have 90/10 lakewoods up front, pa racing chmo k frame and lower a arms. We wont be going i bent either the outter tie rod or spindle when it landed. I was going to order the competion eng cable limiters they seem to have the most adjustability. If you could post up some pics for ideas id appreciate it. I planned on puttin it on the bumper so i was prepared for it, let off about 10% just enough to turn off the n20 from the micro switch then got back into it halfway down. The header tubes have rubber on all four but only one has about an 1/4" wide flat spot on it. 1.4x 60 on the back tires. 1.34 60 on the pass before. 6.2 @ 108 in the 1/8 with letting off before the 1/8 (car bounced when it came down while i was shifting 2nd and caused me to shift it into neutral) dont know what the second pass et on the 1/8 was but trapped 112-113.

[jrsfast84]

Well, start looking at your motor mounts on the block they get bent very easy, if you have stock steering then your tie rods are most likey bent, check your strut towers under the hood, they will bend up off of the car, theres only three bolts holding them on, i'm going to take some pictures today and i'll post them soon. JR1.

[jrsfast84]

Keep your limiters even with your strut.

[jrsfast84]

Let me know how you make out and if you need any help. JR1.

[baddest434]

thanks for your help JR1 well let you know how we make out.

[SPRYN4LOWETS]

Thanks JR1, we have moroso upper and lower motor mounts on it. I am thinking its an outter tie rod. I will likely replace them with edquay rod end tie rods to get rid of the toe in while the front end is up. Are your lca's chrmo or mild steel? I see that the lower mounts are mig welded on to it. I planned on doing it the same as you have it. How much droop should i look for when i weld the upper tabs up? Im going to do the limiters and try launching at a lower rpm around 3500 and see how it goes. After i get it straightened out ill pull the limiters and turn the launch rpm back up and let her fly again for some photos.

[SPRYN4LOWETS]

JR1, front end limiters worked out great. 1.31 60' foot & 1/2 off almost to the 60' mark.

[foff667]

to make this thread less sucky heres some vid of your car doing a wheelstand

http://www.thevettedoctors.com/videos/majorspray/VetteDoctorsmajorspray-wheelstand.wmv








oops nm thats the 7 second vette doing one hehe

[baddest434]

bawaaaaaa i have been hoping that maybe someone there happened to get it on video and post it.
when i read the post i got wood:mrgreen: then limp in a sec, lol btw ours was better then that imo

[jrsfast84]

Well,if i had a video of the wheelstand from last year, i had the car straight up bumper scraping till the end of the consession stand at Island Dragway, ask anyone there, its true. its sucks when everybody wants to watch me go instead of taping it.

Plus now i'm going to tape every run, now i got a video camera inside the car.

If anyone needs a video camera mount for inside your car, (www.ioportraing.com). JR1.