Dragster chassis types pros and cons

Bill Baer · 08-23-2011, 01:18 PM

If you have ever seen a TAD shaking the tires you would understand why no one tried a suspended car.(They some times shake hard enough to knock out the driver temporarly!)
The comments that Chris has offered are correct for TD/SC where consistency is king!
But if you study the comp eliminator dragsters they are interested in all out performance and don't use suspensions because of the weight they also use the smallest rear tire possible to reduce rotating weight and are willing to give up some consistency for all out performance.
Since their class are weight per CI they try to get to the class minimum which is several hundred pounds less that your typical 1800-2000# S/C dragster.

08-23-2011, 01:18 PM	#11
Bill Baer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Nothern IL Posts: 596 Likes: 1 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Dragster chassis types pros and cons If you have ever seen a TAD shaking the tires you would understand why no one tried a suspended car.(They some times shake hard enough to knock out the driver temporarly!) The comments that Chris has offered are correct for TD/SC where consistency is king! But if you study the comp eliminator dragsters they are interested in all out performance and don't use suspensions because of the weight they also use the smallest rear tire possible to reduce rotating weight and are willing to give up some consistency for all out performance. Since their class are weight per CI they try to get to the class minimum which is several hundred pounds less that your typical 1800-2000# S/C dragster. __________________ Bill Baer 3391 SC, 339B SC, QR