AHFS changes after Phoenix and Houston

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

Seeing this thread refuses to die,...beat this:

Two pieces of railroad track @ 180# ea.,
100 with the box.
100 in the back bumper..
and that's for the lighter class.

Lord! Mine would be undrivable with all that in the back. LOL

[Mike Schwartz]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

Seeing this thread refuses to die,...beat this:

Two pieces of railroad track @ 180# ea.,
100 with the box.
100 in the back bumper..
and that's for the lighter class.

That gives a whole new meaning to the term "on rails."

Are there additional bolts on the sides of the tracks that aren't visible?

[The Hawk]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

Seeing this thread refuses to die,...beat this:

Two pieces of railroad track @ 180# ea.,
100 with the box.
100 in the back bumper..
and that's for the lighter class.

Nice job Mark! How much more needs to go in after the added HP?

[Charlie A]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

Seeing this thread refuses to die,...beat this:

Two pieces of railroad track @ 180# ea.,
100 with the box.
100 in the back bumper..
and that's for the lighter class.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Mike Schwartz

That gives a whole new meaning to the term "on rails."

Are there additional bolts on the sides of the tracks that aren't visible?

Yes, there were. Two half inch bolts per 100 lbs. Welded on the bottom.
Teched by Travis at Indy.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by The Hawk

Nice job Mark! How much more needs to go in after the added HP?

105 lbs, Lane
Not sure I want to put that much more load on the transaxle though.The Monte is already a tank @ 3500#

Just going to run "C" this weekend , until we reassess the situation.

[Ed Wright]

Mark, have you thought about a weight bar up front? Helps with wheel stands. May not be a problem for your car. Might be easier on the trans axle?

I have a 65 lb bar (square tubing filled with lead shot) up front, right behind my fog lights. Two 1/2" bolts to the front bumper support bar. Rest is in the weight box in the back.

Duct tape stopped shot bags leaking shot into the weight box. Got tired of having to use the shop vac to get loose shot out. A cut down floor mat keeps the bags from wearing against the heads of the 2 bolts holding the weight box in place.

[Bob Mulry]

I don't think that the problem is the location of the weight, just the amount of weight.......

Bob


PS:

The only way that car would do a wheel stand is to leave the line in reverse..........

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

Mark, have you thought about a weight bar up front? Helps with wheel stands. May not be a problem for your car. Might be easier on the trans axle?

I have a 65 lb bar (square tubing filled with lead shot) up front, right behind my fog lights. Two 1/2" bolts to the front bumper support bar. Rest is in the weight box in the back.

Duct tape stopped shot bags leaking shot into the weight box. Got tired of having to use the shop vac to get loose shot out. A cut down floor mat keeps the bags from wearing against the heads of the 2 bolts holding the weight box in place.

We've got 125# welded into the front frame structure now. A weight box on the passenger side floor. The gas tank is kinda behind the back seat. No extra weight behind that point.
Very hard to steer now with a gutted power rack.

To be clear, the picture is of my Omega with a 350 Buick,...about 10 years ago.
And yes, it still spun the tires once in a while.

[Dwight Southerland]

Mark, where did that car go (Omega w/Buick)?