Re: Rear shock advice needed.
 

It seems like in my class A/H 8.40’s @3200 lbs people go super expensive but I love my Santuffs! I had Yancy rebuild them and put them on his dyno and my car 1.22 on a bad track and 1.18 on a good one damn near everytime with a Pro Trans. I am hoping 1.20 with the G-Force

Re: Rear shock advice needed.
 

There is a good chance that softening the hit of your existing clutch will give you the biggest bang for your buck.

Grant

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Catman, call Marty Rinehart. He is the man when it comes down to suspension fixes. He helped me out with my shocks and springs, and I can not say enough about the improvements I've seen after working with him. I agree, you get what you pay for. No regrets purchasing the Santhuff shocks and Landrum springs from him. Improved my 60 foot times by 5-7 hundredths (not a misprint) consistently, and now it can carry the front wheels past the 60 foot timer, and then land like it's on a fluffy pillow. No regrets at all spending the money with Marty, I highly recommend him.

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Mike Pearson, In the back of my mine I was a where of the difference between tracks & their way of prepping them, but your comment woke me up & I opened my logbook, got out a pen & calculator & tried to do some averaging & figured my car may not be as bad as I thought. In 48 runs & 6 different tracks the diff. was .069 Low was 1.285 High was 1.354
1 track in 7 runs was .025 diff. Low 1.292 High 1.317 another track in 7 runs was .027 diff. Low 1.312 High 1.339. Looks in line with what your car does.

Car has 2 way adjustable coilover VariShocks on the front, I keep them fairly tight & wheelie bars fairly low to keep front end from coming up to high.

I do believe the car dead hooks, but I may still be off in the clutch area, don't have a real good handle on that yet.

Would like to know more about how you set your ladder bars up. If you don't mind sharing, I know how much time & effort the S/SS guys put into their cars & don't want everything to be public knowledge.

Maurice, Engine is 413 cu.in. alcohol fuel injected sbc. G-Force 2400 trans. Ram single disc. clutch, 9 1/2 in. 4:86 M/W rear, 31.25/12.2W M/T tires, last time on scales 3038 lbs. 1647 frt. 1391 rear. Best run 9.04 1.285 147 mph.

James, I think you will like your G-Force trans. they are very smooth shifting & you will appreciate the service you get from Leanord & Mike Long, I have seen them work on transmissions at the track, not saying that will happen all of the time, but I have seen it on several occasions.

NHRA 1926 thanks for your encouragement to call Marty, I will do that.

Thanks to all of the S/SS guys for helping a bracket racer. Danny

Re: Rear shock advice needed.
 

Why not have the Afco shocks revalved by Menscer Motorsports ???

Re: Rear shock advice needed.
 

This.

Most of the custom shops I'm aware of use AFCO components. Might be cost effective, depending on how much internals will be replaced.