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Alan Roehrich 07-10-2010 08:23 AM
Re: What would you do in a bumper scraping wheelstand?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by MKopp5787 (Post 197254)
Well I think this is an easy one for me to answer coming from expierence of doing many of these w/o wheelie bars. The only thing you can do is shift. . . . . . . . shift. . . . . . . . and oh yeah hold on.
Ah, the voice of experience. With the pictures to prove it!

Barry Polley 07-10-2010 10:32 AM
Re: What would you do in a bumper scraping wheelstand?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by junior barns (Post 197213)
I dont think Ralph had any wheelie bars on his car that pass? WHY? The car appeared to unloaded when it hit the rear bumper.


Yeah I saw that. I was commenting on the outlawed bars. Still ticked about that. I would not take a chance on not having them on an A-C car now. Too many variables and besides, it's too expensive to fix and loose a round.


BP

Chris "drooze" Wertman 07-11-2010 08:28 AM
Re: What would you do in a bumper scraping wheelstand?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Travis Miller (Post 197065)
Okay, we've seen the Bob Porpora wheelstand video. If you get into one of those situations is there anyway to come out of it short of banging the front end down? Here's something that may work...

A few years ago a local S/S racer here in Louisville broke his wheelie bars and started to climb way too high. Realizing something was wrong he put his shifter into high gear, skipping second gear. Still under power the car settled down smoothly after the transmission shifted into high gear. All that was damaged was the broken wheelie bars.

Travis

(Disclaimer: Opinions expressed by me on this forum are exactly that, my opinions.)

See if I could flip it all the way ?


(no Im not serious but it would be an interesting thought :)

69Cobra 07-11-2010 09:13 AM
Re: What would you do in a bumper scraping wheelstand?
 
After watching Ralph's video the car stoped going up but then he shifted into second and that's when the car went to the bumper. If he would have waited just a split second until the nose started down he would have been fine. But that's not that easy to do in the moment. BTW love the sound of that X pipe.

Jack McCarthy 07-11-2010 02:20 PM
Re: What would you do in a bumper scraping wheelstand?
 
damn cant say thats ever happened to me LOL :)
(once in an old modified car maybe)

However when randy BIGG STUFF payne went about 500 foot on the back bumper (without lifting) to beat an emmons in class at belle rose he made these comments "never thought about lifting, hell at my age what a way to go out ! "... and "when i put her in high gear she started to settle down" > so if i ever get some big air in the old U/SA wagon ill take travis and bigg's advice and throw her in high gear !!!!

captain jack

Bob Bender 07-11-2010 02:23 PM
Re: What would you do in a bumper scraping wheelstand?
 
This happens all the time with my car (lol) just hold on :p

Stephen & Horace Johnson 07-11-2010 02:34 PM
Re: What would you do in a bumper scraping wheelstand?
 
With as many wheelstanding antics i've done (not proud of them), I would say, you need to short shift 2nd gear and it will come down. If it still wants to come up, you need to feather the throttle. In watching the video of Ralph, if he had of short shifted 2nd gear, she woulda came down alot smoother, but things happen so fast. It all boils down to knowing where you are at in the air....Easier said than done, but Ralph did a good job, it could have been worse than that.....

MKopp5787 07-11-2010 02:59 PM
Re: What would you do in a bumper scraping wheelstand?
 
Trust me if you feather the throttle your gonna lose momentum. If you short shift 2nd, then short shift to 3rd. It'll come down. Trust me. I did an 1/8th mile wheel stand at Topeka Nats a couple years ago and all's I did was threw it in 2nd then 3rd. And hang on. Oh I believe I did it again at Joliet the following race to the 330' also 2nd to 3rd. Not LIFTING and she came down smooth everytime.

James Perrone 07-11-2010 03:22 PM
Re: What would you do in a bumper scraping wheelstand?
 
Mike
YOU THA MAN!!
That wheelie at Chicago was AWSOME!!
Listen folks he KNOWS..
Hes just alittle crazy like his DAD!!

bigshow2966 07-11-2010 06:40 PM
Re: What would you do in a bumper scraping wheelstand?
 
I'd have to go get new undershorts.


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