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Ken Miele · 07-09-2010, 12:07 PM

Travis,

In my case moving the handle to high gear did not help. I guess it would depend on how far you where out in the wheelstand. Back in the late 90's I was at Delmar Delaware and my car went past the point where I have never been, I put the car from 1st to high as soon as I felt I was to high. I would guess I was at the 300 foot mark and it still was not coming down. I ran out of balls and just lifted, in hindsight I probably should have feather the throttle, but it happened to quick and thought it was best to set it down.

I bent the headers, oil pan and shock towers along with other front-end components. I can tell you I was happy when the wheelie bars where okay for stock.

Today I don't need the bars because of what I have learned on how my car got into the large wheelstands, but I do like the insurance of having them.

07-09-2010, 12:07 PM	#5
Ken Miele Live Reporter Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 4,862 Likes: 456 Liked 16,557 Times in 1,523 Posts	Re: What would you do in a bumper scraping wheelstand? Travis, In my case moving the handle to high gear did not help. I guess it would depend on how far you where out in the wheelstand. Back in the late 90's I was at Delmar Delaware and my car went past the point where I have never been, I put the car from 1st to high as soon as I felt I was to high. I would guess I was at the 300 foot mark and it still was not coming down. I ran out of balls and just lifted, in hindsight I probably should have feather the throttle, but it happened to quick and thought it was best to set it down. I bent the headers, oil pan and shock towers along with other front-end components. I can tell you I was happy when the wheelie bars where okay for stock. Today I don't need the bars because of what I have learned on how my car got into the large wheelstands, but I do like the insurance of having them.