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Originally Posted by FED 387
You need to put limiters in to not allow the front suspension to bottom out ----also is this a street driven car too???? Take the front sway bar off entirely and try driving it---then put a rebuild kit in for the sway bar if you feel you need it---Really do not think you need a sway bar this I think is what is screwing you up a lot----Hell just get in and let er rip--I think you are becoming afraid of it too!!!! Concentrate on what you are doing and try to hit the shifts where you want them watch what is happening it still looks/sounds like you are lifting the peddle too on all but the last run---Try concentrating on a spot at the far end of the track AIM for it this will keep you from wandering all over instead of going straight---Really it looks pretty good but I still think you need to let the front rise a little and raise the bars and PUT some limiters in to keep the front end from bottoming out---Go look at a early camaro the malibu is basically the same fron endsee what they are doing and if it were me I'd get rid of the sway bar!!!! ----Dick
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There is no front sway bar. I was refering to the rear weld-in anti-roll bar previously. That device keeps the chassis level and eliminates the typical "G-body twist". The front suspension consists of stock GM A-arms with Global West Del-A-Lum bushings, QA1 double adjustable stocker star shocks, and Moroso 250 #/in rate "trick" springs. Oh yea, bolt style travel limiters on the upper A-arms.
I never lifted on any of the passes thoughout the day. If you hear anything that sounds like a varying engine rpm, it's either the car in the other lane, or the car behind me doing the burnout.
Do you mean limiters on the upper A-arms to limit front suspension drop? If so, the car already has those and currently can take 1" more travel out. I don't see how letting the front end rise more will keep the front end from bottoming out, on the landing I assume your refering to? If anything more front end height will make the landing potentially harder than it is which really isn't bad at all. On a good run, I can't even feel the front end come up or land, very smooth.
My concern with raising the bars is this. Currently they are set to where if the car comes up high enough to compress the wheelie bar spring to coil bind, the wheelie bar tubes will just clear the bottom of the bumper. If I raise them any higher, there's a risk of the bars hitting the bumper if it comes up high enough to coil bind the springs.
I laid out the wheelie bars on my CAD program and the current static height should allow for an approx 18" high wheelie. Now granted rear tire sidewall squat and some very minor pinion rotation take away some of the static wheelie bar wheel height upon launch.