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Originally Posted by e vassar
Build the car light as possible. Then add back necessary weight over back wheels. 3 speed trans, 5:13 gear, stiff sidewall radial slicks.
There I've given away all the secrets.
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I was at the houston National race in 89 and saw Randy Heer do crazy wheelies in Stock back then,remember that was 15/20 years before light wheel brakes and 10 years before light weight seats, no other Stockers really lifted the wheels back then..well RJ's Fairlane did to some extend but not like Randy's..
I crawled under the car to find basically stock leaf springs and nothing fancy at all..
In a A/SA 427 with steel heads back then it's hard to believe he had a good front to back weight ratio....
So my conclusion 30 years later is that if you find the sweet spot(for wheel stands in this case) nothing else really matters..not that all thing suggested help,ofcourse they do....but sometimes it just works... other ways!
p.s. Randy's Camaro did not looked worked on at the time...it was kinda rusty below..like left alone for 10-15 years..(I could be really wrong here) and I remember James Caro getting better et's with his Challenger but not looking quiet as exiting down the track!