ET with and without wheelie.

[Dan Bennett]

This is one of the best threads I've ever seen here. I'm seeing other racers experiences and it's making me think.

I'm beginning to think the disconnect from my original post is due to the fact that I worked almost solely on 4 link stick cars. And that the rules class cars have to run under just won't allow the important parts to be tuned to top performance.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I've been giving a lot of thought to the people who say a big wheelstand flashes the converter better. My gut feeling is that's because the slicks are loaded more and the traction loads the converter more.

You could do the same thing and keep the nose close to the ground and use the torque to move the car forward with a four link. I'm thinking that your classes simply don't have the ability to add that extra traction other than standing the car up. Again, I'd love to find I'm on the wrong track here so please speak up if you disagree.

I ran into this while working with Steve Johnson. I looked at his graphs and saw immediately where things could be improved in a major way. But the problem was that the clutches PSBs had available at the time were not able to do the adjustment that was needed.

In short, the people who are saying different vehicles need different things have helped me get a grip and I thank every one of them.