NHRA tech or lack thereof

[Mike Pearson]

Originally Posted by Bobby DiDomenico

I could see that with stiff springs Mike, the shock isn't really dampening the spring movement. As to shock placement, when Tom Rix was running the Buick in Top Stock we were at a race and I heard IHRA told Monty Bogan to fix the shock mounts on the rear suspension of his Corvette. I told them it wasn't just the shock mounts that were beating all of us, it was the way underfactored engine!

It had mono leaf springs at the time. Now I have coil overs. Other than ease of working on the car and a little weight reduction there was no improvement when I installed the coil overs from the leaf springs.