are SS springs enough

Hey sounds like a fun car! Just a couple suggestions if you have not already done them:

Add a adjustable pinion snubber - you want 3/4 to 1 inch clearance with the weight of the car on it for the track

Clamp the springs - Helps the springs act as one during wrap up at launch

Stiffen the body with torque boxes and frame connectors

A good set of drag shocks front and rear - you want the front end to raise quickly to get the weght over the rear wheels and to slowly set it back down - Strange Double Adjustable Shocks as example

Front torsion bars - Use ones for Dart V8 motor - Will help get the front end up during launch

These are the things I learned from Dave Young (Technical Editor for Mopar Muscle Magazine). He used this type of set originally on the B3 project to get the 67 Barracuda to hook. I now own that car but it has had both the front and rear suspensions upgraded by Dave since the original build (to handle the 750 hp engine now in it)

Dave ran in the low 10's with a 650 HP motor with the original suspension set up. He did not tub the car so can only run a 10 inch wide by 28 inch tire. He pulled out all the tricks to get these small tires to hook. He has drag raced almost all his life and has an engineering degree on top of that. So the guy knows has stuff. Anybody can buy the expensive stuff and make a car hook. The B3 was (Barracuda, Bracket racer, and Budget) was done to show you how to do it for low cost.

You can still read about the B3 on Mopar Muscle site - Not all the articles are there, but many of the key ones.

Some pictures attached as follows:

1 - The orginal suspension set up hooking at the track - Notice how the car lauches level - No twist or tipping on the rear tires. This is what the stiffened body and correct weight transfer from good, properly set shocks will do.

2 - Spring wrap up - why clamping all the springs together helps

3 - Torque boxes - Stengthen the front spring mount on the rear suspension

4 - Frame connectors - Connect and stiffen the front and rear of the car

5 - Pinion snubber - Limits the amount of wrap of the rear axle springs

6 - Wheelie - As is today with new front and rear suspension



Throw some pictures of the car on the thread - We love pictures!

Good Luck - Hope I didn't add too much basic stuff here. Hope it helps!

Ma Snart