Traction Control Needed...
I'm planning to do another run down the track this coming Friday. I've been sorting out issues all summer long and never made it back. Just this past Friday (9/14) I removed the air shocks and put monotubes back there. The ride is way better. I haven't specifically tried to launch the car on the new shocks (I'm going to have to double check the torque on the fasteners first, make sure they haven't loosened). But the few times I got on it, seriously, it felt like it hooked better.
Maybe the air springs were jouncing the suspension. I'm no suspension expert, but as the rear of the car itself is moving up, but slowing down while moving up, that would tend to lift the suspension. Maybe now that motion is much better controlled, and that was the additional traction I was feeling.
I would prefer to tow the car there. But I just filled the tank on Sunday, and won't have a chance to run it down before Friday. So, likely I will just drive it there, and blow another 42 pounds of fuel out of it. I'm going to start messing with these front sway bars. I haven't even looked at those, and what is required to "pull the pins."
That and I will take all the extra weight back out of it again.