Heck if I know.I was gonna just post up and see if somebody close by would donate some. If it aint too far from me, I'll go get um and send um to you.
i can hook my iron headed hemi with DOT rear tires, so i'd say caltracs work. what i did do to the front end that really helped
calvert 90/10's
RMS tubular uppers w/heims
RMS adjustable strut rods
and light weight front runners/wheel combo
pulled 1.43 60's @ norwalk last weekend
Man this is all realy good info,68 hemi gts u are where i want to be,less hemi lol.what do adjustable struts help,never realy thought of those...i am feeling alot better about chooosing the right parts for my chassis set up already.thanks guys..
For a budget, run the SS springs, the snubber. In the front go with the slant torsion bars. for shocks, use standard heavy duty hydraulic shocks (NOT gas charged) in the rear. MP sells the 2" longer shocks for the SS springs. Drill holes on the front shocks and drain the fluid. It's all in the MP chassis manual. cars have been runnin in the 8s for bout 40 years using these methods. Just cause somethin is new, sporty and expensive dont mean it works any damned better. yall are bein duped. But **** it. what the hell do I know. I was racin back in the late 70s before I even had a driver's license. I don't know ****.
I had a '71 Duster set up EXACTLY like you described right down the the drilled fron shocks... It went 11.07 @ 119mph with a 1.50 60 foot.
the adjustable strut rods also have a heim witch will free up the front end movement and provide lots of travel. thats been the whole key for me to get my caltracs working. i'm so nose heavy that its hard to get that front end up. also your gonna either want to go to calvert spring perches or box your existing ones. no one told be this and i bent the hell out of mine, folded them right up. seems to be common with caltracs.
i think this is a interesting, look at the front end wheel geometry.
stock front suspension, best pass ever 10.47
tubular uppers and strut rods, see how the wheels are way straighter!! and it goes 10.30's now, same tune up
Awesome setup! but it looks cooler with the wheels outta whack. LMAO
Larry Shepard has it down pat. I dont get it that people insist on ignoring the MP manuals.
You don't even need ss springs or cal tracs to hook up in an a-body..my '70 duster with the 416 60' in the 1.40's with nothing more them then h.d. springs(rear clamps removed) pinion snubber and "cheap" Summit drag shocks 90/10 front 50/50 rear....