Suspension Modification For Drag Racing
#31
Look at this for some guidance. http://www.full-race.com/catalog/product_i...products_id=814
Full-race builds the most popular honda traction bars that get their fwd to 1.4 60'
Bad design, bad material and you might end up with one like this.
Full-race builds the most popular honda traction bars that get their fwd to 1.4 60'
Bad design, bad material and you might end up with one like this.
#32
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QUOTE (tanc @ Oct 29 2009, 07:55 PM)
Not quite. I don't think you've been in a FWD car with more then 200whp have you? Shit my 95hp accent hops.
Does a 650+ whp Integra count? No hop issues with it.
#33
I doubt a "650+whp" integra was running only lowering springs, let alone run drag radials wtf. With all due respect my friend, you can redefine physics. A fwd car on a launch looses all weight on the drive wheels, no matter if you perch the car 3ft in the air, its physics. There are means which can reduce the negative factors of fwd drag racing, but no eliminating them.
If you have some kind of vid of this monster integra with just lowering springs and drag radials, please post it. In all my years of doing this, I've never seen anything with 400whp fwd or over pull off anything better than a 1.7~ on drag radials and springs.
If you have some kind of vid of this monster integra with just lowering springs and drag radials, please post it. In all my years of doing this, I've never seen anything with 400whp fwd or over pull off anything better than a 1.7~ on drag radials and springs.
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Sorry, no video, it was 11 years ago. Car had Drag-launch springs and 245/50-16 DR's. Also had adjustable camber arms so we could run almost no camber on the front. Aired down to about 20 psi hot. Would spin really bad (650 HP through a 245 tire will do that), but never hopped.
#35
Probably never hopped because it didn't have enough traction to. Too much power with no traction will result in just spin. Now if you have shit load of ponies with some hook using adjustable coilovers and slicks, thats when you'll get hop.
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i have one...and even though i dont have wheel hop, 1. cuz its never been to strip (only oval track) 2. cuz my DD...lol
i dont it would help him if it extremely bad...
i have one...and even though i dont have wheel hop, 1. cuz its never been to strip (only oval track) 2. cuz my DD...lol
i dont it would help him if it extremely bad...
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QUOTE (Juanra @ Nov 8 2009, 08:58 PM)
Can an engine damper help with the hoping???
Helped with mine and a few others, some others said no.