wheel stand, flatened some tubes = .10 faster

[scott koresky]

WTF, I had a wheel stand and flatened some header tubes now the car picked up a .12 on motor and a .16 on NOS what gives? Has anyone ever experanced this before, am I just lucky or something?

[john newman]

i can relate to the wheel stand issues, flattened my exaust,i'm trying to not wheel stand, i would love my car to leave just like your's, are you stock style susp., i have a 84' t/a ,440"sbc.th400,12bolt. 4.30, in the Pro-Stock class. at 3225lbs., 125lbs. over, i went 9.38 @ 147, in a 180ft. pedaling wheel stand, it was bad, every time out, i'm looking forward to the same thing WHEEL STANDS, i got limiters, from 7" down to 1", i tryed the firmest on the front struts, tightened up rear susp., took timimg out, foot braked car, trans. break, i think i tryed everything possible, i'm thinking of going to a glide over the winter. any good suggestions, or advice would be great coming from someone who has the same kind of car. good luck.

[scott koresky]

Well thats the first time she did that on me, Milan D.W. usualy is not preped well but I was in the same lane as Brian Robbins 442 and Milan glued the s... out of it for them. I was just a victum of dead hook and low tire presure, I am 3320 with me in it I scale the car every year and I am 51.5 on front and 48.5 rear ratio. I also run a small block, 421ci on 250 NOS 2 stage plate but just using one stage so far. Dart Pro 1 heads with CNC job and a local guy opened up the exhaust side for the spray but I think it hurt me cause the car picked up on the motor and on the NOS after I flatened some header tubes.
I run a T350, 9" 4.11 pro gears, a True 29 X 10" goodyear tire, PA K-member, front coil overs with 5 way adjustable struts, V6 springs with Hals in the rear, RR has an air bag bit I only put 10 lbs of air in it, I use the stock style sway bar to load the RR 100 lbs heavier so I lift the front end evenly. I keep the pinion angle -3.5 but I will be taking that out this weekend cause an article in FSCM said all it does is scrub off ET.
I have some video's if you want I can link them to you.
Here is a small clip of Milan on saturday http://home.comcast.net/~nitrousrick/933.wmv


P.S. unfortunatly I got knocked out in the first round of elims. but on the bright side I lost to Billy Glidden, I tried to tree him but he is too good, I had a .082 to his .045.

[john newman]

nice run, i'm going to try to limit the front end to no travel, next weekend, i really can't afford to buy all new stuff to put in a glide, i have my pinion angle set at -3 degrees, well good luck, thanks for getting back with the video and info. thanks again.