84 Dedicated Drag Car
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From: Osceola Ne
84 Dedicated Drag Car
I am presently looking at an 84 with about 200K on it to strip out and convert to a dedicated drag car. Have any of you folks ever backhalved one of these and installed a fully adjustable 4 Link? Does any one make one for these or will it have to fabricated from scratch? I have a complete narrowed 8 3/4" mopar rear with MW spool and axles I would like to use.
Thanks,
John
Thanks,
John
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Go with the lightest pieces you can afford, particularly in the unsprung weight category, like wheels, slicks and rear end.
What speed/ET's are you shooting for? Overrall weight is not so critical if you do not expect to run in the 7-8's. Most of those door slammers are at around 2,000 lbs., roadsters 1,750. A powerglide is the sweatheart of transmissions: Not too expensive, and a light, powerful car does not need 3 gears.
What speed/ET's are you shooting for? Overrall weight is not so critical if you do not expect to run in the 7-8's. Most of those door slammers are at around 2,000 lbs., roadsters 1,750. A powerglide is the sweatheart of transmissions: Not too expensive, and a light, powerful car does not need 3 gears.
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Thanks guys I will check them out. I am planning on somewere in the high to mid 10's, so it can run Super Street. Later I would like to get it down in to the 9's for Super Gas, I probably going to go with mild steel since its a little more forgiving than Moly. I'm going to do some reading on the NCCC rules to see what class I should shoot for. I have a low 10.00 Challenger I run now but would like to have something that I can go to vette only races with. I am probably going to try and run a Glide right off the bat, I have one in my challenger and really like it. I'm planning on doing most of this myself and taking my time so it might be a while before it sees the track.
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Chris Alston , in his Chassisworks catalog, says there is not much weight difference between mild steel and chromoly(seems to me like it was 20 or so pounds in a full size bracket car, like Camero), so unless a class requires chromoly, 9-10 second cars do just fine with mild steel.
Just from my own personal preference in watching, Super Gas is more fun to watch than Super Street. In a big meet, a lot of Super Gassers double their fun by running both classes by just adjusting their throttle stops.
Just from my own personal preference in watching, Super Gas is more fun to watch than Super Street. In a big meet, a lot of Super Gassers double their fun by running both classes by just adjusting their throttle stops.
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I have a mild steel ladder bar chassis in my Challenger and it a full chassis, it works well for me although looking back I wish I would have gone with a 4 link. I agree SG is more fun to watch since they are faster, I do mostly ET racing but am going to get into Super Street next season and them move into Super Gas if I like pro tree racing. I am already running a TS so the car is setup to do it. I'm going up tomorrow to see if I can get that 84 if he wants to much I'll just keep looking since there is no real rush. I was going to call Alston tomorrow and see what they have that would work in that car. I love drag racing I just wish it wasn't so expensive to do but speed cost money.
