drag only setup
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Burning Brakes
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From: Burton TX
drag only setup
Im building a c5 coupe for drag racing only pretty much. I am converting it to auto and plan on leaving the irs till it breaks. Whats the best suspension setup. Here is what I was thinking.
no front sway bar
qa1's in the front
stock height suspension
no front sway bar
qa1's in the front
stock height suspension
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Does QA1 make a true drag shock? If not, look for a drag race shock that has the adjustable settings.
The other QA1 shocks I've seen are not true darg shocks. Typically they come in adjustments of 50/50,70/30 and 90/10
he other adjustables are either hard or soft, both on rebound and compression.
The other QA1 shocks I've seen are not true darg shocks. Typically they come in adjustments of 50/50,70/30 and 90/10
he other adjustables are either hard or soft, both on rebound and compression.
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QA1 have a number of settings (I want to say 6) via a **** on the shocks. Now they make them double adjustable.
The original question is very vague. If you plan to put 1000 rwhp through irs, you may have issues. What kind of car are you building? Turbo? Supercharged? Nitrous? NA? If you go with nitrous or supercharger, you'll see a lot more stress and the irs probably won't live very long. I think turbos are a little more forgiving than leaving on 400 shot of spray so the irs may last longer.
Give some details.
The original question is very vague. If you plan to put 1000 rwhp through irs, you may have issues. What kind of car are you building? Turbo? Supercharged? Nitrous? NA? If you go with nitrous or supercharger, you'll see a lot more stress and the irs probably won't live very long. I think turbos are a little more forgiving than leaving on 400 shot of spray so the irs may last longer.
Give some details.
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From: Burton TX
Originally Posted by Paul_Z06
QA1 have a number of settings (I want to say 6) via a **** on the shocks. Now they make them double adjustable.
The original question is very vague. If you plan to put 1000 rwhp through irs, you may have issues. What kind of car are you building? Turbo? Supercharged? Nitrous? NA? If you go with nitrous or supercharger, you'll see a lot more stress and the irs probably won't live very long. I think turbos are a little more forgiving than leaving on 400 shot of spray so the irs may last longer.
Give some details.
The original question is very vague. If you plan to put 1000 rwhp through irs, you may have issues. What kind of car are you building? Turbo? Supercharged? Nitrous? NA? If you go with nitrous or supercharger, you'll see a lot more stress and the irs probably won't live very long. I think turbos are a little more forgiving than leaving on 400 shot of spray so the irs may last longer.
Give some details.
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From: Burton TX
Originally Posted by C3AV
you only want to go 5's in the1/8..not so fast, if you buy my car, you can still keep yours and save 35,000.not to mention years of testing, are you ready to start the endless journey?
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From: Burton TX
Originally Posted by REDC4CORVETTE
Start with the CCW drag pack and another 45K and you are their.
I wont even be close to 45k for low 6's unless something goes wrong. Can't say about 5's. I have camaro's running mid 6's and have less than 10k total in them counting the cars. I know a vette is more money but everything else is the same except for the IRS pretty much. Well I guess it all depends on how you build the cars and who does the work on how much you could have in them. I have my own business and do all the work so that saves alot vs someone dropping a car off and writing a check.
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Originally Posted by minytrker
I wont even be close to 45k for low 6's unless something goes wrong. Can't say about 5's. I have camaro's running mid 6's and have less than 10k total in them counting the cars. I know a vette is more money but everything else is the same except for the IRS pretty much. Well I guess it all depends on how you build the cars and who does the work on how much you could have in them. I have my own business and do all the work so that saves alot vs someone dropping a car off and writing a check.
I had very little in my mustang and ran sixes on the motor. I plan on running low sixes in my vette with a 422" LS7 headed motor and a stick.
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Originally Posted by Face
QA1's have 12 settings.
I have QA1's on my '99 FRC and they are double adjustable (on compression and rebound). I have found a 2 setting in the front and a 11 setting in the rear works good for me. At 425 Hp, I can just barely get the tires off the ground with a stock susupension height.
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Originally Posted by HawkIVette
I have QA1's on my '99 FRC and they are double adjustable (on compression and rebound). I have found a 2 setting in the front and a 11 setting in the rear works good for me. At 425 Hp, I can just barely get the tires off the ground with a stock susupension height. Not much wasted energy. James
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From: Burton TX
Wow that is impressive. Are you still running a 6 speed?
I have QA1's on my '99 FRC and they are double adjustable (on compression and rebound). I have found a 2 setting in the front and a 11 setting in the rear works good for me. At 425 Hp, I can just barely get the tires off the ground with a stock susupension height.
Originally Posted by HawkIVette
I have QA1's on my '99 FRC and they are double adjustable (on compression and rebound). I have found a 2 setting in the front and a 11 setting in the rear works good for me. At 425 Hp, I can just barely get the tires off the ground with a stock susupension height.
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Hey Lorenz I see you list SC as one of your locations. Is that where the ar is? You may want to consider running in our National Corvette Challenge in Richmond Virginia in Feb next year.
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From: Burton TX
Originally Posted by REDGAR
Hey Lorenz I see you list SC as one of your locations. Is that where the ar is? You may want to consider running in our National Corvette Challenge in Richmond Virginia in Feb next year.