Quote Originally Posted by canadianal
well nex race day coming up and i have decided to try to get the bucket to go a little faster.
my last and best run was 14.1 with aired down rear tires and a cool engine.
stock 500 caddy 400 tranny 355 rear gears and crappy small rear tires.
i am not going to improve the rear tires yet as 1st i am going to try a few other things as follows.
i am going to remove/back off the front sway bar(its got a nova front suspension) to try to get the front end up a bit on launch
tighten up the traction bars a bit to approx 1/4 bumper space from 1/2 inch
air down tires evenly(got a low pressure 0 to 30 gauge)
and last but not least got a bm shift improver kit to put in the car.
i leave the car in drive and it shifts at approx 4100 to 4200 rpm.
my goal is to get close to 13.6 this year.
my et limit is only 13.5 before i need a full bar so i am going to try to attempt to get close to that this year and decide this winter what to do ie faster and roll bar or stay at speed i am at.
i have a opportunity to get a decent pair of 15 inch wide used slicks if i want them but if i can now get to 13,5 without them i would try that 1st.
we kind of talked about the tires and the other racer even thought they would last me forever as he thought i would just haze them to dry them off after the water box and they would work fine even cool for me . i dont think i would barley have enough hp to even turn them

any ideas or suggestions regarding any further easy chassis mods that would improve the et.
Bigger tires will only slow you down.