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That's all well and good. Now show me some fast and consistent altereds, Street Roadsters, Super Comp, Super Gas, or Quick 8 cars running it....... I seriously doubt a VW front end is equal to a Strut front on an altered of any kind.... About the only competive car I ever saw on a drag strip that used a VW front axle assembly was a Karmen Ghia with a Porsche engine.....

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

That's all well and good. Now show me some fast and consistent altereds, Street Roadsters, Super Comp, Super Gas, or Quick 8 cars running it....... I seriously doubt a VW front end is equal to a Strut front on an altered of any kind.... About the only competive car I ever saw on a drag strip that used a VW front axle assembly was a Karmen Ghia with a Porsche engine.....

I don't know of any running a VW front end, just thought it might work ok, as Canadianal said he only wanted to run 11s. I know there are beetles that run that, seemed like it could work, but probably the tried and true strut type suspension would be best.

The most simple setup, and one that works pretty well is the tried and true tube front axle. I know there are some advantages to coilovers, but for pure building simplicity, the old crossover spring has steered a million drag cars down the quarter.

I think a car set up like the one in this picture, even with a semi mild BBC should at least crack into the 10's. At the very worst low 11's.

If you want to get excited about the altered you are thinking about building, click on here and turn up the speakers. I posted this a while back, found this on youtube.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC8OmisBikg


Don

Here is a picture of the altered in the video. My understanding is that he built it as a lowbuck project, and it runs 10:40's.


Don