Thread: stock suspension and drive set up for strip, vega.

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Don't worry about the rake on the car... I would keep the carb pad parallel with the ground no matter what attitude the truck sits at... \\Don't really follow what you mean by side to side....???? On a drag car, I like to have the engine centered, one angle for the u-joints is plenty, no reason to add a side to side angle to them also.....

I am trying to set up something like this . This guy is running a 406sbc with track 1 brodix heads and a .640" lift roller cam on nitrous. He is using a ladder bar set up ,he said he lost 2 tenths on his time by switching over tot the ladder bars.

Heres another thats running the stock 4 link with a very small tire. 406 edelbrock heads, 170 shot plate system, th350 3800 stall, 12 bolt with gm posi and 3.73, 26x8.5 MT's, I have a sway bar, airbags in both springs run them both at 25psi. The car leaves extremely hard 1.47 60ft times. It still has the stock upper and lower control arms that have been boxed. The only reason I put the bags in was cause the car was squatting so hard that the pinnion was hitting the floor board. It has went as fast as 6.79 @ 102 in the 8th. I have alot of passes on the car with all the stock suspension and have dialed it down pretty good. The car is in the garage right now, I took it apart to freshen it up and put a bigger solid roller cam in it. If you need any info feel free to ask, I can point you in direction that I should have taken when I first started building the car. He upgraded the motor since then.

I am undecided if I want to stay with the stock suspension or go to a ladder bar set up I know ladder bar would be better than the stock suspension but car would be worth more if i did not cut it up, so I think I am going to stay with the stock suspension.

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