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The first time I tried to hook on the street I ended up in the dirt facing the starting line lol. So the car has come a long way since then.

The main things I did were:

Square the chassis.
Set the ladder bars closest to level with the rockers and no preload with me in it.
Set the pinion angle.
Viking Crusader DA shocks front and rear
5+ inches of lift from ride height up front.

Saturday night there was an early Firebird at the street races that was hooking hard. Nitrous car with CalTracs and Strange DA shocks front and rear.

I don't have any experience with CalTracs, but I've seen plenty of cars hook as hard as anything on the street with them.
Nice work! Job well done!

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Old 07-15-2020, 07:05 PM
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The first time I tried to hook on the street I ended up in the dirt facing the starting line lol. So the car has come a long way since then.

The main things I did were:

Square the chassis.
Set the ladder bars closest to level with the rockers and no preload with me in it.
Set the pinion angle.
Viking Crusader DA shocks front and rear
5+ inches of lift from ride height up front.

Saturday night there was an early Firebird at the street races that was hooking hard. Nitrous car with CalTracs and Strange DA shocks front and rear.

I don't have any experience with CalTracs, but I've seen plenty of cars hook as hard as anything on the street with them.
Yeah i spun my car around once. lol

So i guess getting DA rear shocks is an order.

You have ladder bars?

What do you set your pinion angle at?

Do you have stock upper and lower control arms ?

Looks like alot of people are impressed with your car ..I know i am . It gives me hope seeing that picture you posted..

Thanks for posting it...

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Old 07-17-2020, 06:22 PM
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That car is lit and on a mission! Nice pic..

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Yeah i spun my car around once. lol

So i guess getting DA rear shocks is an order.

You have ladder bars?

What do you set your pinion angle at?

Do you have stock upper and lower control arms ?

Looks like alot of people are impressed with your car ..I know i am . It gives me hope seeing that picture you posted..

Thanks for posting it...

Thanks Paul and Adam, I appreciate it!

Charlie, yeah it's a ladder bar car. My pinion angle is set at 2 degrees.

In the pic the car has stock upper control arms and aftermarket Chinese (heavy) lower control arms. I put TRZ uppers and lowers on it recently. But the TRZ uppers were tying the front end down, I was only getting 3 inches of front end lift. So I put the stock upper back on and now I'm back to 5+ inches of lift.

I still have to get the front end re-aligned and a few other small details completed. But it will be back on the street in a week or two.

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I think I saw a video of that race and you dragged the Mustang down the street?

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I think I saw a video of that race and you dragged the Mustang down the street?
Yes Sir, and with a pushrod tip in my timing chain lol.

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Small local track a few days ago...




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Looks "sinister".... Very cool. What did you run?

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