was very interesing to say the least. the night started with the inside of the tires rubbing the inner fenders (i shoulda got rims with a 3.5" backspace). we got that fixed and in the process i damaged a lug nut. the next drama involved some kind of as yet unexplained suspension problem. the entire car is leaning to the left and we couldn't find anything obviously wrong tonight despite several people looking over the rear end and suspension. according to people who watched me run the car went to the left on every launch and stayed leaned over to that side until i let off on the big end. i need to find a solution to this pretty quick because i sure don't want to race much longer if something is going bad that might break.
the good news is that i made up for my disaster last week on double points night by winning 3 rounds and taking home quarterfinal money tonight. that makes 2 out of the last 3 weeks in the money for the old pontiac...i can definitely handle more of this, especially if the car will actually drive straight one day and get all of the tire to the ground.
any suggestions/advice on the suspension problems are appreciated. at least 3 full time GM master techs looked at it tonight and couldn't find anything obviously wrong. there are a few suspects, including a collapsed left leaf spring, left shock failure, air in the right rear shock that is causing that side of the car to sit up (we took the air line off and no air came out, so this might be far fetched), or a broken shock mount on the right front. the leading suspect at this point is the left leaf spring or shock.
97 Trans Am WS6
Best ET: 12.13
Best MPH 114.6
74 Formula 455
Best ET: 11.97
Best MPH: 112.58
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