[Mean Green]

Originally Posted by charlie66

Yes , i have a 74. It works good at the track but no good on the street. Best 60ft is a 1.42

It has double adjustables in the front and singles in the back. Cal-tracs with split mono leafs.

Any advice?

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.

[Mean Green]

Street Car

[adam woodmancy]

Originally Posted by Mean Green

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[PAUL K]

Originally Posted by Mean Green

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!

[charlie66]

Originally Posted by Mean Green

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...

[Mean Green]

Originally Posted by charlie66

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.

[Mean Green]

Street Car