2015 Plans

Personally, work on 60 ft times. I'm cutting a 1.792 @ 87.2 mph on a 1/8 strip and dont know why Im not improving. Any suggestions other than driver, haha
 
macksdirtymax said:
Personally, work on 60 ft times. I'm cutting a 1.792 @ 87.2 mph on a 1/8 strip and dont know why Im not improving. Any suggestions other than driver, haha
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Same here. I don't really have any suggestions. I only know what my heap is doing and know what it needs to get better in the 60. You having traction issues? Launching soft? I was swinging mine up at 50 psi at launch. But the bounce just got worse and worse.
 
macksdirtymax said:
Personally, work on 60 ft times. I'm cutting a 1.792 @ 87.2 mph on a 1/8 strip and dont know why Im not improving. Any suggestions other than driver, haha
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60' times will only improve if you can get more power to the ground. We made suspension changes only that got us from 1.65 to 1.50s this year.
 
2Tone12V said:
Same here. I don't really have any suggestions. I only know what my heap is doing and know what it needs to get better in the 60. You having traction issues? Launching soft? I was swinging mine up at 50 psi at launch. But the bounce just got worse and worse.
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Traction is pretty good if I launch hard enough I loss traction but not the problem usually. I'm launching at about 15-18 PSI.

phale said:
60' times will only improve if you can get more power to the ground. We made suspension changes only that got us from 1.65 to 1.50s this year.
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I would be interested in what suspension upgrades you did. I've lowered the front with lowering keys, built the front end with pitman arms, braces, and steering stabilizer. You suggesting running a different shock?
 
Not the same being ours is a dodge, but the rear is sitting on the bump stops with only 1 leaf and cal-tracs. Front is on 1500 coils. Drag radials and we launch at 30-35psi boost. The truck is a dedicated track truck though.
 
Seems the harder you can make the rear. The better off you are. Hook and go...
 
phale said:
Not the same being ours is a dodge, but the rear is sitting on the bump stops with only 1 leaf and cal-tracs. Front is on 1500 coils. Drag radials and we launch at 30-35psi boost. The truck is a dedicated track truck though.
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Still good advice, despite mine sitting in the driveway during the week I still need it to be somewhat a family vehicle when I need it to be. Maybe invest in some drag radials for the rear this winter and just change them out at the track. Thanks for the help.

2Tone12V said:
Seems the harder you can make the rear. The better off you are. Hook and go...
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Thanks!!
 
Hurley said:
2Tone12V spotted in 2015 AirWerks catalog!
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YES!!! That made a guy happy for quite a while when I found that out. Nice big pic and it got handed out at SEMA this year. Still waiting for my own copy though. I haven't got to see it yet.
 
2Tone12V said:
YES!!! That made a guy happy for quite a while when I found that out. Nice big pic and it got handed out at SEMA this year. Still waiting for my own copy though. I haven't got to see it yet.
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Grab one at PRI this weekend?
 
2Tone12V said:
Seems the harder you can make the rear. The better off you are. Hook and go...
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Just the opposite..i thought... A softer back end to plant... Theres no weight transfer with a stiff ass... When i took out 2 leafs and added caltracks. It was night and day.:Cheer:
 
With a lot if hp you want to stiffen the rear, big hp on a light suspension will cause the bouncy bouncy
 
joefarmer said:
Grab one at PRI this weekend?
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Yes sir! I'm headed that direction tonight.

mulisha said:
Just the opposite..i thought... A softer back end to plant... Theres no weight transfer with a stiff ass... When i took out 2 leafs and added caltracks. It was night and day.:Cheer:
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Cummins12Club said:
With a lot if hp you want to stiffen the rear, big hp on a light suspension will cause the bouncy bouncy
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The rebound is the issue. Can't get control of the leaf springs from springing the truck up hard. Even with a back half truck. The suspension is very stiff on the rear on a 4wd. Now a 2wd may be different. I have no clue.
 
2Tone12V said:
Yes sir! I'm headed that direction tonight.





The rebound is the issue. Can't get control of the leaf springs from springing the truck up hard. Even with a back half truck. The suspension is very stiff on the rear on a 4wd. Now a 2wd may be different. I have no clue.
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I was speaking for coils, leaf springs are a waist of time, as you already know :)
 
2Tone12V said:
Yes sir! I'm headed that direction tonight.





The rebound is the issue. Can't get control of the leaf springs from springing the truck up hard. Even with a back half truck. The suspension is very stiff on the rear on a 4wd. Now a 2wd may be different. I have no clue.
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cant ya just get double adjustable afco's or another kind.
 
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