Why Early SS Cars Sits Low In The Back

[ye olde rust bucket]

Probably 99% of modern drag cars sits higher in the back.

I have notice that almost all Super Stock cars from the early days (early 60s) of drag racing sits lower in the back.

I am sure it was not done for style.

What are the Pros and Cons of this setup considering they were not running any wheeliebars???


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[Lonnies Performance]

Probably the remnant of the early gasser style cars.

A high front transfers weight to the rear, at the expense of aerodynamics... especially when early suspension design/weight transfer was rather lacking.

[mikedc]

On these early drag cars, it's not that the rearends were so low. It's that the front ends were so high.

At the time they thought it made the take-off quicker. They eventually discovered that a softer front end gave better numbers.