'cuda and Prodigy Both Blow Up

[Steve Chryssos]

Maybe it's a coincidence or maybe this is the formula for two blown rears:

Drag Strip
Low Profile Tires
IRS
Big Torque

Track was slick but had a grippy launching pad.

http://www.musclerides.com/Pages/posting/blowedup.mov

[Ron S]

Hey Steve did you get a chance to run your Camaro{did she break into the 12'S}

[Steve Chryssos]

Of course I ran it. Didn't run a 12 though. 8.72@79 was the fastest run. Multiplied by 1.56 equals 13.60. Which is about what I ran at E-Town with the throttle set well below WOT. In Pigeon Forge on Friday, Frank, Michael, Jake and Mikey all saw the improperly set throttle. We fixed it, but it didn't do us any good since I never stayed in the throttle.

Track had a sticky starting line with lots of rubber down (no scraping) and the rest of the track was slick. So my car would hop off the line and the skate down the rest of the 1/8th. I'm not real fond of wheelspin at mid track. First run was a 13-something in the eighth with the car completely sideways. I mean I was staring at the left side wall. That was thru the fog. 8.72 was at 2PM.

So....

E-Town:
13.65@106 in the quarter with a little wheelspin, but not WOT
411:
8.72@79 with wheelhop followed by no traction.

One of these days, I'll get it right. I'll settle for a 12.99 with a 9 on my daily driver tires. My guess is that that won't happen until I swap the rear suspension for a multi-link. In the meantime, I will check the pinion angle on my new 9" Ford. Never had wheelhop before the swap.

[Madspeed]

The wheel hop is a chevrolet's way of telling you get the junk ford parts out of it =)


J/K:bananna2:

[shmoov69]

SUCK!! What happened to the 2?? Engine or axles or ????

[Bill Howell]

Prodigy broke a couple spider gears.
Cuda broke everything from the Output shaft-back.

Damn Bob was on the throttle/rev limiter on both runs, that car's exhaust is just too much. I cannot get enough of that sound. It is still louder than that when he passes you on the highway though, too damn loud......lol

[the camtender]

The wheel hop is a chevrolet's way of telling you get the junk ford parts out of it =)


J/K:bananna2:
humm,my 68 camaro with nothing but dse leaf springs
and a FORD 9" has seem plenty of abuse,never any wheel hop and good 60 ft times with out ever breaking
parts .going on 9 yrs now and a thousand passes or so.
guess I'm just lucky???
Jerry

[Midwest Performance]

Those vids look familiar. Oh wait those are mine Ha Ha!
Wish my digital camera had better video quality.
Hope everyone enjoys.

Kevin

[stealth71]

Ouch that looked painful.

[TA219]

So who won?

Just kidding, hope everyone get up and running again quickly :)

[Steve Chryssos]

Uh.... I don 't know. I hopped into my car to join in on the fun. So I missed the action. Thanks for the videos and pix Kevin.

[ProdigyCustoms]

Hey, we coasted to the end first, so were calling it a win!

[Bigblue73]

:nopity: Dang it guys - All you can here is the 'Cuda. Sweet music

[J2speedandcustom]

That sucks!