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Unconventional said

That dragster weighed next to nothin', but it was built by Alan Johnson and Alan doesn't do much before reasoning out the process. I asked him why it still had drum brakes on it. "Think about it, you use the brake.s 4 times and the burnout and staging is 3 of them, and they weigh less." The A100 pickup weighed about the same as most A Bodies 3000 lbs. neighborhood.

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I don't know this Alan person you speak of but it seems you trust in him quite a bit. I don't know if that has anything to do at the point but kind of the point I was making was comparing an extremely light dragster to a pickup truck and what would be needed as far as a rear axle under extreme prolonged drag racing conditions. I can't imagine your Allen friend adding a couple thousand more lb to that Dragster and not wanting more of a rear-end than 8 and 3/4? Or maybe you're an advocate for an eight and three-quarter for an extreme drag racing? I'm certainly not going to take this into much more of any kind of discussion especially if it turned into an argument I just don't feel I would be confident with my giving experience with an 8 3/4 and a big massive truck with a blown Hemi. Just my two cents on it.