True Bracket Car vs True Street Car....

318willrun said

Again, this is the normal situation:

• a true bracket racer and car that runs 12 flat will have an ET that's something like 108 mph and a 1.6 60f t.
• A true Street car that runs 12 flat will have an ET that's something like 111 mph and a 1.78 60 ft time.

Why? Suspension is one reason. Most "TRUE" street cars don't run all over with 90/10 shocks in the front, etc etc, Battery in the back with no alternator and use a generator after every 15 seconds of running... LOL, have 5.13 gears and a 5200 stall converter. All which gives you a better ET with less MPH. My point was, a lot of bracket racers see mph and say "your 60 ft is off, you should be at XX.XX ET." not considering it's a street car without a pure drag race set up on the car. I guess I haven't been very clear...LOL :)

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Doesnt take a “ drag race setup” to run optimally on the street and at the track.
My 70 Duster ran 9.80’s
Comp engineering cheap 3 way shocks all around. And the front set at 90/10 had zero ill effects on the street
Mopar 002/003 super stock springs in stock location.
Alternator( run a 1 wire these days) but this was the factory type alternator. I made a smart... lol decision when i bought the alternator at Auto zone to get a life time warranty. Over the years ate up probably 7 or 8 of them in the water box.
The basically crude, street friendly suspension produced typical 1.36 ish 60 foots. Best was 1.34.
Doesnt take much to get an A body to work nicely at the track because of the ample rear overhang.
Like Flyfish said earlier, pretty much, a little thought can produce a car that is very effective in both places, street or strip.
The above car was capable of those numbers driving it on a 70 mile jaunt round trip to put up those numbers, because i did it.