Ace said:
As usual, Kraby's the expert. Doesn't even use SS springs or Caltracs, but he sure knows all about them.
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So based upon your "moronic" logic, nobody in this world knows anything about anything they do not "OWN" or use, eh??? Man your failure to comprehend reality really scares me when I realize there are more like you out there in the military, supposedly "protecting our country" (hopefully it is just air force peons though, as I do not believe someone who uses logic simialar to yourself would ever have made it in any of the other armed services.)
No, I don't own CalTracs or SS springs. Does that mean I do not know anything about suspension engineering?? How about chasis engineering??? I don't own a wire feed welder nor T.I.G. machine, so I must not have been certified or know anything in over 3 dozen different types of welding process??? I don't own a college, so I must not know anything about my engineering education, eh???
I wasn't trying to disrespect you or give you crap that you attempted to build something yourself rather than buy it, on the contrary I think it is excellent that you did, I do the same myself when I can if I can. I merely pointed out you COULD do better and would recieve better results. Maybe you will eventually. But since you insisted on being a jerk, again.......I certainly do not have a signature line that states I have something on my car that I really don't, but you sure seem to want the world to think you do eh, mister "Custom Caltrac System" as if that implies that what you fabbed, and use on your car, rates on the quality and engineering level of John Calverts System.
I build (hobby these days)/have built race cars for several years and grew up around them (roundy rounds and drag cars), I know a very fair share about them, I was a chasis builder for the most part, but was also involved in many different aspects of building a race car from the ground up, so actually, yes, I am a bit of a knowledgable person on the subject. I have also gone to school for engineering, and I was an AME in the Navy, worked on F-14's, F4's, and my mainstay, the A6 Intruder.
Use your head for more than growing hair Ace, your level of intelligence is showing again.
MikeDevore, I know where your going with that, and no I do not produce 550+ horsepower with my Dart's 360, so no I wont neccassarily suffer the same traction problems as say a 426 hemi'd Dart, but I do know they made it work with leaf springs and pinion snubbers behind four speeds and big blocks, back in the 70's and I know it still works, even for high horsepower cars, today. Solid engineering is lasting. I cannot find my slips at the moment so I honestly cannot even begin to tell you what my 60's were this summer and I only raced it the one day 1/8th mile this year since I got it together... ie untuned and is way more capable than what it has run, but when I do scrounge them up I will post what it was. I do make plenty enough horsepower to roast the tires off at will (posi, 26.5"t x 8"w tires, 3.23 rear gears, 3750lbs with driver, figured horsepower to be in the 275-325 range to the rear wheels), and as I stated, I had no traction problems at the last event I attended, even though NOBODY else could get their cars to hook up at all no matter how much or how little horsepower they had, although more than 600 horse and all you were was a JohnForce wanna be (was a race held on a runway at an airport, if any of you know anything about runways you know why you get zero traction on them.)
Dusterb318, the statement about trailer queens was not meant as a diss, just a statement that I like to be the guy who shows up driving his car to the track, (so few actually do) and be able to say that my street car is capable. It is a car after all right? Not just a weekend toy that has to be hauled (read $$$) to and from events. I am aware of the consequences if something breaks, thats why I have good friends with trailers as a back up plan. Have not had a need, yet. As far as when and if I make 550+ horsepower or what not and that causing me to need better susspension, naw it won't happen. I intend to keep my Dart as a real world daily driver for in the summer. I like to be able to load up the kids and wife and go to the park or the local DQ, and thats just not practical in something of the nature that you have. Although it would be fun to have another "all out" race car, I have far to much better to invest my cash in and I get to play with all of my buddies cars when I want my real "drag racing adrenaline fix" at no expense to me. Cars like the Fox body stang a close friend of mine and I built in my garage, runs low 10's and is capable of 9's and certified to 7.50's
or my other buddies blown vette
