Racing the Deuce

[markjohnson]

Tom, you should really try to shorten that upper side Passenger control arm and get some preload in the rear suspension. One full turn (6 flats) would be a great starting point and would GREATLY dampen that tendency to pull to the right. I know launching like that is fun.......until you start finding stress cracks in the body! Dick Gazan of the old Spectre Racing, who developed those rear suspension pieces, would tell you the exact same thing. My old 540 CID stock suspension Drag Radial car would leave like that and was a handful the entire length of the track. Once the Pre-load was established in that single Passenger side upper arm, the car became a ground-zero missle and could be driven with two fingers on the steering wheel.