First time at the track with my 2009 GT, wheel hop question
#11
try to get some billet LCA's. I heard they're better. Don't really know why to be honest, but I have some and I got them for like 79.99 brand new. Love the less wheel hop. I loved it so much I actually went out, got an UCA and and looking at getting subframes now lol
#13
I tried a couple different things off the line, less gas, more gas, less wheel spin, more wheel spin. I wanted to try slipping the clutch a little more but I don't want to kill the clutch before I get the supercharger. the car only has 750 miles on it right now so it's not really broken in yet either.
next time I go I have some suspension mods to help the wheel hop and I'll get the time down.
#14
I drove my buddy's 04 GT at the same track when it was still moroso with his 425whp Kenne Bell setup and it didn't wheel hop at all. all he had done suspension wise were lowered springs and shocks. I think my best 60' on that car was a 1.7 or a 1.8, can't remember.
Last edited by candymanjl; 06-19-2009 at 06:36 PM.
#15
I'll give you my car if you can pull a 1.39 60' in my car as is at that track there were a lot of cars on full slicks there wednesday that didn't pull 1.39's. one guy with a 300C SRT8 was going slower on a 75 shot than he did his previous trip out without spray. my buddy's car was going slower this time with 25whp more than the last time he went.
I tried a couple different things off the line, less gas, more gas, less wheel spin, more wheel spin. I wanted to try slipping the clutch a little more but I don't want to kill the clutch before I get the supercharger. the car only has 750 miles on it right now so it's not really broken in yet either.
next time I go I have some suspension mods to help the wheel hop and I'll get the time down.
I tried a couple different things off the line, less gas, more gas, less wheel spin, more wheel spin. I wanted to try slipping the clutch a little more but I don't want to kill the clutch before I get the supercharger. the car only has 750 miles on it right now so it's not really broken in yet either.
next time I go I have some suspension mods to help the wheel hop and I'll get the time down.
Was at PBIR this friday 6/19/09 went 1.40 60' PBIR is the best track out there .. there was a chevy s10 that went 1.29 60' and a mustang running the bottle went 1.31 yanking the front tires way off the ground. BTW I am running a Hoosier drag radial and the Mustang that went 1.31 was using a BFG drag radial .We are all using QA1 double adjustable rear shocks. Do a search on what people are using to make their cars work right buying parts and not knowing how to adjust them is a waste of money .
#16
Was at PBIR this friday 6/19/09 went 1.40 60' PBIR is the best track out there .. there was a chevy s10 that went 1.29 60' and a mustang running the bottle went 1.31 yanking the front tires way off the ground. BTW I am running a Hoosier drag radial and the Mustang that went 1.31 was using a BFG drag radial .We are all using QA1 double adjustable rear shocks. Do a search on what people are using to make their cars work right buying parts and not knowing how to adjust them is a waste of money .
I agree with you on getting parts, that's why I haven't bought anything yet and I'm posting on here I know I can install them correctly with the pinion angle and all that stuff but I wouldn't know what to do with springs and shocks. how do the shocks benefit you? to you set them up soft or stiff? I want the car to hook at the track obviously but at the same time I don't want to make it a straight line only car.
thanks!
#18
The the 197 and new edge have a different suspension setup don't they?
#19
a friend of mine used to work at Champion Motorsport and they just got the head engineer from Saleen to work for them. when my buddy was talking to him about the S197 he said that the new suspension is much better than the old one especially in the rear end. he mentioned Ford changed a lot of the geometry and that made a big difference in being able to get the car to handle well without crazy spring rates that would kill the ride. as far as exactly what changed I don't know since I didn't talk to him myself.
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