front end specs and 90 float.

[RICK LAKE]

Gary Stubbs Gary 1/4 mile racing is nothing like autocross or even high speed cruising. Do you any video of the car maken a pass at the big end?? This will help alot. It sound like you don't have enough spring in the car for a small block. You want the car to squat to put added load on the rear tires for traction has you move down the track you want the car to settle at the other end. What shocks are you running? You need to add rebound on the front end if everything is OK. The car will try to lift with the big radiator opening and the hood scoop moving air into the engine compartment. Raise the rack on the car to 1" front to back and try this. I have my car running 5" in the back and 4 1/2" in the front. The springs in the front are over 400 pounds with QA1 shocks, with double adjustment. The rears are the Factory ones Spacs with 250 pound rate in the rearend. 4 shocks. Running a BB also helps with the wieght even if it is all Aluminium. I have a 49/51 front to back ratio. Replace the front end parts, set the toe for 0, with the car running down the track and the front end up, this will give you 1/16" toe out and will keep the car stable at high speed. Running a lower caster will slow down your steering input to the car also. What tires are you running? If you don't want to run a full spoiler on the front of the car, you can get F1 canards that wil give you just a little down force on the front end. Rick L.