[supernova]

I have a 72 nova with stock front and rear suspension only thing that it has is comp engineening shock front and rear . i have 275/50/15 tires on back 410 gears built small block with 550- 575 hp want to make it hook up. it will spin all 3 gears on the street and frist 2 at the track.

 

[Novaz]

how about a taller tire and or some 3.90 gear
Royz

 

[Doug G]

Buddy with a 70SS 383SBC on a 225 shot has seen 1.5's 60' and 10.0 (maybe better?) with cal-tracks and 9" slicks. He was running all motor and high 10's with slapper bars and MT DR's.

Sticky tires always help too.

 

[basketcase]

Sticky tires are a must.

When I went to the track a couple of years ago in my malibu, on street tires, I smoked them to the 330'.

Then you could do cal tracs, slide-a-links or slapper bars.

Good luck

 

[NWDragRacer]

Sticky tires are a must.

When I went to the track a couple of years ago in my malibu, on street tires, I smoked them to the 330'.

Then you could do cal tracs, slide-a-links or slapper bars.

Good luck

I made my own slapper bars and put them NEXT to the leaf spring. They slap on a piece of steel that I welded to the floor and not the spring. It give me the advantage of using different lengths - short ones for violent launches and longer ones for softer. A good set of externally adjustable shocks like the QA-1s are a must to control the launch.

 

[Al]

Those slappers next to the springs are a good idea. It saves a lot of clearance issues and looks great. That would have saved me a set of Mickey Thompsons when my 'under springs' bar twisted and gouged out the tire.

Simple, yet elegant. Thanks for sharing.
Al

 

[NWDragRacer]

...
Simple, yet elegant. Thanks for sharing.
Al

Thanks AL.

For some more pictures see
http://www.pbase.com/donbe/the_deuce

Don

 

[supernova]

thanks guy for the help.

 

[Fast Eddie]

Caltracs or CE Slide-a-Links, I use the latter. They seem to hook up with 28 x 11.50 x 15 M/T ET Streets.

 

[TERRY]

don do you have any more pictures of how you did the traction/slapper bars?
i need to do something like that and have to see how you got that hooked up and if i will be able to do that on my 70 nova!

 

[Motorhead62]

I agree that sticky tires make a word of differance. On street radials I can roast rubber to half track at our local 1/8th mile. When using my Mickey T drag radials it is a whole differant story.