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Postby Billy Mac » Fri Mar 06, 2009 12:33 am

An anti-roll bar keeps the chassis AND the body square to the ground. I am sure you have seen cars that launch with the left front tire way higher in the air than the right......an anti-roll drastically diminishes that keeping the front end pretty close to level....(On "my" car....the driver's side front tire comes up about an inch, the passenger side just gets the majority of weight taken off of it, yet it still touches the ground....{69 Notch-back Mustang, all tube chassis, fiberglass front end, doors and hood.....runs 5.70's in the 1/8th}

Another thing to check and make sure of....is the air pressure the same in both rear tires???......THAT will make one wiggle around on ya too.
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Postby pro70z28 » Fri Mar 06, 2009 12:35 am

The anti-roll bar acts "somewhat" like a torsion bar......except it is rigid, not spring steel like a torsion bar. You may have bad tires. Is the front end properly aligned?
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Postby pro70z28 » Fri Mar 06, 2009 12:36 am

Missed your post Billy. :oops:
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Postby Billy Mac » Fri Mar 06, 2009 12:40 am

we are on the same page, Gary....trying to help out a fellow racer :wink: 8)
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Postby pro70z28 » Fri Mar 06, 2009 12:42 am

Billy Mac wrote:we are on the same page, Gary....trying to help out a fellow racer :wink: 8)


yup.

I never thought to ask. What pressure are you at in the back tires? Too little can make the car unstable on the big end.
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Postby chevhellion » Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:33 am

pro70z28 wrote:
Billy Mac wrote:we are on the same page, Gary....trying to help out a fellow racer :wink: 8)


yup.

I never thought to ask. What pressure are you at in the back tires? Too little can make the car unstable on the big end.
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Postby Lippy » Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:50 pm

You may be on to something Gary, too much tire or too little air or not enough power to stand em up will make it very twitchy on the other end. :wink:
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Postby Billy Mac » Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:16 am

CH, I run anywhere from 9.5 to 10 lbs in my 33x10.5(w)x15's and have had some pretty good luck with that.......My 60' times have been very consistent (my last few times out) in the 1.23/1.24 range...no spin at all, just dead hooking.(thankfully :roll: )
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