So I'm about to buy new slicks, Hoosier said the new 28x10.5 w stiffwall is the hot setup for what I'm doing, I had the QTP with the DO6 compound and Hoosier told me the softer the tire with a no prep surface it will ball up and act like marbles, I was under the assumption that the softer the...
Start shopping for a used TVS or Gen II, there should be a bunch available real soon, along with some 56lb injectors, a tune, some drag radials or DOT slicks and a tune, should be a piece o cake.
Just in case you want to run true street you need a dot tire, I made that mistake and bought hoosier non dot, also bias tires will have a flat spot when parked overnight, takes a while of driving to get them round again.
When I was 20 years old I got a 67 chevelle ss396, 4 speed, was the coolest thing in the world rowing all that torque thru the gears, 35 years later I get that exact same feeling with my 08 and 3.73 gears, + I'm partial to the GT500 front end, imop it transforms the car to a completely...
The more you lower these cars the more you take away antisquat, you can kinda put a bandaid on it by cranking up your compression but it will ride like crap, look up a antisquat calculator and study it, makes all the difference between spinning & winning.
Vikings are bitchin for drag racing, 2 years ago I bought the QA1's for the front and they are about the same weight as the stock struts, on my spring rate I tried 150,160,175.and 225.
The 175's work best for me on the strip for weight transfer.
I have a couple of summit racing 3" X 6" mufflers I used for resonators, just a touch raspy on wfo, good for cruising with no drone, I'm pretty much the same exhaust setup with MBRP competition mufflers