How about a hill climb: http://www.billhughes.com/pismo.htm
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"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt (AT) nospamplease (DOT) com> wrote

Hi Chris,
There's nothing saying you may not run a four wheel drive, in a stock
class that it's horse power to weight fits:
http://www.billhughes.com/temp/stockClasses.pdf Just that having to
accelerate all those extra gears makes it uncompetitive, compared to:
http://www.nhra.com/stats/ss_record.html My B stock automatic that got me
hooked on drag racing back in '59: http://www.billhughes.com/57Ford.jpg
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"c" <c (AT) me (DOT) org> wrote

In your T Bird.

"L.W. (Bill) Hughes III" <billhughes (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote

No, I don't feel like tubbing it for my paddles:
http://www.billhughes.com/temp/larrySandTires.jpg
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"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt (AT) nospamplease (DOT) com> wrote

I think Bill's original point was that using spacers weakens an already
questionable drive system.

Spacers are not designed for sudden torque loads as you would find in drag
racing or off-road driving.

They also negatively affect your steering geometry and add to your unsprung
weight which has several consequences of its own.

For slight rubbing issues the steering stops can be adjusted. If that is
insufficient you should replace the wheel rims to move the tires outward.
Moving the tires out by any means will also add stress to your wheel
bearings requiring additional maintenance.

As I no longer recall what type/year Jeep we are discussing this may be as
simple as inexpensive wheel bearings or a whole new and expensive hub.



"L.W. (Bill) Hughes III" <billhughes (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote

Oh, I know what his point was but I would think torque loads like you find
on a strip are less of a problem on the OP's YJ than the extra lateral
stesses of the larger tires in most off-road situations. Dragstrip
requirements are just not relevent in that case.

"billy ray" <billy_ray (AT) SPAMfuse (DOT) net> wrote

Wheel spacers are illegal to use on the drag strip, that makes it relevent.
Of course only the wise would take heed.
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"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt (AT) nospamplease (DOT) com> wrote

Don't recall the OP saying he planned on drag racing.

"L.W. (Bill) Hughes III" <billhughes (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote

Well, in your TJ, that's probably true, but in a Real Jeep I've put a heck
of a lot more stress on it than ever on a drag strip. Once in an attempt for
four gear at about eighty miles an hour, on a hill climb it got to bouncing
and I'm told the last hop I was a full twenty feet off the ground when I
stuck in the sand with both front and rear axles broke.
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"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt (AT) nospamplease (DOT) com> wrote

On this day of this month, in a year likely to be unrecorded in human history, Matt Macchiarolo wrote:

Original:

"Marty" <m_charles_baker (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote



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