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Apr 1, 2010 | 10:25 AM

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Kermdaddy

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From: Harvest, AL

Old rule of thumb was for every 1 lbs of unsprung weight was = 4 lbs sprung weight.

Every 100 lbs dropped was 0.1 sec in the 1/4.

I grew up with drag racers

Apr 1, 2010 | 10:43 AM

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emac0408

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From: Canton, GA

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Originally Posted by HonCBRf2,Mar 29 2010, 12:01 PM

so what you are saying, if and when you go street racing you take a massive dump so the car handles better...

Do you usually need an excuse?

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