Sparkey,
Don't overlook what happens to the oil when the 'chute hit's.
If you put a 24" wrench on the pinion shaft and can jump on it
when the steering linkage is disconnected without the wheels
trying to turn, you're real close.
One of these days I'm going to the Sport Compact drags and
ask a lot of questions. If torque steer was a problem, those
1,000 HP GM Ecotec powered things would never break
the 60' light.
Thomasson & Tradup have the perfect setup, now. When
they started, they couldn't hardly keep it under control.
Happy hunting,
Bryan
Sparky wrote:
>When I built my frt axel out of a 2.28 Cad 8 7/8 I flipped the axel and I
>fliped the "king Pins" so that the continuation of them will go thru the
>center of my tire contact patch---I hope that this minimizes "Torque Steer" I
>also picked up a Drag Boat oil pan to hopefully solve the engs angle and
>being mounted backwards.
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>>From: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
>>Date: 2003/11/25 Tue PM 05:55:52 CST
>>To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>>Subject: RE: front wheel drive - steer
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>>Hi Rex - My s'liner with front drive isn't finished but I've talked to a lot
>>of people about the design - The important thing seems to be having front
>>wheels with enough negative offset - Bill Summers said the Polywog was really
>>scary to drive - It had Jeep front wheels with no offset - It doesn't seem as
>>important with four wheel drive cars . John
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