Cars that need "wheelie bars" usually have lots of power, rear end ratios
above 4.56/1, front shocks that are meant for drag racing (used to be called
90/10) that extend with little effort which promotes weight transfer to the
rear wheels and often have the engine/trans. set further back than stock to
move the center of gravity towards the rear. Basically everything you don't
want in a road race car (except for the power).
Steve
>From: "Andrew Tindall" <thetindalls@ozemail.com.au>
>Reply-To: "Andrew Tindall" <thetindalls@ozemail.com.au>
>To: <tigers@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Acceleration
>Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 21:13:26 +1030
>
>Driving home tonight I saw a street rod with (unsure of the correct word)
>anti
>wheelstand rods with wheels attached, protruding from its rear.
>This led me to ponder the question as to what are the forces /
>requirements
>involved in getting a vehicle to lift its front wheels accelerating from a
>standing start. I guess buckets loads of horsepower and short whhel base
>are
>factors.
>In the book Performance Tuning Sunbeam Tiger page 127 a Tiger is shown
>under
>acceleration on the drag strip with its front up a little but front wheels
>firmly on the tarmac.
>Andrew
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