As rude as the steering my look, it actually works quite well. Bruce Larsen's '68 has the same set up as mine, and the JK car, and he makes sub 5 sec. 1/8 mile passes. He will carry the front end past the 60' light, and I have seen him still a little sideways as he crossed the 1/8 stripe. According to Bruce, and others, the majority of the problems back in the day were front tire related. The tires would seperate from the rim at speed. Bruce tried several different makes, and finally found one that would work. He approached NHRA about having a spec tire rule, but NHRA did not want to step on some toes (tire companies). Thus, the drag racing world continued to have problems with front tire seperation, including the lose of Dick Harrell in a tire related incident.
As per driving a FC, may have been the most nervous I have ever been. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img] I have been racing steel bodied cars for ever, but this was totally different. But, I can not wait to do it again. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/
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