Ok...best suspension set-up from a roll?(un drag friendly?)

[BlownStangGT]

Ok, I know how ls1's all have pan hard bars and torque arms, and with 12 bolts in, they all seem to do fine in the 1/4 off the line. Now how comes it seems when fox guys put this stuff in thier car, you never see someone cut better then like 1.9 60's or anything like that. I dont want a full dedicated drag car, I want to be quick off the line but I dont need a 1.4 60' haha. I mean crusing down the highway at 40 and if you lay into it with a 800hp car, whats it going to take to hook up and take off....? Thanx, just trying to see what for suspension people have and think about, i just thought it was funny how the ls1's have both th0se parts, but most people in foxes tend to stray away cause those to parts are considered "handleing" objects.

 

[Rick 91GT]

www.teamzmotorsports.net This will work great for a drag car but should give you the hook when your rolling as well....

 

[autoXr1]

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The bottom line is that Ford designed the Mustang suspension geometry to create wheelspin in order to reduce drivetrain damage. The factory instant center is often in front of the bumper instead of at the center of gravity of the car (somewhere near the shifter handle). One must find a way to change the rear geometry to achieve the most efficient "bite" on the pavement.

There are several ways to address the geometry issue. Torque arms, lift bars, ride height, moving the control arm (upper or lower) mounting points, pinion angle adjustments, and so on.

Check out these sites for further information:
www.baselinesuspensions.com (read "Launching a Drag Car")
www.griggsracing.com
www.maximummotorsports.com

There are several different designs of suspensions out there and they all have their pros and cons. They all work but must be properly designed for the specific vehicle it is installed upon.

 

[saleenx029]

My best 60 ft is a 1.79 and I have only a few components that contribute to this. I have stock v-8 springs that are cut, probably one coil, maybe a little more (don't know if they are helping me but seems to make the car suck down on the back wheels and I somehow get better traction than my buddies with uncut springs), mac subframes, mac upper and lower non-adjustable poly urethane control arms, 3.73 gear, MT ET streets 26x10.5 with 10-14 psi, 5 speed trans, no front sway bar, the battery is in trunk on driver side, all un-needed front end weight gone like smog equip, A/C pump and condensor, no windshield washer fliud, stuff like that. This is a cheap and effective set-up in my opinion. I ran low 1.8 60 ft with a stock 95 heads cam and intake, no power adder at a 13.21 at 102.6 mph driving tha crap outta it, also was able to pull a few low 1.90 sixty foots on street tires. Thats my imput on this.

 

[cardudeusa]

Subscribing to this thread, because traction sucks on my car. I have no suspension mods, so I'm looking for the best set up also.