Driveshaft Loop And Slicks

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  1. Bizkit

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    Hey, I have a question about RWD drag racing with slicks. Do I need a driveshaft
    loop if I'm running slicks, and if so, Why do I need a loop?
     
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    yes,and in case you break the u-joint
     
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    Prevents the front of the driveshaft from pole-vaulting the car if the front u-joint breaks. With the extra traction using slicks, it is more likely to happen than using street tires.
     
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    Sweetness, I'm used to dragging with FWD cars (damn hondas) so thats kinda new to me, Also, Where car I find a loop? Or do I need to fab one?
     
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    Summit racing, Jegs. Some of the universal types need mods to fit right. Check the rules -- supposed to be mounted with a certain distance of the front u-joint.
     
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    Thanx Guys!
    will this one fit a 73 two door?
    http://www.summitracing.com/parts/LAK-18017/
     
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    That's the one I have. It fit good after I cut the last two sets of holes on the L-brackets off so they would fit up into the trans tunnel. I may have mounted it a a few inches too far back where the tunnel is smaller, but just a heads-up in case you get it and it doesn't want to fit.
     
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    ok, what do they bolt to? the frame, or the sheet metal of the body?
     
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    to the floor pan of the body.
     
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    bizkit, what kind of fwd cars did you drag race with. i did not know there was such a class. i wonder if they do it here? kind of like to get into it.
     
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    There is no front wheel drive class at Tucson, but they are having street legal drag races this Friday night at SIR.:)
     
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    I used to race an 11 sec. 91 Honda CRX at Rocky Mountain Raceway in Salt Lake City, nothing professional and that was 2008? yeah, that was the last time
     
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    thats pretty much what i did
     
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