Anyone yanking the fronts WITHOUT a tranbrake? Is it possible without the sudden shock of the brake disengaging (or is it engaging?)? I always thought it would be cool to do but don't want the force of a t-brake on my tranny.
dumb? had to check this out. thought it might be about me. don't know wether they actually come off the ground or not but they're pretty close to showing daylight under them, if my pics don't lie. and if i'm close to doing it i'm sure others are.
not a problem. just depends on power, trans setup, suspension. knew a guy back in the 80's with a nat record holding camaro with a power glide that he footbraked. left with the wheels 2 feet off the ground. people were suprised when he said he had no trans brake. some cars actually hit the converter harder and go quicker without a transbrake. go to a divisional race sometime. all those stockers that leave showing off the oilpan arent allowed a transbrake in their class. any well set up automatic running low 12's or quicker can probably do it.
It's pretty close I think Scotty but I can only manage this much at the track with the right tire pressure...forget about it on the street...I just smokem down http://www.lowcountrydragway.com/images/Race%20From%203-11-06/9.html
there are several here on the board that do it on the foot brake. John Ford,Steve Moore(with and without the trans Brake) Jim Larson, Jim Allen,......Ivy's car, and Fred Hales car just to mention a few....
Sjadow, yeah McLeod is a tranny brake with a pedal! Rick, your photo is about what mone did with the last motor.(low 12's) With a new converter and trac-lok I may be closer. Just curious. Thanks all..
The picture of mine on the rear bumper was leaving on the footbrake.....I was trying to take it easy on the tires.....
I've never had a problem getting the front tires off the ground with just foot braking the car. WAIT that's all I have is foot brake! I'm not in the air like Stephen's but I can do about a foot with a 1.36 sixty foot. Bossmav
I love you Stephen ...but I ain't buying that one Let me watch the video again and I will let you know
After re-viewing the video, it doesn't look like my brake lights are on but I swear I was foot-breaking. I told myself before that pass that it didn't really matter what happened that it was probably gonna just spin like crazy.....I guess I was wrong.....the little tires don't like the t-brake very much.
I do it on every run. Footbrake only....I have run the transbrake with the electronics, but I found that it was SOOO easy to launch on the button that it really wasn't fun. Besides, I'd have had to tone down the 4 link a little bit to keep the rear bumper off the track. Best 60 with 'brake was 1.32. Best footbrake was 1.282 (3/26/06). 'course if I really wanted to put on a show, I could move the 4 link bars a little. If I wanted to leave flat, I'd move 'em the other way a little. It ain't THAT hard. Oh, and NO nitrous, blowers, or any other power adders. 100% motor and until I can afford a tube chassis hot rod, it'll stay that way.
