That's a great 60ft with drag radials. What is your burn out proceedure? How do they hook for you on the street? My M/T's [ 265-60-15's ] spin like I'm on water.

OK, since the last time at E-town we discovered a problem with the left rear tire on my car. Seems like @ 139.5 mph the tire starts to rub the front of the d/s wheel opening causing the tire to make smoke and a groove in the tire!:eek:

Here's is an older pic that I found(I don't have a fuel system like that anymore) but the suspension is the same. I think I have to move the bolt that is behind the orignal mounting bolt for the lower control arm. I just hope there is enough area to re-drill. I think I have to move the wheel back a 1/2 inch. I will get it down to my shop and put it on the lift hopefully this week.

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Michael, a few years back I had the same problem (but not as severe to cut a groove in the tire though...). The tires had a tendency to rub slightly on the front of the wheel openings even after Eric at Dynotech (R.I.P.) replaced the lower control arms with H&R's. There was a hole that had been drilled (like on your car) to install some "relocation brackets" which changed the pinion angle, but after Eric installed adjustable uppers, they weren't needed anymore and he removed them.
But even after doing this, the rubbing problem was still there, so Eric spoke with Paul at H&R about the problem and eventually was able to get some lower bars that were almost 1/2" longer than the stock length (I think from H&R also, but not 100% sure...) which bolt in the original hole and did solve the tire rubbing problem...:D
Maybe you should give Paul @ H&R a call to ask about this...:confused:

Hope this helps!

Claude ;)

P.S: The bolt which the arrow is pointing at in your picture is there to lock the plates in place preventing them to rotate under acceleration...DO NOT remove it!...but if you plan to keep these lower bars, then have the plates welded to the factory brackets for more safety...

Good idea Claude, but we have been using the double adjustable Wolfe Racecraft lower bars, that way we have the flexibilty to make minor adjustments either way on both sides without removing the control arms..

Ok I understand...but my reply was based on the lower control arms shown in the picture...they look like "fixed lenght" to me...:D

Claude ;)

P.S: Jack, you're SURE I should keep that H&R sway bar on my car?...Maybe it's me who has not adjusted it right?...:confused:..I realize that everyone says nothing but good things about it and I seem to be the only one who's complaining...:rolleyes: Anyways, here's a reply I wrote on Turbobuick.com about the sway bar:

"I currently have a similar setup on my GN (H&R sway bar + upper adjustable control arms + fixed lenght lower ca's...). H&R's parts fit and finish is excellent...BUT...since I've installed the sway bay, my car NEVER was able to launch as hard as it did before... My car used to leave the line with both wheels off the ground but now, it does but only an inch or so. I'm dissappointed of the end result. YES, it did leave the line crooked with one side of the car higher than the other, but it was FUN and gave a good show to friends and spectators ...but not anymore." :(
Claude.

---but don't worry Jack...I'm still going to follow your recommandations 'cause you're "THE" man!...:D
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Claude, thanks for the input! I was off when I drilled the bracket for the d/s. Now I don't think I have enough room to re-drill to make the bracket correct. The p/s side is good, d/s is not. The only way I could make it work with the HR bars is if I bought 1 1/2" longer one for the d/s. And is it a 1/2 longer than stock? Because the South Sides are longer than stock to begin with! AGHHHH!:eek:

Jack, can I bolt up those wolfe bars directly into my existing South Side brackets? That way I can measure the right side and make it identical to what it is now and adjust the d/s to where it is supposed to be, I think a 1/2 inch back.

toofastforyou: I'm with you Jack even accused me of trying to take out the tower once. Now, with the H&R bar, it shoots straight. Kinda boring if you ask me. Although, it is safer. But, my car launches just as good as before, just not much of a show any more. Although, with the car leaving straight, it won't break as much. My car twisted so much that the left rear tire left the ground a few times. And one of the times, when reconnecting, it blew up an axle, and busted the tranny. Yeah, it was an impressive launch, but I think the front went up more than it went forward, then I had to get pushed out of the water box, and towed back to the trailer. Ruined a weekend of racing, and my wallet to boot.

This is going to be a long one!
 

Ok, I think we have it figured out. The rear was actually a 1/2 forward on the d/s tire! That's why it was launching and veering to the right and why the tire was rubbing at the top end of the track. We measured everything. I thought maybe the axle tube was bent, or maybe even the frame. I looked at the upper control arms and they were both equally adjusted. I didn't think that was the problem, but I started to adjust the d/s side arm and the d/s tire was backing away from the quater! So I continued to adjust it all the way out. I had plenty of clearance at this point. We looked at the gaps on both sides of the quaters and measured again! We had it! Then we walked around the back of the car and noticed the p/s tire was sticking out of the wheel well and the d/s side was sucked in beneath the lip of the quater!:eek: AHHHH! So, back underneath and I started backing off the d/s arm and countered with the p/s arm loosening that up turn for turn. I got them both equal and it was perfect. We got out and looked at the clearance, measured again, it was all good! Even the tires were right where they were supposed to be in the wheel wells.... Then I check the pinion angle... There was none! :eek:No matter how much I tried to adjust the arms I couldn't get the angle back without bringing in the d/s tire to the quater. At this point I had it and thought about it the whole night. The next moring we measured where the stock lower control arms would bolt in and then measured where the south sided machine bars were. We decided to move the S/S bars to where the stock postion would be and it then pointed the rear downward. At this point we check measurments and it was equal distance from the wheel opening on either side! I looked underneath and measured the pinion angle and it was at -3 degrees without me even touching the uppers!

Well, tomorrow I will tighten everything down and re-adjust the HR bar. I can't believe the car was leaving that hard, 60' 1.39 and the d/s tire camber was off that much! Hopefully we can make it to the track soon to test it out!

I told you it was a long one!:D

I'll post pics tomorrow.

Nice Mike, I knew you could do it.... setting these up can be fun. Seeing you launch straight will be different... :D

had similar issue with hoopers car with the rear that he put in the #2
it had southside bars on it and the relocate brackets were welded in place , car would pull dead right at launch , uppers were stock , and he had an atr bar but replaced with an HR bar
i noticed one day that the tires werent even spaced in the wheel wells and after some quick measuring with a fist and some fingers it surely was off , big time ...three fingers on passenger side to rocker and a fist on drivers

the fix was he cut the welds loose with a whizzer wheel and used a ratchet straps to pull the rear into alignment measured carefully to points on the frame then rewelded the brackets
hes been going straight out of the hole since