Spring blocks

[RonPorter]

Stiffening the right rear on RWD cars has been done for years, though I've never seen the football idea. Didn't some factory drag packs in the late '60s come with a higher rate right rear?

I think two footballs would be needed on a FWD based car. You're trying to get the fronts to stay on the ground, not trying to keep the car straight when the fronts lift.

In the late '90s, Car and Driver had an article about a guy turning high 13's with a stock motored 3800 supercharged Bonneville. The only mods were some weight reduction and some tweaking of the suspension. The biggest difference was that he installed a set of airbags between the rear body and lower arms. For normal driving he just deflated the bags, but he jacked them up to maximum pressure to reduce weight transfer to the rear on the strip.

Wheelie bars have also been used with FWD cars, though I have yet to see that on a SHO.

Actually they took that Bonnie from the mid 15s to the mid 14s with non-engine tweaks (I have the article in my crap pile somewhere!), but the idea is still valid. That's what made me look for the Air Lifts for my SHO, but they didn't have any. They used to make a bolt-on setup for cars like my '67 Mustang that didn't have coils, and I thought maybe I could get one of those to work, but never followed up on it.

Later I considered a set of bolt-in rods to effectively lock the rear suspension on a SHO for strip use. Also a set of cable limiters in the front to allow compression, but omnlu allow enough rise to keep the axles straight.

All from the ricer FWD dragstrip playbook.

 

[rbruso]

I really liked his air bag idea, as you could actually drive the car on the street. I don't think I'd even like to trek to the track with a set of solid rear rods

 

[RonPorter]

I really liked his air bag idea, as you could actually drive the car on the street. I don't think I'd even like to trek to the track with a set of solid rear rods

Wouldn't take long to install/remove the strip.

 

[darreli]

Ordered the AirLift coils.... $120.00

Depending on the football...this is actually probably cheaper

 

[Art5]

I used air springs, or whatever they call them, on E-150 limo-van. front stopped bouncing around and actually prolonged front suspension's life. It stop diving into the road on bumps. Also, installed Firestone airbags in the rear of Toyota Tundra and that made a **** of a difference. Of course it lifted the back up a little, but that person used 50 psi in them everyday, since it was a work truck, but when he loaded about 3000 lb in the back of that pickup, it sat down as if the car was stock and never went down on take offs.

 

[Sho Amo]

I like this thread.

 

[32MTX]

http://kmwperformance.com/completekits/Ford/Taurus