Thread: anybody pullin wheelies?

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What Streets said about the horsepower not mattering is pretty much true, I had a friend that I would beat in the 1/4 mile everytime but, he would always pull wheelies. One time I asked him why he could pull wheelies so easily and I couldn't but, I was still beating him. He was driving a Chevy Vega, and I believe he had a 305 in it. He had told me that he had removed his front sway bar, put softer springs in the rear with soft bushings, then changed the pitch on the nose of his differential, so that the drive line and the yokes would be straight in line when the car was torque up by the engine. And he ran a soft or sticky rear tires.Now, this is what he told me he did. I only ever had two cars that pulled the front end up and the one I bought like that. I bought it from a guy in the ARMY, he had broken the drivers side spindle, he didn't know anything about cars so he called a shop, who told him it would cost $500.00 to fix. So he sold me that thing for $200.00. I bought a used spindle for $30.00 and was driving it that night. This was a '69 GMC Handyvan it had a 307 in it with a three on the tree tranny. The driveline was only about 2 1/2 feet long. The engine set right inbetween the seats, I gave it to my brother who drove it a couple of years then sold it.

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