Hey,
I race a 1948 Ford F1 Pickup that is a hot rod in progress and im racing the summit High School Series with it this year and ever since iv started racing it iv had major issues with trying to keep traction (who would of thunk it with just a wooden board in the bottum of the bed? ) iv tried everything that i know so far without switching types of rear suspension, right now it has a 390FE thats putting out roughly 450HP it has as a Beefed up C6 tranny with a 2800-3000 Custom Stall Converter and we have Radial T/A 's (305's) for tires, now i have a set of Mickey Thompson ET Street Radials (275/60-15's) that are to go on before the next race and my question is even though these are some sticky tires, im still not sure i will get enough traction to take off off the converter (tried it even in second gear and smoked the tires) we also have a 4 gallon fuel cell to put in the back over the rear axle, and in the next few weeks im planning on making a weight box im my welding class to put between 150-200lbs in the back if the frame and untill i have that done were going to hang the spare tires (behind the rear axle) full of water back up, im also working on getting some 90/10 drag shocks for the front end but cant find any for an F1, anyone know how to measure the shock to see if i can take some off of another car that may fit? Dose anyone have any other suggestions to try and get traction with my old F1? thanks for any help
Steven