roll cage 8 or 10

[johnquick302]

I didn't think they would shock as much as a clutch. I have been talking to mike ridings about it too for awhile. unless your right on the stall speed I think is would soften the hit a little.
ps I'm not arguing either

i dont want to argue either but jsut for the hell of it, this is a lil vid i have of my car with a trans brake. nothing soft about this leave and it looks like it shocks the hell out of the tires to me.

[foxbodydave]

damn!! id say it shocked the tires pretty hard there

[1BADAIR]

his car leaves like a 22-250 round. mine leaves like a turtle running from an alligator

[foxbodydave]

hahaha. you car looks like a cheetah leaving

[1BADAIR]

hahaha. you car looks like a cheetah leaving

you must be thinking of francis's silver ws6. mine is a slug

http://s190.photobucket.com/albums/z...arrylaunch.flv

[foxbodydave]

hmm quite possibly. didnt you just do all the suspension to yours?

[1BADAIR]

I added a big antiroll bar this year

[foxbodydave]

i wanna be fast enough for an antiroll bar

[QuickLX]

i don't think the shock is the same with a convertor

This is correct. A convertor is a fluid coupler and even though it seems like it leaves hard off a trans-brake, which it does, its not as sharp of an impact as a stick car has. The stick having a purely mechanical coupling, and in most race applications, no dampening, is significantly harder on drive line components. This is why MOST stick applications will have a pro gear in the axle and that is used for dampening the shock.

In nearly all applications, a 5 speed car will leave harder than an automatic, but the loss found in the 5 speed appilcation especially a diaphragm style clutch setup, is in the launch and at the shift points.

The easiest way this can be noticed is, a 5 speed setup (unless its a liberty style with a VERY expensive slipper clutch), will drag the motor down at launch and in between gears, this may not even be able to be heard, but its still happening. Where as, an automatic with the benefit of the fluid coupling will hit the launch or shift RPM and progressively increase in RPM rather than a drop and then increase.

The other problem that causes a stick to be more harsh on driveline components is, when an auto car is on the brake, everything in the driveline is "loaded" so to speak, where as a stick car is relaxed using all of the lash in the system. When the stick car launches, all of these little gaps are taken up and parts are literally slammed into each other.



hope this makes sense.

[foxbodydave]

hmm thats very interesting