LOOK at these trucks...how do they hop up like that...i thought trucks had no traction?
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LOOK at these trucks...how do they hop up like that...i thought trucks had no traction?
how do these guys put this kinda power to the ground in a truck and we have trouble with only 400hp and all our weight is on our drive wheels?
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Re: LOOK at these trucks...how do they hop up like that...i thought trucks had no traction? (dmotogu
yep, weight transfer.. RWD "muscle cars" use weight transfer to their advantage.. To our FWD cars, weight transfer is our enemy..
I could be wrong about that, but i coulda swore i read that they use weight transfer to their advantage, in popular hot rodding magazine..
I could be wrong about that, but i coulda swore i read that they use weight transfer to their advantage, in popular hot rodding magazine..
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Re: LOOK at these trucks...how do they hop up like that...i thought trucks had no traction? (dmotogu
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by badCRX »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">That truck has a JDM sticker...how played out! 
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You may have been joking, I dunno. But JDM Engineering is a company who does alot of Mustang and Ford stuff.
Not Japanese Domestic Market
</TD></TR></TABLE>You may have been joking, I dunno. But JDM Engineering is a company who does alot of Mustang and Ford stuff.
Not Japanese Domestic Market
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Re: LOOK at these trucks...how do they hop up like that...i thought trucks had no traction? (dmotogu
I thought so tooo BUT if people didn't know I thought I should give dem some edumacation on Fords.
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Re: LOOK at these trucks...how do they hop up like that...i thought trucks had no traction? (z6)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by z6 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how do these guys put this kinda power to the ground in a truck and we have trouble with only 400hp and all our weight is on our drive wheels?</TD></TR></TABLE>
Trucks have a really high center of gravity, so the weight transfer during initial acceleration is even more exaggerated than in a normal RWD car. That's why on a lot of FWD drag cars, all the big-weight stuff is mounted low -- turbo, battery, IC...
Trucks have a really high center of gravity, so the weight transfer during initial acceleration is even more exaggerated than in a normal RWD car. That's why on a lot of FWD drag cars, all the big-weight stuff is mounted low -- turbo, battery, IC...
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Re: LOOK at these trucks...how do they hop up like that...i thought trucks had no traction? (dmotogu
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Thats why you are getting a mustang George
pushing that button, huh
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Thats why you are getting a mustang George
pushing that button, huh
Modified by AMS MIKE at 12:53 PM 5/26/2004
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