wheel stands / show or go ?

[shadow41246]

 does wheelstanding the car really help the performance or isit mainly for show ? i've seen a car at etown that did that cost him the car & almost his life ,  it slid almost a quarter of the way down the track on the roof then hit the guardrail & caught on fire , he finally got out , but the car was burrnt to a crisp !!!!!!!!!!!!!! curious ?       shadow 

[badbee]

had a big stroker in my super bee 2 years ago. went 9.60s all day long.

change the gear, put more converter in it, put a dominator on it for a wheelstand picture. 

the car went 160 ft on the back bumper(wasnt expecting it to do that) and wound up blowing the motor because i did not have a swinging pickup in the pan.

renting video guy to capure the moment at the trakck 200 dollars

gear change 350 dollars

converter change 300 dollars

blowing up a 8000 dollar motor so you could put 3800 lb car on the bumber

priceless

[REDGAR]

Well I for one think wheels stands like in the linked video are really not helpful for ET

http://youtube.com/watch?v=DKiOFacKmfw

[McCloud Motorsport]

WOW , he needed four more wheels!

[ratmans66]

Always wondered if anybody flipped one over like that. There was a guy with a orange gremlin that was in the wheel stand contest and raced in the nmca. and he said that was his goal to put it over like that. Don't know if he ever did it or not.

[shadow41246]

 the car that flipped, was a sso [super street out law ] capable of around 175 180 mph !!! the car didn't have wheelie bars ?  when he built the next one, they must of been the first thing he ordered !!!!!!!! the car flipped at the fords at englishtown event [october]  put new car together over the winter.  this was an experienced racer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   shadow 

[shadow41246]

 redgar i agree a wheelie over say a foot high, will definitly hinder your et , & the possibility of it coming down to hard & busting up the suspension is there!  saw that happen too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  shadow 

[shadow41246]

 redgar, the most amazing wheelie i ever saw was by a street driven pontiac stroker ''383"  !!!!!!!!!!!!! this car didn't have "wheelie" bars either, he stood the car straight up on the back bumper' the crowd was going nuts !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [he didn't do this on purpose ] then never letting off the gas drove the car out fo the wheelie & and the car came down as pretty as can be not damaging anything to the amazement of the crowd, the guy got a standing ovation when he came down the return road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this was at atco on a thursday night .  to bad no one had a video camera !!!!!!!!!!!!!! shadow   

[rdub355]

redgar, the most amazing wheelie i ever saw was by a street driven pontiac stroker ''383"  !!!!!!!!!!!!! this car didn't have "wheelie" bars either, he stood the car straight up on the back bumper' the crowd was going nuts !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [he didn't do this on purpose ] then never letting off the gas drove the car out fo the wheelie & and the car came down as pretty as can be not damaging anything to the amazement of the crowd, the guy got a standing ovation when he came down the return road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this was at atco on a thursday night .  to bad no one had a video camera !!!!!!!!!!!!!! shadow   

do u mean this pontiac lemans???
http://videos.streetfire.net/player.aspx?fileid=2AEE2F41-5D59-48D1-9624-03CA7C2648FC

[shadow41246]

 no that's not even close to the one at atco!!!!! it was a black formula i believe it think it drove there from pa.      shadow!!  [ he was running in the gamblers race ]