[DeTomaso] (NPC) drag racing gone bad

[hoppe1]

Not sure if this is what happened, but I had the rear end roll over in my 
429 mustang.   The spring perches crush and the u bolts stretch or break if 
you have enough horsepower and traction.

My drag race buddy said put these slicks on with 8 lbs of air. hold 4000 
rpms and side step the clutch when the tree comes down.

So I did, it ran good a few time and then, it makes a real mess of a drive 
shaft, rear end housing and bottom of the car when it all comes apart.

After it happened it seemed like everyone thought I should have known to 
gusset the spring perch and install thicker u bolts than a factory 429 with 
a 31 spline axle etc.  I stopped doing the drag racing because the experts 
said if I didn't start welding frame connectors etc I would wrinkle the body 
from the torque and it would make it really hard to put it back to a 
collector car.

Rich
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Doddek" <pantera at pobox.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] (NPC) drag racing gone bad


>I think someone needs welding lessons.
>
> Dave "I weld better than that, I hope" D
>
>
> At 11:11 AM 1/19/2008 -0800, you wrote:
>>poor little chevy......
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>>  http://www.maniacworld.com/drag-racing-gone-wrong.html
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>>  John
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