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Drag Racing Discussions => Front Engine Dragsters => Topic started by: retroboy on April 20, 2018, 05:50:52 PM
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Howdy. I'm going to upgrade and build a new chassis for my car. Still looking to be short 150 -155" but going to have my engine further forward at about 40" out and going to give myself a little extra length behind the rear axle. Any body have photos of an A arm style front end for me to study. Any reason to not go down the A arm path on a short wheel base car. What sort of front track are you A arm guys running?
Cheers
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Don’t give yourself extra length behind the rear axle keep it short back there any extra length puts the weight to the back and you do not want that!
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PM me a email and I'll snap cpl shots of front end. As to width it depends on cpl items. How wide chassis is at that point,you need to be able to get full turn of gear box. Is wheel is mounted too close it can cause cpl issues. Wheel hitting drag link or drag link too close to chassis(This one I know). I think 26 is minimum allowed and its too close IMO. Will remeasure tomorrow and let you know what mine is.
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My current chassis is 8" wide at the axle attachment (tube axle welded direct to the frame rails) and the front track is 39" I would like to be this wide at least with any future set up. My steering box has 3/4 turn lock to lock. Therefore if my new chassis was a similar width my A arms would need to be 16" long. Maybe I'm better off with a tube axle? The bonus of the wishbone style front end is I can stuck stuff like battery weight box right up front. I'll message you my e-mail address.
Cheers