This is my first FWD that I'll be talking to the track. From what I've read on here launching a s FWD car is nothing like a RWD car. All my other vehicles are RWD or AWD so when launching the car the goal was to always get weight transfer to the rear tires. Obviously, with FWD I'd want to prevent that weight transfer to the rear. Is anyone running airbags in the back to prevent the coil springs from compressing and thus prevent that weight transfer to the rear?

 

get foot *****.. and put them in the middle of the rear springs and pump dem bishes up

 

drag bags i would think?

 

exactly, drag bags. I was wondering if anyone was using them on thier cars to help prevent the weight transfer to the rear.

Granted these don't fit our car but this is an example of what I am talking about. They go in the center of the coil spring.

http://www.hotchkis.net/air_bag_kit_1922_only.html

 

what do you think a foot ball is lol

get a junior or full size one lol same concept for 1/10the of the price

 

yeah, I bet they would love to see a football wedged in thier when going through tech inspection at the track. I can just see the look on their face now.

 

Have seen guys run airbags jacked to the max, seems to help a bit.
Never going to get away from the weight transfer, physics really does work against fwd in drag racing.

That being said, there are some serious fwd cars running wheelie bars! Not to keep the car from flipping over backwards but to stretch the effective wheelbase thereby reducing weight transfer off the front.
Do they work?
No idea, never had a fwd fast enough to worry about it myself.
Practical on a street car? Not really but it is something else to look at if you are doing a track only fwd car.

These guys make some, maybe contact them if you want more info.

 

their is some one on here that put airshocke on their cobalt and even showed pics look like a direct bolt on he even had a part# for them.

 

Wheelie bars are a little overkill for my daily driver. I was just looking for a way to get some consistant 60 foot times and do it in a way that wasn't visible (like wheelie bars) to most people.

 

Who says you need to have them in there when going through tech? Just wait til you are in the pits all settled in, then throw em in and pump up. Not like you would want to drive there with them in anyway....

StreetDreamz has them on his redline. I believe you can find it in his build thread.

 

i've got air shocks in the rear. just make sure you don't put too much pressure in them

 

haha exactly.. and what does it matter .. it's a pretty standard cheap alternative