Re: drag racing 4X4 dak?

From: Bruce Aaron Hefner (gt9742a@prism.gatech.edu)
Date: Fri Mar 06 1998 - 13:34:06 EST


Max speed of 4H is 55 MPH any higher than that and stuff starts to break,
I believe you are going to get above 55 at a dragstrip so I wouldn't
recommend it....

Bruce

>
> as the drag season rolls ever closer, i am wondering about something. i
> want to time my 96 5.2L 5spd 4x4 at the local strip, just for the fun of
> it. i know that i am not the greatest "off the line", besides the fact
> that that engine will smoke the tires, ANY tires, quite easily. so i was
> wondering.....what would happen with it in 4-wheel-high? i know the
> engine would have to be turning more parts, BUT wouldn't the extra
> traction be a good idea for not spinning the tires? or would it destroy
> the 4x system? i use 4-wheel-high here on the roads all the time in any
> kind of slippery weather (of course i don't do tight turns), and it seems
> to not hurt it at all. i am just thinking it might help the ET to have it
> engaged in straight-line-dry-pavement work. if anybody has any experience
> with this, please write back. or if this sounds like mechanical suicide,
> let me know before i try something stupid.
>
> Tim McCorkle
>
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