Please tell me this isn't a Repost

http://www.world-racing.com/vehicles.htm

 

I'm afraid so schwetty...I'm afraid so...

 

useless search button!!! anyway.. i bet there is alot of people like me who havent seen it.

 

its new to me

 

nice. correct me if im wrong, but isn't it fairly difficult to pop a wheely on a FWD drag car? I imagine its only use is to keep the weight up front on the drag tires for traction?

 

it was a link on the front page a few days ago... and yes those bars are only for traction issues so less wheel hop

 

It's impossible to "pop a wheelie" in a front wheel drive car, unless it was going reverse, at least I would think this.

 

thats what I was thinking.. Best a wheelie bar could do is help keep the weight transfer from front to back to a minimum during launching. but then again, I've never drag raced...

 

I hate to tell ya guys but that car looks like it might be Rear Wheel Drive. if you look in the photos you can see what looks to be a driveline going to the rear of the car. The only part of that car that is a scion is the body, so it really is not a tC. If it is RWD you do need the wheely bars!

What I dont understand it why they would have such large tires up front if it was RWD? I don't know...I can't make up my mind at this point.

 

its got to be fwd the tires on the back are way to small lol )
Edit: it says on it thats its FWD =)

 

wow @ this thread....

The wheelie bar is there to prevent weight transfer from front to back like tekniq stated. Depending on the angle of the wheelie bar, it can also force down the front a bit to increase the pressure on the drive wheels.

It's obviously FWD due to the MONSTROUS slicks up front

I mean come on... look at the fecking things

 

You my friend should be banned for a week for this comment. Use this week and go to the track and study the real drag cars there. What you want to do is take pictures of the cars and make them into flash cards. Have your mom hold the pictures up and you can tell her if they are FWD or RWD. After a week you will be tested accordingly to get back in.JFWY

 

Seems like your school needs to have an automotive class as an mandatory elective "gen ed".

 

to me, they're not even tC's anymore, especially whenever u swap out the engine.

 

that aint a tc anymore

 

i think hes just joking....

 

What are you talking about???? That is a TC!!! I got a TC!! That means my car is fast! Watch out mustang drivers! Anyway, the comment on RWD.. if it is RWD, why would someone put big ___ tires like that at the front.

 

i dont know but look at the engine i have never seen a fwd car have a engine mounted like that and if it is fwd im sure it gets alot of drive train loss trying to transfer the rotation from going back to going to the sides (i think that came out sounding a little dumb)

 

It's a FWD drag car. In no way could or would that ever be anything else. Look into some drag cars and you'll start learning the how and the what.

As said once or twice, the traction bars are there for traction purposes only. It keeps the weight distribution towards the front and helps the rear shocks from having to take the entire load from the dragster under extreme acceleration.

That should help I guess...

 

Its the Toyota Tundra engine, Chris explained it all at SEMA