Scott
Won't really help much if you are putting 51% of the weight on the front
end.
JB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Cowle" <scowle@mentorcollege.edu>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 9:11 AM
Subject: funny car seating
> I really want to build a Bonneville car and I'm thinking of a Dodge
Shadow
> with a blown 340cid in it. I read all the time about the traction
> difficulties on the salt so I want to copy a funny car from the early
> sixties-it was a 64 Barracuda or Valiant that had the driver sitting in
the
> trunk with his head sticking out where the rear window was but still below
> the roof line.There is a picture of it in a funny car special edition
> magazine . It seems to me that if I put my fat ass in the back seat or
even
> the trunk of the Shadow and move the engine back substantially this will
> help with this problem. I have a good 340 and a cheap Shadow to start
with.
> Any comments or suggestions?
> Scott
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