how much torque?

[74runner]

dusters pic got me thinking........... how much torque do you need to get the front wheels off the ground?

[Duster_340]

yeah, this is my favorite pic of a muscle as of right now... i dont know for sure, it all depends on how heavy the car is, what tires it has, and how heavy the engine is.

[74runner]

ya I ment in a 440 roadrunner, I can get mine about 8" off

[Daffy]

A lot of it has to do with the suspension and weight transfer.Big cars do it more easily than small cars,especially when you are talking mopars.

[74runner]

A lot of it has to do with the suspension and weight transfer.Big cars do it more easily than small cars,especially when you are talking mopars.
so would a stiffer rear end jump more or less than a soft rear end

[Daffy]

so would a stiffer rear end jump more or less than a soft rear end
I'm not sure what you mean by jump.The really good mopar rear set ups use the SS springs that are like six or seven leafs in the front of the axle and only three behind the axle.This makes it very slinky and soft as far as axle motion but stiff in the front to minimize spring flex and act like a traction bar.Makes the whole car lift up and plant the tires,even more so if you add a pinion snubber.I hope this makes sense.

[74runner]

ok i get it

[RiversideParish]

8", eh, 'Runner? Darn... you drive that on the street, too?

[74runner]

ya once or twice a month, it's hell to drive on gravel

[RiversideParish]

I'd think any musclecar would be hell to drive on gravel... if there's anything Vanishing Point taught me, it's that, really.

[74runner]

I'd think any musclecar would be hell to drive on gravel... if there's anything Vanishing Point taught me, it's that, really.
well...that and top end is more important than bottom end when runnin from the cops

[RiversideParish]

Which is why a 5500rpm redline, torque-monster 440 4-bbl outran everything the cops could throw at him andthensome.

[74runner]

sorry thats just from personal experiance

[RiversideParish]

Yeah, like a Ramcharger has sooo much top end...

J/K LOL

[74runner]

no the RC can do another great thing for runnin from the 5-0....go off road.

the fury is my highway getaway car.

and the RR well......lets just say by the time the cop turns on his lights..........my car dissappears in a cloud of smoke

[RiversideParish]

Yeah, I don't think you'd have a problem in any of them...

[Letsrace]

no the RC can do another great thing for runnin from the 5-0....go off road.

the fury is my highway getaway car.

and the RR well......lets just say by the time the cop turns on his lights..........my car dissappears in a cloud of smoke
LOL, good luck with that! They'll catch up sooner or later. Those Police Radios are pretty fast! :D

[74runner]

LOL, good luck with that! They'll catch up sooner or later. Those Police Radios are pretty fast! :D
all the police radios can't help when i head out on backroads, or through feilds.

[Letsrace]

all the police radios can't help when i head out on backroads, or through feilds.
Yeah I know! Everytime I run from the cops I head out through the backraods and fields too. For some reason, as soon as I leave the paved roads, their radios stop working. And since only my car can go through fields, not the cop cars, and only I know the backroads the cops don't know, it's pretty easy to lose them. I do it everyday! :)
LMAO

[74runner]

Yeah I know! Everytime I run from the cops I head out through the backraods and fields too. For some reason, as soon as I leave the paved roads, their radios stop working. And since only my car can go through fields, not the cop cars, and only I know the backroads the cops don't know, it's pretty easy to lose them. I do it everyday! :)
LMAO
what I ment is that the cops around here don't know the leaseroads as well as I do (worked on them for 2 years), and they will never go faster than 100 on gravel. cop cars never ever will go into feilds, not after gillinski wrote off a cruiser into rabbit creek, and in spring you need a 4X4 to get through them. also, theres a couple hills on leaseroads that my Ramcharger has trouble getting up, let alone a RWD car. a 440 fury with .273 gears has a faster top speed than the cop cars, so I can useually put a Km or two between us before the cop can hack around on the highway. and with my Roadrunner i just have to stay ahead of them until I get into town, then I can lose them on the residential streets, head out of town and take gravel home. it's really not all that hard.

and for the record I'm 22-1, the one time I got caught I cornered too fast in the fury and put it in the ditch, I blew a .072 and only got a 30 day DUI suspension, a stunting ticket, and dangerous driving.