Here is some old school info for you guys that should still be good today. As many of you know back in the day when both Dick Landy and Sox & Martin were factory sponsored racers they would put on car clinics at the local Dodge and Plymouth dealers in locations close to where they were racing at any given time. The factory sales rep would call these local dealers and ask if the dealership would like to have them and the dealerships would call their customers to attend.
These guys would freely give tips of how they modified their cars for better performance.
Landy was also interviewed by Hotrod Magazine back in the late 60s/early 70s in an article called "Blueprint for a Trick Chassis" here is what he had to say about some of the things you guys are discussing.
"We race Super Stock Dodges and it isn't necessary to do much to the chassis. If you try to do too much it hurts you E.T. Don't raise the front of the car, it should be left at stock height. The whole car should rise on take off not just the front end. Most of the adjustments to make the car rise are done on the rear springs but we do a few tricks to the front suspension to loosen it up. 6 cylinder torsion bars, Sway bar brackets are cut with a hacksaw to allowed to spread a little to relieve the clamp pressure on the rubber bushing and then weld them back together. It lets the rod turn easier so the front of the car comes up faster on take off.
When the front of the car drops after a burn out or when I have to get off of the throttle, the front end can bottom out, so we use the larger C body snubbers on the lower control arms.
We don't want the front of the car rising any more than the rear. Most wheelies are from jerking the front end into the air because the front suspension runs out of travel. That kind of wheelie is the worst thing you can do. It sends a shock load through the whole chassis and ruins traction. You want to PUSH the front end into the air not JERK it off the ground. Notice how long it takes for front end to come back to earth. When the front end is pushed into a wheelie it settles slowly with the front tires just brushing the strip, held up by the acceleration."
