it appears the 272 carbon fiber spitzers make a real nice,lightweight purpose built top dragster but im hearing the ride on them is just horrendous,real bad bouncers.

any experience on these cars and how to tame them?

Not saying its the right thing to do but I know someone who cut the back off and put shocks on because of that...

ya one fellow racer just sold his,he said if there was anytype of bump in the track it just destroyed his back...and another friend just sold his one year old spitzer 272 complaining of how bad the bounce was.

Your statement would lead us to believe you have more than one friend..........now that's funny right there!

haha I said fellow racer bender!!

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Originally posted by jenavet:
ya one fellow racer just sold his,he said if there was anytype of bump in the track it just destroyed his back...and another friend just sold his one year old spitzer 272 complaining of how bad the bounce was.

Hmmmmm.....

I heard they do nice wheelies.

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Originally posted by T/D6591:
I heard they do nice wheelies.

I they had shocks they wouldnt do wheelies

^^^^What fun would that be?^^^^

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Originally posted by "The Bender":
^^^^What fun would that be?^^^^

Just depends what you consider more fun, win lights or wheelies......

Both!

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Originally posted by T/D6591:
I heard they do nice wheelies.

Rumor going around front suspension in addition to the rear suspension conversion is the way to eliminate that.

Question, are the bouncers climbing on the brakes that hard? Car unloading/rebound? No chutes? Track? I’m sure a suspended car would help. The weight/et comes into play but if you are bracket racing weights not an issue or if you have an abundance of HP... I remember some bouncing in my Ron Fry ultra light car but most of the time pretty sure it was me. How do TF and TAD deal with it?

Hardtails and aggressive braking DO NOT go well together.

does pulling the chute only help?

I've run 199+ in the 1/8th, no chute no problem. On the long track chute is a must.

I drove one a few year back for someone and didnt notice any issues. Car was smooth. Granted I only went 6.8s in the high 190s in it but no bouncing issues. If Im not mistaken that car was built with the motor up a degree or two similar to a comp car which makes the chassis work great but can be less forgiving in the shutdown. But again I didnt notice it.

from the burn out box to the finish line mine is the most awesome car I've ever driven. It's smooth and it's fast. Every where else it sux.And last I checked that's where it matters most.