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What are you running for toe on dragster. Normally run 1/16 in. Last night car kept going right and would not stay away from wall or centerline. Thank 330 blocks at farmington are still shaking from last pass.LOL Hey got their attention anyway.

Was consistent both run 6.02 and 603 shutting off at and before 330's. Told dad and brother I could run todays bracket just dial 6.02, shut off after scaring **** out of guy in right lane.LOL

So what are you running. Did see few say 1/4 total seems like a lot,but if works.

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I'm at 1/8".


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The toe in is not your problem if it is going to the right. Your rear end could be off center to the left a little or your rear end could have some rear steer in it. Left rear tire could have more rollout. The chassis could be flexing, there are several things it could be but toe in is not your problem here.


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Maybe chassis flex. rearend is about as dead nuts on pr as close as gets. I know I built car and meaured it few hundred times. Rollout is less than 1/4" difference. Old habiit I guess but I check roll out everytime car is in air.
Rollout was my first thought, To be to point it is pulling right it would have to be inch or so. It is not going right it is pulling right like biutch. take it back to center and it wants that stripe.

Did find that rack and pinion mount has minor flex. Then niot under load going down track. Strength it. Damn weight worried guy installed it should hsave used thicker material.LOL

Have toe reset. to 1/8 to 3/16 as accurate at can get with measuring tape anyway. If tires a simple swap will tell. Kind iof hate to break one at a gtime rule. Kind of hate to waste runs since onlty getting about 3 and maybe 4 per outting. Damn 60 mile tow with piedmont shut down which is 18 miles from house.

Hell guess not complain since first leave Friday every thing electric worked as should. SLE with delay off allowed it tp kick in almost exactly same time as second light was on good and 2step tickled it only few beats. Surprised me it was all working and paying enough attention tio it that grandma in walker would have better light.LOL Toe did seem off and remeber had it all apart when building new nose piece.

Stripped car down and going over chassis with 2000 grit comb today air on in trailer as I type. Check everyh weld and recheck rearend but know it is well under 1/16 since never found more than that and out of 100 checks only found that once or twice and that can be tape sag angle ir user. Probably last but I do use one for living now days.

Little long post but covering few things for clearer picture.




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Only things know so far. Alignment was off maybe 1/16 wrong way. Number two it is the drivers, crewc chiefs and chassis builders fault. Sucks getting all the blame.




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It’s not the rollout either. My first set of mickeys, before I learned to measure and stretch/shrink if needed, were 3/4” different. Driving through the pits it would pull in whichever direction had the smaller tire, but it was straight as a string going down the track.
 
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184N brings up another point I failed to mention that leads me ti think front end. Car would pull right towing back after loosing fuel at pickup on shut down

Kind of like stgreet junk when from end is out and let go of wheel. Pulls one or other.

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