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My 57 T Bird with a Mummert head 312 with around 425 horsepower insists on making a right turn on a hard launch from a dead stop. Toploader 4 speed, 3.89 traction loc rear end, rebuilt set of original Traction Masters, Diamond back radials, station wagon rear springs. The first time it happened I ended up setting sideways in the road headed straight towards the ditch on the right side of the road. Scared the crap out of me. It’s never done anything like that before. Easy enough to light up the tires but it always went in a straight line before. Not that it should make a difference but it didn’t happen until I replaced the antique Headman headers with FPA headers and switched the stock mufflers and tailpipes with Turbo mufflers and 2 1/2” tailpipes. Picked up horsepower and torque with the change. I’m thinking a problem with the Traction Loc or the rear suspension?  It starts to go straight and then the back end comes around and it starts to spin out and head for the ditch. Goes straight down the road otherwise. What’s the problem?

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Forum Post Question for you drag racers By slumlord444 ( 2 Years Ago )
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Forum Post Still looking for other ideas? By slumlord444 ( 2 Years Ago )
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Forum Post I’ll be looking under the rear end this week. I do know that the... By slumlord444 ( 2 Years Ago )
Forum Post I may be wrong but I can't imagine that a header and exhaust swap... By Deyomatic ( 2 Years Ago )
Forum Post On my 345Y that we dyno tested at Ted's shop, it made 402hp/405tq with... By Joe-JDC ( 2 Years Ago )
Forum Post Its putting too much power to the left rear tire for one reason or... By John Mummert ( 2 Years Ago )
Forum Post Jacked it up and carefully examined everything under the rear end.... By slumlord444 ( 2 Years Ago )
Forum Post Were your tires still wet after burnout? Track? My Ram 1500 will go... By 55blacktie ( 2 Years Ago )
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Forum Post Condition of tires-inflation? Road temperature? Probably a stretch,... By 55blacktie ( 2 Years Ago )
Forum Post Tires in excellent condition. 32-35 pounds. Air temperature around... By slumlord444 ( 2 Years Ago )
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Forum Post There is a test that in this case, might be worth doing. It's... By FORD DEARBORN ( 2 Years Ago )
Forum Post Found the front spring clamp on the drivers side spring was unhooked... By slumlord444 ( 2 Years Ago )
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Forum Post Not trying to gain anything. Trying to figure out why it won’t go in a... By slumlord444 ( 2 Years Ago )
Forum Post Glad you found a suspended problem that fixed most of it. Better than... By miker ( 2 Years Ago )
Forum Post It left straight with slicks, now it doesn't with street tires.... By Hoosier Hurricane ( 2 Years Ago )
Forum Post It actually went straight with street tires until I upped the... By slumlord444 ( 2 Years Ago )
Forum Post That’s a definite possibility that I’m considering. By slumlord444 ( 2 Years Ago )
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