I went thru the breakage and traction issues in my 1968 bbc corvette for years, I had a full roll cage and it was basically a race only car that I rarely drove on the street, I never found an independent rear suspension that 13.5:1 cpr 496 BBC roller engine could not twist into scrap, within weeks,... I did solve the problem, I fully tubbed the rear and installed a dana 60, from a hemi cuda after having in shortened , adding, upgraded axels, disk brakes and having the brackets modified, with a custom moded 4 link suspension. it cost a great deal to do that back in the 1970s, but it worked and it solved the problem, and allowed the car to use 11" wide 30" slicks.
now IM sure todays metal treatments and parts are far better but the fact remains that a solid rear axle and a 9.75" ring gear will always be stronger and less prone to damage from sudden shock loads and torque than anything you can do with similar quality parts to an independent rear.
so before you go dumping a great deal of cash into what may prove to be a bottomless cash pit, you might want to think thru the options.
now by todays standards the car was not that fast , but look at the records for pro-stock cars in the early 1970s, I was certainly NOT running a legal pro car but I was running times that were just a bit slower in the very low 10.25/135mpr range and doing it on a severly limited budget, with far less high tech parts in comparison, at a time when 10 second cars were darn fast.
remember todays racers have far more options in parts available, to them an much better parts
NO! I don,t know the guys whos car it is, but it sure brings back memories of my 1968 race vette....I only ran very low 10s at 135mph but it launched and sounded similar, you might want to track him down and ask for advice
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