Which Shocks for a Drag Setup

[SD GST]

I did a couple of searchs, and was not able to find the answers I was looking for. Maybe someone can point me in the right direction....

Well, this last weekend I went to the track, and I am extremely dissapointed.

I went to Qualcomm, which is basically a parking lot turned into an 1/8 mile dragstrip.

So I did a couple of runs and was pulling off 9.9's at 73mph.. I was doing 2.4 60's and the worst part, is I was on Nitto 555 Drag Radials.. With the trap speeds I was pulling, I should have been running mid to low 9's. I even heard one of the officials, when giving me my timeslip, saying that my car was stock.. I wanted to say "Look at the MPH, you dumbass" but I thought better of it.

So after being pissed off all night, the next day (Saturday) I decided to go to a real dragstrip (Carlsbad) and run the 1/4 mile. I was just assuming that Qualcomm had bad traction because it is really a parking lot.

So at Carlsbad the best I could do was 15.2 at 95 MPH!! I was getting 2.6 and 2.7 60's with Drag Radials. With these traps I should be running low to mid 14's... !

In both scenerios, I feathered the clutch, dropped at about 3,500 RPMs and got ver little wheel spin. However, I did feel the car lunge backwards as the front end started to lift up, and then bounce back to the ground.

So I have come to the conclusion that I am having huge weight transfer and I just can't get traction. I am thinking that maybe my shocks are worn out / blown. The car has 94,000 miles on it, and I bought the car at 75,000 so I do not know if the shocks were ever replaced. They look like the stock ones to me.

So basically, my question is this: What shocks should I run for a drag setup. Not really concerned about the cornering abilty, just want to keep the weight transfer to a minimum. Also, I would like to be able to adjust the ride quality, because currenty my GST is my daily driver.

I was looking a putting some GR2's to replace the stock fronts, and some Tokico Illuminas in the back for the ajustability. On track day, I would put the backs to the stiffest setting, and I figure the front GR2's would be soft enough for the front.

Please let me know what you guys think is best, of if what I am thinking of doing will work.

 

[Eagle 5]

i have tokico adjustables shocks, whenever i get to the track for the first time im goign to try 5 for the rear settings and like 2 for the front settings. 5 is the stiffest so it should keep the back from squatting or being pushed down with the weight transfer. 2 up front so that i could posibly not have wheel hop. i figure if the shocks are somewhat soft, they wont hopw where as if they were set at 5, they would hop becuse they dont have much moevment in it. but, thats my opinon. i could be wrong

 

[Tallen]

check for boost leaks. seems that you are losing power somewhere.

KYB AGX adjustables are supposta be a good bang for the buck. we dont need 30000 way adjuatable shocks. 4 positions will do.
full hard in the back, full soft in front.

 

[SD GST]

I don't think I have a boost leak, I am posting the trap speeds I was expecting. It is the 60ft's that are killing me. I had drag radials on, so the only other thing I could think of, was the suspension and weight transfer.

Unless you have any other suggestions.