First Photos of John Force's new Roll Cage

[TAFC 5 81]

That's pretty impressive making changes like that so quickly.

And first class. I remember seeing Dale Funk with a pillow (from the hotel?) stuffed in his 3 point roll cage (top fuel) in the mid 70s.

 

[Toejam]

Contrary to some people's believe, when these things shake or smoke(or both) the tires, it doesn't necessarily mean the clutch guy jack the deal off.

Tony, your probably right. I realize the tune-up will effect the way the car launches, but anytime the car blows the tires off it's over-centered somewhere.

 

[d'kid]

Contrary to some people's believe, when these things shake or smoke(or both) the tires, it doesn't necessarily mean the clutch guy jack the deal off.

Tony, just to make sure and over simplify....

Shake= too little ponys?
Smoke at the hit= too many ponys?

or is that a bad rule of thumb?

 

[PJ]

I'd like to see a side by comparrison of before and after. Looks like I need to search the web today

 

[Old Man]

I applaude John Force and JFR for taking the initiative to make changes.
I really admire the man for some of the things he said in his press conference.
He is an honest and caring person.

 

[DrRocket]

I work in the engineering dept for the prototype lab of a major equipment company. I know from experience that changes of this magnitude take time, and I applaud everyone involved for a tremendous amount of work in a very short amount of time.

I sure do hope these changes are effective.

Sometimes it seems like we're just chasing our tails. One change will just exposed a weak link further up the stream. But, that's the nature of the beast.