Marcos, I beleive your right about the weight distribution, more like 50/50 give or take for both Cobra and Vette.
Gearing makes a HUGE difference in drag racing. Seems to me the Dragon Snakes (289-427) were running EXTREME low ratios, 5 something rear gear. Not to mention extreme RPM, 7000-7500. Sheet metal screws through the rim into the tire bead to hold the tires to the rims, heat treated gears and they STILL "broke stuff"!
The Viper I reffered to ealier is running 4.90 or something like it rear gear. I asked him about "breaking stuff". He said no problem, got lots of spare parts! He does, I don't!
