Can anyone shed some light on the correct damping for rear suspension - drag racing use only - using leaf springs and gas dampers.
I've seen mention of extremely hard compression damping and slow rebound; hard comp and hard rebound; soft comp and hard rebound. Obviously the setup will have to go harder everywhere for an unprepared track with less traction to give more tyre "bite", but what are the experiences of any of you forum memebrs that drag race. The pros seem to hold their cards very tight against the chest, and won't tell too much info.

I'll post some photos of Mr Hells rear end tomorrow for you very stock set up.

Thanks Killer1200, would appreciate any photies, suggestions etc. I just got 2 new rear dampers (custom Bilstein adjustable) which look like bike shocks without the spring, going to test em this weekend. The US drag guys reckon hard as possible compression with slow rebound for the rear, so I'll start with those settings. I've also just found out that I should have started with the front end,according to US forums more important for changing the cars IC/weight transfer on launch. What makes this more challenging is that we only have unprepared tracks in our areas to drag on!

Hear you go.