Wheelie Bar Clamps for MOITS Racing

In 2019 Jeremy Callaghan dropped off the components for his new twin turbo 70.5 Camaro Promod drag racing car at MOITS Racing. As MOITS racing built the car through 2020 they incorporated some minor upgrades, had the body modified and painted, and completed the work necessary to mount the body to the car. Then with the twin turbo charged 481X Proline powerplant completed they began testing at Sydney Dragway in preparation for their campaign in the Promod bracket of the 2021/22 400 Thunder Australian Professional Drag Racing Series.

The original aluminium clamps which held the wheelie bar together had bent and buckled from tyre shake during early testing. Rather than having to wait for identical clamps machined and reinstalled, MOITS Racing and IM Composite Technologies gave Advanced Manufacturing Australia the challenge of creating a new design which could be made very quickly, cost effectively and in limited quantities while still handling the anticipated forces through the wheelie bar.

We were able to design a stronger and lighter solution using carbon fibre reinforced Onyx which could be manufactured in low volumes and on demand. Within one week we had made a prototype of the new design which was then fitted to the car for further testing (as seen the above video). The good news is that the clamps have passed all tests so far and Jeremy was able to clock a 5.92 second pass at 247mph at the 1-2 May Test and Tune weekend at Sydney Dragway.

We can’t wait to see Jeremy racing in the 400 Thunder!