I want to first preface this thread by stating that this thought of mine may be completly impractical. Nevertheless, I want to get some insight from others about it.
To simplify wording, strut refers to a quick/complete strut assembly.

In a fwd drag racing application, to prevent the front end lifting and transfering weight off the drive tires, would it be benifical to replace the front struts (or all four) with "solid mounts"? Just a straight piece of pipe and some bracketry. My thought process behind this idea is that keeping the weight on the front tires helps improve traction. Struts allow for the weight to partially/momentarily transfer rearward, decreasing traction to the front wheels, and slowing the vehicles reaction time.

 

Not a good idea IMO. FWD cars can go plenty fast with suspension. Feel free to start trying crazy out of the box stuff when the car is in the 7s or 8s in the 1/4, but until then, just stick with what works.

If you look at real drag cars that run without suspension on the drive axle, it's the really hardcore stuff - rails and such. Those cars are custom built to work with that style of setup and have the necessary tire sidewall, chassis design, and chassis flex to make it work. Those cars also only work on a perfectly glass smooth drag strip. If you've ever seen a solid suspension car drive on a rough pit road or something, they're hopping all over the place. Doing that a suspension delete would effectively make it a drag strip only car that would need to be trailered in.

Doing that on a factory car (especially a unibody) will certainly yield worse results and could cause unibody damage as they weren't designed to withstand that much repeated shock load (again assuming it's not a drag only car).


Your thinking is certainly right, but I'd offer 3 alternatives that have proven to work very well on this platform in order of increasing cost:
-Cable mod. Locks the rear suspension down by tying it to the body. This raises the rear end and eliminates ANY downward movement. Upside is its dirt cheap. Downside is it's awful to drive with on the street at all (unsafe IMO).
-Rear coilovers. Once at the track, you can jack up the rear end as high as the strut will allow and you can further preload the spring as needed to further minimize how much weight goes back there. Upside is DIY coilovers are fairly cheap and they can be used on the street. Downside is you've got probably 20 minutes of prep before and after your race (unless you trailer it), and you'll always have some level of transfer.
-Wheelie bar. This goes a step further in that you can adjust how much 'squat' the car will have during transfer. Further, you can keep going to the point where you're carrying load through the bars and effectively allowing zero squat while still allowing your suspension to work so you've got braking ability in the rear. This has proven to work well as evidenced by numerous record FWD cars running them. You've also still got the relatively easy option of unbolting them in a few minutes if you wanted to street drive it.