Recent content by Dirtracer8

Thanks for the info RM! You seem to always enlighten me. Ever time I dig into this car ( which came from down south) I find more and more- between their bushing choices and locations and modifications and now manipulating the brake system... the guys that built this car were very smart. It’s...

Ranger mike or anyone else that can answer this.. My question is about brake caliper location on left rear of race car. I bought a used grand national read end to have set up as a spare last week. It came from down south. Ok- so looking at left rear hub from the side (I’ll use a clock face...

So what I mean is that when I back off gas and start to trail brake the left front of car collapses. It highly loads left front spring . To the point that the nose has bottomed out on left side but not right. The left front spring is 200 lbs bigger then right front. I been trying to...

And yes, your right RM- big spring on left front, tie down on right front . Tall spring on left rear, High lead and freed up rear end w no binds. Metric “stock car”

Ranger mike- Maybe you could explain a little on to why a car w rc to left of center seems to collapse on left front on breaking before entrance. My thoughts are that the weight is trying to come off right front via roll center and is transferring into left front spring.

I have been successfully running a dirt stock car w the same rc numbers you found on your car Drobbie. Not saying it’s right but w the right springs and shocks it can be very fast. Different setups and driving styles take different things. Ranger Mike helped me figure a lot of this car out...

Thanks Ranger Mike, that might help guys find the stuff they are seeking. I know I'm going to be reading some..

This car is a metric chassis w stock rear links and ford 9". We are only allowed 3 holes on bottom of rear end for adjustment. W 3 inches from axle tube being furthest measurement . That huge amount of rear steer is used in mods and latmodels. And yes, as a former driver of a mod, it was a...

On the strings The race car staticly has 1/4 under steer. It rolls to even or straight up. I tightened it up by putting shorter right rear lower arm in so I could drive it in harder with more drive off corner. I know that not using the left rear is killing me.

I have had some very good nights of reading here. I really appreciate the knowledge that has been put in the eyes of racers here. It's kind of a unspoken voodoo around here. I do have a few questions before I go and hack up my front end. My static rc is 4.035 high and 9.649 right And Dynamic it...

Ranger I don't think sprints can run a "lift arm" I could be wrong.. I'm actually not real sure what sprints run in the pull bar or lift arm aspect. I know they use the "torque tubes" and torsion arms as a spring on rear. But what keeps the rear end from rotating on the birdcages? Can anyone...

Good stuff right there. 4 link info. Come on may 12th let's go racing! But for real , good info ranger.

We set the car up like normal. Mike is right, it didn't add cross. When you turned in it de-wedged the car. And you turned straighter it wedged it back up. And if i had to over correct, it went even tighter which helps catch the rear end of car. This set up was from a ole timer that ran...

Wow.. I just made it thru most of the 60 pages. Amazing info here! You guys really show your expirence! Thanks for everything. One thing I would like to bring into discussion that I didn't see was the old thoughts of high castor for numbers for helping transfer weight on the 3200 lb stock...

I am subscribed to this thread. 60 pages of wisdom and real world theory! Can't thank you guys enough!