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Welcome Sbrothy, Thanks for the kind words! Racing is world wide and pretty much universal! rm

you said - The sway we did unhook one weekend so it was just along for the ride, that's when we realized we needed lighter springs in it as we were still pushing on exit without the bar. When your race car spins the tires power-on out of a turn but pushes (understeers) when the sway bar is...

The 3rd link should be mounted at percent weight position on rea rend and chassis so the bar is not canted or angled so you have most direct action. You loose force when applied at an angle. Panhard bar angle if level does nothing for rear traction. When you angle the bar down hill toward rt...

Change panhard bar angle today! If you must run #500 sway abr soften it or disconnect it! See photo below. You are running hollow sway bar I assume. A 1.125" OD 0.125 thick wall tubular bar with 13" long arms( A on pic) = 187 lbs. rating. Same tube arm with 8.75" arm is 415" rating. Maybe...

It is always good to check for impact damage. But until you get rid of that massive front sway bar , you will not change the fact that tire spin is due to lack of down force to add traction.

With that 500 #arb you turned the race car into a 3000 lbs. go kart very little body roll, very low suspension travel. The ARB or sway bar is way too big at 500# Roll center location has to be changed so you get down force on right front tire. AND Too stiff ARB (sway bar) is holding body roll...

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Read page 22 post # 646, 647 etc. about Ackermann

Welcome and thank you for the kind words. From what little info you provided, I say you are close to ideal from the book learning point of view. Book says springs are lf 350, rt ft 400, lft rear 225, rt rear 250 to 300 ideal weight is 58% left side. 51% rear, 57% cross weight toe out on 1/4...

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see my post # 23 above

A stock car racing Saturday night will have a right front tire temperature up to 225° F tread temperature. Inside the tire will be up to 255° F tread temperature. Internal tire temperature (often called core, carcass, bulk, or inner liner temperature) refers to the heat deeper inside the tire's...

During a stock car race, we need to maintain a proper tire diameter once the tire is brought up to proper operating temperatures. usually 180 to 210 degrees F. depending upon the weight of vehicle and particular tire compound. in order to maintain the proper diameter, we use nitrogen instead of...