Recent content by rick7343

Views on the latest suspension trends for popular classes would be a great topic. Around here it seems the winning builders are going softer springs but stiffer shocks in our non bump stop classes.

"I'd be curious to see some posts by you on shocks…err, dampers… Cheers! " And tire pressures!

Just order 4 more cylinders and fix the others!

That would explain it! thanx!

KOZY: is that calculator supposed to be interactive? When I download it, there is double typing and it won't let me change any numbers... Maybe my old browser? Thanks!

Interesting stuff! How do you determine how far you want the suspension to dive or compress under the weight transfer ?

?? guessing you mean the thread in general...

I know you don't agree with the light front end, but it seems to be the coming way... (The shocks are fairly too btw...) Maybe I should have spent more time with the 400's in mine, even slamming on the brakes it wasn't quite using all the suspension on the right front... I had the bar...

Nice!

Does moving the RC left have something to do with the angle between it and the tire contact patch relative to the RC height? I think Mitchell wrote that the height of the RC doesn't matter as much as the angle between it and the tire contact patch... So you could have a higher roll...

So would it nbe wrong to assume with a heavy car and only 8" tires that there is already enough weight on the rf tire to plant it? The fast guys and most successful race shop all tell me their roll centers are left... they just won't tell me how much..lol They said on some of their bump...

"Rick, you are limited to running hard tires in this racing class. The lite spring big ARB idea is not working for this car on this track. Forget about getting Center of Gravity down in the corners...why would you want to do that? What is the purpose? CoG is a starting point but the Roll Center...

Lf. 600. Rf. 650 Lr 200 Rr 175. (4 link) Car has never felt hooked at all until I increased outside air pressures, always felt greasey lik it was always sliding...tires squealing , etc... just starting to make some progress. The idea was to run softer front springs and bigger bar...

Interesting... I was down in the big city today talking to one of the leading race shops and they said the light hollow Hotchkiss bar can't be preloaded... they are not strong enough...hmmm... I suspected the bar was twisted when I set the car up last weekend... (crap!) Maybe that's why...

OK thanx... But there is less than an inch front shock travel, and softening the outside rear spring is helping, which would seem that the front wants to roll more than the rear...(?)