I wish this worked on my track. I can say that it does not. Actually creates a tight center. This is a very flat 3/8 almost round track. coldest tire on the car is the lf with 51% cross after loading 1 1/8 bar. I will be moving the mc to the left maybe 3" and see what happens. Mike when you move...
wow awesome. thank you for spending so much time and thought on these posts. I will disagree on the movement of the lf from its static position though. Our cars begin statically with 4" ride height. Our cars are on bumpstops as well when they enter the first turn of the race (or tire warmup laps...
You lost me on this one Mike. The left side camber gain part. The left will go toward negative in dive so could you explain this a bit more? Also have you experimented with Jacking? As in extreme arm angles that utilize the force that is generated in the cornering phase to accomplish vertical...
we are working on the modified birdgage 3 link for the rear. sounds like you or your buddy have some experience with that. any pointers on shock numbers for this? arm angles , etc.? The chassis will be highly adjustable but I've got zero experience with a set up like this.
I guess I'm still not conveying this appropriately. The center of mass in both situations is still to the left of track. Picture a chassis in mid air with no wheels. now put the 66" track width under it, stick two lower control arms on say 17" each on the wheels(spindles). now slide the 66"...
Lol! there are two approaches that I have seen to accomplishing left side weight. I will try harder to explain. One is the front clip is designed with the motor mounts 2" to the left of center as well as having the lower control arm points moved 1" to the left of center. the second is the way we...
Thank you Mike. to be more specific, Left side weight being equal, other than camber gain/loss dependent on control arm length, can you think of any other reason to favor one style over the other? Moving inner pivot mounting points left would require a bigger split in LCA lengths left to right...
ok newbie here, I have read through maybe half of this thread. Very informative!, We are building our first ever complete straight rail super late (asphalt) My son is doing the drawings in solid works. We have developed some front clips here for existing chassis. My question for Mike or whoever...