LIT-718 80291 1997 - 2004 Mustang Radiator. Ok im building a new circle track car useing a 1981 Camaro. the metric cars at THR are at a big disadvantage in terms of track width, ride height, and rear suspension but if they were to be able to use a third link and panhard bar they can be very competitive even without weight jacks. Keep It Fast and Cheap. Often overlooked in the mainstream, dirt track racing is one of the most exciting forms of tire-scorching car racing action. 30 day Money Back Guarantee!- If you don't learn something that helps you go faster, email me and I will refund 100% of your money back. Wheels. document.write("" + "") This configuration is common in General Motors cars built in and around the 1980's as well as some Ford cars, such as the Thunderbird, from the same time period. How to Raise Cross Weight in iRacing Setup. You can try bigger adjustments if you cant tell much difference in the handling after you make smaller adjustments. I can't tell you how many times I have refined the MC location in a car and had it totally change the way the car turned, for the better. I followed the progress of the THR #01 SS very closely and when Terry says he tried everything legally possible to get that rear end to quit binding up during body roll, he's not exagerating. It is this sliding scale situation that determines the stiffness of your front end. LIT-719 80292 C7 Corvette Radiator. Check with the rules to see if it's even mentioned. I never felt good about cheating but when everyone does you need an even playing field. We ran the car with a lot softer set up than that. When you enter the corner you are going to slow down. I measured ours at close to 20". The cameros have been better then the metric cars at SAS for years,they used to let the metric cars raise the spring pockets in the rear if I remember right,I don't remember what else they were allowed to do though to be competitive. Always try to start with the track bars first. We also need to establish a ride height that will both be appropriate for our type of racing and also help to establish the best roll center height. 358091 FAB IMPALA, NO UPPER MOUNTS. Chassis Tuning 101 Murfdogg. Contact Us. Conclusion The Metric four-link rear suspension is here to stay for a while. I'd think that without them you'd at the very least need to allow some sort of spring adjuster. state doesn't have. Greetings guys, Im new to the site. Antidive helps prevent sudden nose dive on entry by mechanically resisting the downward motion of the suspension using the rotational forces created through braking. Manyof the ideas fit into the gray areas and some of them are outright cheating. More has to be done to help the rear roll to match the front. Our second design in our dirt chassis line this IMCA legal metric clip car designed in 2006 was already proving itself to be a successful chassis. This was taken at Butler Speedway in Michigan. We have been softening those setups over the years, but never intended to go to coil bind or bump rubbers. Eliminate most of your bumpsteer and Ackermann and install the correct steering ratio for your track that would suite the driver. The very last thing you need to worry about is your aero package. CRA street stock. Use the "new" 7 inch arm on the RH and the 8.5 on the LH. Most guys that are fast there are fast everywhere. A spring split of 250-lb/in spring in the left rear and 200-lb/in spring in the right rear is common. If there is, try to adjust the brake bias to eliminate the adverse condition. I was wondering if anyone out there had any experience circle track racing a mopar unibody. It depends on your rule book and it's enforcement. Metrics can be competitive IF they are permitted to address their four-point rear suspension problems. The Metric four-link Roll Center The metric roll center is quite high compared to other rear suspension systems, such as the three-link with Panhard bar, the leaf spring system, and the Watts link. Setup Tips for Metric on asphalt. I always knew that chassis set up had to be based on some proven theory, but I could never find a book that could tell me what that theory was. There are some different lower a-arms and front suspension things to make them even better. I can only speak for THR, but we are not allowed to use adjustable shackles, or I should say we are not allowed to have shackles of different lengths. Shocks affect the motion of the corners of the car and therefore the placement of loads during transitional periods. Its not necessary unless your own a road course. Great advice! pretty much none of that ++*% matters at stateline, it is mostly driver and survival is the name of the game, get all your angles and roll centers figured out and you will be faster when you make it to the front i have seen dozens of cars that dominate in the stock class at stateline but get squashed at eriez and rw7 however once you get a car fast at either of those tracks then you will be fast everywhere you go. If the LR tire is too cool, then the RR spring is too stiff. Cra bomber, turbo ,etc. Thats with a 305 a ton less HP. See auction date, current bid, equipment specs, and seller information for each lot. I better get the torch and welder dusted off! I'll start out with what seems like the obvious to me - the rear suspension. Brian Wise. What Are Russet Mites? This develops more crossweight as the car squats on acceleration. The fruits of this plant are large and can weigh over one pound. For example, if your initial setup is 52 percent cross-weight, and you want 50 percent cross-weight, lowering the right front or left rear corner will decrease cross-weight percentage. Disconnect the sway bar and zero (unload) it. For the novice sim racer, all these setup options can seem overwhelming & confusing without the knowledge of what all these adjustments are or do.By understanding the basics of what each component is & how it directly effects the car, you'll quickly discover what direction you should head when trying to adjust for that looseness exiting the corner under acceleration. I'm a former NASCAR short track driver and league administrator for SASCAR. If you use no brakes you can wear the right front. Do not attempt to open the setup file in Windows. The pad is best used on IMCA style modifieds, the fronts of "Outlaw" style modifieds, drag racing . All this really depends mostly on the track and maybe the car youre driving. Adding neoprene bushings to all of the connection points will unnecessarily restrict movement and cause the chassis to be stiff in roll. Sliding the MC left and to the inside of the turn makes the suspension softer. After payment you will be directed to a download page. Lee Christjohn of Antigo, WI knows what it takes to win street stock races. You might try a little trail braking. Your email address will not be published. We are only talking about a difference of 0.040- to 0.060-inch, but that is enough to help stabilize our car on exit and provide added bite. Mod Four Tech. Adjust all four spring perch offsets to change the cross weight. If one corner of the car is shocked stiff, then as that corner desires to move in compression, more load will be retained by that corner as well as the opposite diagonal corner of the car during the compression cycle only. Don't get me wrong, I like our leaf car for obvious reasons, but it would be cool to see a bunch of metrics out there running well also. I don't know much about spring adjusters hidden or otherwise but I'd say they could be made to work. Download the Jet Mod Scale & Setup Sheet Here! There are a lot of things you can do to improve handling. I wondered if a 3 link could be made to work well without them. Of the other two, camber is well-recognized, but for all intents and purposes, the least-understood . there are a lot of knowledgeable guys there. There's a happy medium between running just the right soft right rear and going too soft. Adjust drag link accordingly, *unless something is bent, spindles, drag link, idler arms, etc. Off-centered adjusters can be very inconsistent. Take a look at a metric street stock rear suspension video. This is our 1988 Monte Carlo Stock Appearing Body. Designed and built with one thing in mind, WIN RACES. It would be nice if we could change the rear suspension, I have done a lot of research on it and have found some info, there is just not a lot legally that can be done with it. That is the essence of shock technology related to handling influences. So, again this year as in past years, we will present what is admittedly the formula for success related more for the conventional and what we call soft conventional setups mainly because these are the ones that produce more consistency and do win races. I noticed the camaros can arch or de arch springs. 266. Thats the theory and the science anyway. That troubles me. I was also wondering, are there any tricks you have to make your tires wear slower without damaging speed. But if you cant 11 inchers is all you can go. Special Discount Cost- $24.95 !To download a copy of the E-book, simplyclick on the link below. Conversely, if the car feels tight throughout the corner, raise both track bars. We got away from running thatmuch cross as the car was pushy. The driveshaft alignment is critical from the standpoint of mechanical efficiency. You must try to determine if your setup is balanced and then if not, make the necessary changes to bring it into a balanced state. However, they should be required to run he two stock lower rear trailing arms in their stock locations. I think I'll make a proposal along these lines. It might help to leave it unattached on ovals. We had LF 1000, RF1300. However, tie down shocks are becoming less and less desirable. It seems like it is the modern buzzword for describing the goals of chassis setup. Street Stock Setups - Custom iRacing Setups and Paints for dirt oval and asphalt oval cars. The car madracing 19 has for sale has all of these things done to it. Both of these ICs act like hard points of resistance to lateral movement of the chassis. . Then should I use brakes more? 5. Posts: 72. Online: $349.99. Re: street stock set up. I also was involved with beta testing for NASCAR Racing Simulation Games. Roll Center or Moment Center. I appreciate the lead. race pictures, racing news and season updates for the Frost Racing Team. It also seems hard to argue that the stock 4-link/metric cars have a hard time being competive in our SS/Sportsman classes where a stock suspension is mandated. I know enough about suspension geometry and how to achieve it, but what i have been playing with now is CG and where it works best. Ive raise the center section of the chassis where the the upper mounts attach by 3". Location. 10702FMI FRAME & CAGE - FAB IMPALA MOD. I'm curious what everyone's thoughts are on what it would take to allow the metric cars to be competitive without giving them too much. set the tone for how the parts and setup will work. Try to understand how aero downforce is created and then configure your car so that you take advantage of every area where you could produce more downforce. Click. Now you have to compensate with spring change. Whats the dominant front clip, and what are they doing with these metric rear setups? The cars with the stock metric 4 link all seem to go into a four wheel drift and are always loose on exit. Quote. The bottom line is that at mid-turn, each end will want to roll to its own degree of angle. If the same stiffly shocked corner is in rebound, less of the overall load will be retained by that corner, and its diagonal corner as well, during the rebound cycle only. That's why I asked about weight jacks in the original post. The surest way to get disqualified is to bolt an illegal part onto your car. The more third link angle you have, the more antisquat there is. I'm thinking about building a B Body for dirt track racing. jp. Swap Option: Medieval will build the chassis using one of our sandblasted frames. Current Stock: Quantity: Decrease Quantity: Increase Quantity: Save to Wishlist. Wheel Covers. Port City Racecars Road Race Chassis is a purpose-built racing machine. If you could slide the MC to the right, or outside of the turn for you road racers, the front end will get stiffer. Just trying to help someone. Has gone 1.29 60 ft on spray, has 28 10.5 et street tires on it also. Get the best deals on Asphalt Oval Racing Parts when you shop the largest online selection at eBay.com. I will post as I no longer race, the biggest thing is the angle of the upper and lower control arms in the rear, you need to understand roll center and instant center to be able to adjust it correctly. This force is resisted by the ball joints and control amrs. Each suspension system desires to do its own thing when lateral forces are introduced from the car going through the turns. You must log in or register to reply here. Hey I am looking for some guidance setting up my 4 link GM metric rear end. //-->. The left side suspension usually is designed with about half the angle of the right side in a conventional design.
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