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Post by flipflopoo1oo on Oct 6, 2014 7:11:35 GMT -6
While staying out from behind keeps you from having to lift before your time, you may just drive right on by if you can plant the right rear, nose quickly, and stay planted on all fours without a wait or transitions for your turn when ever you do lift! Until you do this correctly anywhere on the track with no waiting or upset of control, you haven't begun to fight! Or have you one, trying to get there! We were just lucky I guess to have won so many or was it just not following the car in front too closely to have to lift to soon or wait on them to get the hell out of our way or give us room! Give yourself room for improvement in timing to make your next decision in progress of your direction to the front! A clearer path makes way for a better finish! Its worth a few races to find out!
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Post by flipflopoo1oo on Nov 7, 2014 22:36:30 GMT -6
I have seen a few people more careful about their car sitting on the tires all week than worried about leaving it bound down in the trailer all week! We never had that worry, the tires went flat and most of the mud dried and fell off in the trailer to relieve at least some factors of ruining our springs! I suppose we all do what we can to help our chassis stay fit! At least the cars chassis! Up on jack stands and wash the mud off the tires to keep them fresh and soft! Changing pressures to hold the roll out correct helps for us when only running a half inch! I never had a spring or tire problem that I remember other than a new one now and then helps! We tried taller and shorter springs but not enough movement there to tell the difference being correctly preloaded to start with! Not lifting the left rear corner and having the right front up instead of nosed already gives plenty of room for little change to level out! Where is your set-up tonight? Is your cross having fatigue failure from too much left rear and cross from a flat nosed short spring up front! That's one way to keep it off the stops when lifting! My right front is the strongest spring but also has the most travel in my set-up! 3 inches at the shock! The left rear has the least at less than two inches! Still a smooth ride with not too much load placed on one spring and able to transfer easily to balance the pounds by distribution! A easy pivot just by lifting to nose, plant the right side and steer the rear all by just lifting the throttle!
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Post by flipflopoo1oo on Dec 4, 2014 19:09:50 GMT -6
Have you ever considered the benefits of having your right bar higher??? It pulls the right side down when lifting the throttle and quickens nosing on the right and the roll is made easier so you can run a tighter set-up with rear quick steer! It lifts the right side to have more bite on both rears! Straightens up faster on exit! Adds more cross when in the throttle when rolled to exit quicker! Improves the balance of power to the rear and front for better planting to hold in the turn when under power! So many more but do you need all of them to decide what's best?--- So many Think you might have to wait for the roll or throttle response but most of the time your on the throttle fully when you start in the corner! The momentary lift just sets things in motion to hold the corner going in! Its like staying up on the bars by the roll only it comes off straight with no trouble if lifting or dodging traffic and falling down or sudden drop! Most drivable in all conditions!
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Post by flipflopoo1oo on Dec 17, 2014 12:35:50 GMT -6
Leaf spring issues when lifting can be from lack of left rear tension! It hooks and unloads harder and wears out faster! It still comes to light that by drop down variances and hole mounts if legal you can improve the action of unloading to help the left pull the car left when lifting and the right help it roll and flatten to get the steer and right drive needed when nosed to push the car around the turn! Most never consider leafs having steer but there are more kinds than just the rear opening by spring length as it flattens out! Pounds of drag and thrust are very important as is roll out in this process! Its not just the amount of left rear that has control but the ability of the chassis to transfer it to be correct as needed! This is where the variations in springs and shocks do their part to let the driver have control by use of added caster to twist the frame and let it happen naturally! If you turn left the frame rolls right and if loose turning to the right restores left rear to hook coming off the corner! The spring mounting locations and bar angles work the same as leaving the right higher to add right thrust drive to get around and off the corner straighter! If nosed hard , leaned or rolled too hard, these locations are compromised and can not help at all to correct drivability in your chassis! Left rear may be in control but if the right side is not working for you as yet, you have lots to gain in traction,4 wheel steer, and handling!!! If needing more help to understand how this works, just ask! It is old school and basic as to what does help!!!
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