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Post by flipflopoo1oo on Nov 8, 2014 11:49:32 GMT -6
I have seen this win but not in traffic! A good out front kind of circle racing but don't let any traffic mess with the rear trying to pass you up if caught on the inside! The added steer by the throttle response pushes the rear to the outside hard if not being able to get it cocked into 3 wheel mode! This leaves a bit of time lapse in getting off the turn first if you can't stand on it full throttle! Use of short ft. springs are relying solely on a high cross under throttle with no nosing give to the spring to be on the bump stop! |
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Post by flipflopoo1oo on Nov 9, 2014 11:02:37 GMT -6
There are many classes of cars and many chassis builders for each but only one way to set it up to win for me! I see the points addressed by builders and their outlook on making it happen! I just prefer to let it happen with out forcing the issues that can be done by a natural selection by choices! Instant reaction is there by the easement of balance to maintain control of steer and traction with out the upset of smoothness or drivability! Too many first night out wins without adjusting has proven this to be the way to get it done! A tight set-up that holds, steers, and hooks up in the direction of choice! Enough wins to be proven as a no-brainer at any track with its wide range of little motion! Should your springs give or transfer traction with out excessive motion? Distribution needs little motion to move the percentages and by the same token to hold the pounds of preloaded springs and the balance of traction on all fours! Plot your course of natural chassis movements to see what moves first, second, and thirdly to get to a balance point of a now leveled chassis! Preload to help ease each movement and the quickness by shock variations! As things are even out when throttled the only change is in forward motion! Steer and traction were achieved as drive thrust and caster adjusted for the need! If not working by other means, more than 1/2 inch of rollout would be needed to get through the corners under power! You may choose any point to start your run as the track or traffic no longer has control of your driving ability! On or off the throttle has little steer effects or upset of traction! If you can't see how this works from my post, please ask until understood! Others have and started winning this year! Movement on one corner if not transferred by pivot factors and helped by the crosses distributing equal loads as springs give up or down can be doubled in travel robbing the balance you are trying to achieve! A soft spring loaded and a strong spring unloaded up front with a loaded stronger left rear spring loaded by weight rather than cross can move and be at a close balance to the weaker pre-loaded right rear by the cross! Preloads are from static weight and cross pressures in the balance of power of other springs and their loads! Plot a core choice of getting the balance to float on the track with less corner movements! Reading this post, I realize that a lot of lucky guess work on my part choosing springs correctly through the years was just that! The variations in them is a key factor in preloads and compressed heights by total weight and all percentages! Sorry I have no formula for springs but would be working on one with enough interested inquiries!
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Post by flipflopoo1oo on Nov 15, 2014 15:47:32 GMT -6
If it wasn't for all the things left rear brings to the table, I would just run right rear and only eat dessert! They need each other as the chassis attempts the exit! Varying the right rear just makes more sense to me that playing with the main source of traction weight already in place and steady to a fault! Leaned left to start with the right has little problem giving the steer and added traction with more bar angle without the loss or movement of the left rear! Sure you will need a little counter balance on the left rear to make it all happen elsewhere but its easy as pie once you have had your feel of the rest! Until you have raced on nothing but sand on a track or tried to hook on nothing but dust a few years, you may not have had the chance to improve so much! You can judge your progress by how high or how low you sling the sand while toting both ft. wheels! Drag racing is a bit safer if hooked without being locked together! Independent traction caries a balance point that has to be maintained by other means than just weight! Ice offers a good education in getting there even with chains! Mud racing offers a new outlook in keeping a 4 wheel balance while in motion! Most everyone's car handles great on a tacky track but the proof is in holding and using what you have rather than searching for more pounds up in the air! I hear tell that gravity is less up there but the wind drag is more!!!
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