Post by flipflopoo1oo on Nov 17, 2014 5:39:09 GMT -6
Even the best can do it and it really is worse when leading the race, at least it would seem so! Driver err, never in my book! Its just that sudden change that wasn't dealt with in the set-up! Even if running on left rear the quickness to add right rear by moving the throttle in either direction can be had! Even if sliding up the track side-ways your car should recover instantly, if not I would reconsider my post to better understand the importance of holding ranges to do so or to lessen the chances of it happening again in any class of dirt racing! Back in the days of leaf spring racing it was more about left rear weight balance or was it? Getting the cross just right to be able to enough right side bite to hold or was it? Our first old car had a multi leaf on the left and a single on the right! While always loose as a goose with a 300lb. split up front, it was always completely sideways and on the bottom! The left drive of the stiffer left rear spring working like it was pinned to torque up and stronger rt. ft. left no doubt about cross and left rear with no nosing at all! You could how you say (BACK IT IN THE CORNERS) and always be sure of it recovering! Reverse stager will do about the same on dry slick! I did how ever have to run a taller tire on the left front in the heats to loosen it a bit! Now --do you under stand why??? It was to lessen the cross to add weight to the right rear to turn under power! It took away left rear and gave more right to drive the car left! It gave the roll out a more balanced traction to be able to work correctly! It leveled the total weight balance to rock over and put more right rear in the car in the turns! It changed the transfer of this weight to make it easier for the little bit of caster to help to roll the chassis with it more balanced. ---- At the end of year finals, We won hands down! The track used cotton scales to tech the cars and this was the first time the car was ever on scales but it took taking weights off the right front and moving them to the left front to get the scales to come around to get it done! No other car had needed this all night! They all ask how do you drive that piece of JUNK! We went home with the TROPHY and the MONEY! A lot of thought went into our new chassis the next year and it was smooth sailing from there! Its not all about the weight but the quickened transfer that won so much for us! Winning 24 of the next 26 proved that fact to me! And boys it wasn't the shocks that gave the edge but the numbers! All I had to work with in those days was my head and a well placed knee to check the balance as to its reactions! With all the tools of today and fine tuning with special shocks, expert drivers should have no problems except too much horse power! I try to balance that too---- for easy transfer quickly!