Heyfred

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250 or 275 lb front spring?

BlackSS4thgen

300lb 14" spring

Heyfred

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Had 300lb up front and switched to 250lb. Car transfered smoother and front end rise was easier to control. Your car is lighter on the front than mine. Compare your scale reading to mine.
Also I drive my car on the street with 250 and no issues. With the the lighter spring, the shock will control the spring better.

Heyfred

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Heyfred

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I am running a 125lb x12" rear spring.

Nitroused383

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I spent all last year messing with travel travel limiters only to realize they only work on a track with killer prep where you can't do anything else to stop wheelies. On a shitty track you need to use your front suspension travel to your advantage. Try to shoot for full front extension right around the 60'. If your front comes up way too fast even with the shocks full tight you need to have tighter valving. It's a fine balancing act.

Watching your video you can see as soon as you hit your travel limiters you unloaded the front causing the rear tires to spin. My car has 5-6 inches of front travel to use and it helps a ton on a bad track .

BlackSS4thgen

Absolutely. It is something I overlooked the entire time I forgot I left them tight from when I had the no prep AK valving. The AP valving in the Vikings are really tight now. I forgot I left the car at about 1.25" of travel. Next outing It will be back at 4"

BlackSS4thgen

I had 250's on the front last year and it was worse. It takes so much coilover compression to support the nose of the car there is a ton of stored energy in the spring. A couple companies recommend a 400 front spring so that the shock does not have to work as hard to slow rebound over a bound up spring that is compressed further.

John_C

Awesome build and work!

Love it!

BlackSS4thgen

BlackSS4thgen

It took me 5 track trips and 24 passes to get back into the 1.2"s I had to really earn that 7.80

BlackSS4thgen

BlackSS4thgen

It was tricky getting the car into the 5's at an airport race. Legit no prep race. Not like those BS no prep events lol

TexasHavoc88

Your car is def a bad ****! Been following you on YouTube. You do some amazing work. Sub'd

NSFW

Nice! What changes did you make to fix the traction problem?

BlackSS4thgen

Thanks man! Im working on possibly getting into a better chassis here soon.

BlackSS4thgen

I raised the car a little. I couldnt get it to get on the back tires very well. Its not hitting the tire as hard as it did and pulling the wheels up like it was.

I am having to run front extension far more loose for it to get traction. So then it ends upseting the chassis once the front control arms finally come to rest.

Still have some tinkering and power management to work on.

The no prep stuff is easy every time.

TexasHavoc88

what are you thinking about switching too? I've been going back and forth between another f-body or foxbody. Mine wont be as serious as yours and it will see alot of street time so I'll prob go with another f-body.

BlackSS4thgen

I really like camaros. I just keep going back and fourth about tearing into this and doing more cage and better chassis stuff. But I honestly dont feel like it lol.

So Ive had a few offers on my car this past summer One that I really cant refuse. So I believe I am going to get rid of it.

Looking around for a really nice 25.5 roller.

BlackSS4thgen