suspension guru's...
here's a link to the video.... as it is showing, the car is just hazing the tires at launch... looks like it leaving pretty level, makign my thoughts about the rear swaybar being inadequate a little less... please ignore the reaction time and teh et/dial in, there was zero thought in my mind abotu doing well with either of them... I was much more intrested in testing the car, not actually racing it.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/eastern-members/592587-paging-jl.html
Link at the top of the first post.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/eastern-members/592587-paging-jl.html
Link at the top of the first post.
Both Mark { Tektrans } and P.J. {N2OSTROKER} have switched to 28's with MUCH better success than with the 27's. If you have the time this Saturday, stop by Englishtown for the EFI race. Both Mark and P.J. will be there. Good luck! Both of them have QA1's front and rear.
This saturday I have a halloween party to go to that my wife will kill me if I miss... so i can't unfortunatly.
28's are on the list for next year, as long as I can find another set of welded r/t bogarts for the rear, a set of 28x10.5 et drags are going on, and geting screwed to the rim. I'm sure that will help, but I have one more outing this year I'm gonna try to get these to work, hopefully enough to get a 10 second pass out of the car.
After seeing the video, I am gonna put the front shocks on 2 from 3, and put the rears up to 6 from a 3/4 split, and put the tires down to 10 psi cold on the first attempt, and see what that gets me. I pulled the spring rubbers out of the rear shocks to level teh car off a little better, hoping it will transfer weight better, lca'a are still pointint up at the nost a little (bmr relocation brackets, one hole down from stock) and this also added a little bit of pinion angle as well, so that should help too I think.
There's alot to be gained in the first 60 feet, once it hooks it moves out pretty good, just have to get it to hook up and she's gonna fly.
28's are on the list for next year, as long as I can find another set of welded r/t bogarts for the rear, a set of 28x10.5 et drags are going on, and geting screwed to the rim. I'm sure that will help, but I have one more outing this year I'm gonna try to get these to work, hopefully enough to get a 10 second pass out of the car.
After seeing the video, I am gonna put the front shocks on 2 from 3, and put the rears up to 6 from a 3/4 split, and put the tires down to 10 psi cold on the first attempt, and see what that gets me. I pulled the spring rubbers out of the rear shocks to level teh car off a little better, hoping it will transfer weight better, lca'a are still pointint up at the nost a little (bmr relocation brackets, one hole down from stock) and this also added a little bit of pinion angle as well, so that should help too I think.
There's alot to be gained in the first 60 feet, once it hooks it moves out pretty good, just have to get it to hook up and she's gonna fly.
Mark sets his shocks 0 front and 8 rear. P.J sets his 3-4 front and 6 rear. I assure you if you footbrake your car on the 27's you'll stick. P.J never had a problem until he tried using the trans break. He pulled 1.40 - 1.45 60's all day long. He pulls 1.41 - 1.38 on the 28's with the footbreak. With the trans break still having issues with that and it's not tire spin. We'll figure it out soon enough though.
Looks to me like the car kicks the left out a bit on the launch. I expect when you do hook it hard that car is gonna take a hard move right without a good swaybar in there. Happened to me a few times with my fronts in the air and unable to steer till it came down, hehe, get a good swaybar back there.
That cars making some power, no reason you won't get that 60' down in the low 1.4's.
That cars making some power, no reason you won't get that 60' down in the low 1.4's.
I think it was because I had the car lined up over some.. if you look at the video and see where the cra was lined up, it may have something to do with it. Plus that lane got oiled down 3 times that day, twice right at the starting line... so I'm sure being out of the groove probably made it worse.
That was the only time the car made a move like that, every other run it was strait.
But, over the winter, a wolfe dragbar and a spool will be going in the car, and while the rear is apart I'll upgrade to 5/8 studs too for a little added safety... no reason not to IMO.
That was the only time the car made a move like that, every other run it was strait.
But, over the winter, a wolfe dragbar and a spool will be going in the car, and while the rear is apart I'll upgrade to 5/8 studs too for a little added safety... no reason not to IMO.
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