Susp HELP
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Susp HELP I want some pointers On how to get my car to work better i see all these guys Sixty Foots 1.20's-1.30's. The best i have had with my car is a 1.48
The susp On my car is
Hal QA1's Fronts R's with 275LBS
Rears are The F series
Spohn Mid mount Torque ARM
BMR Non adjustable Lower Control Arms
Stock rear sway Bar and Panhard Bar
I want to know what i need to get the car to sixty atleast low 1.30's
The car makes over 600HP at the wheels so i Know the horsepower is their.
Thanks Matt
The susp On my car is
Hal QA1's Fronts R's with 275LBS
Rears are The F series
Spohn Mid mount Torque ARM
BMR Non adjustable Lower Control Arms
Stock rear sway Bar and Panhard Bar
I want to know what i need to get the car to sixty atleast low 1.30's
The car makes over 600HP at the wheels so i Know the horsepower is their.
Thanks Matt
I use the BMR extreme anti roll bar and have had a 1.31 sixty.I have pretty much the same stuff you've got except all BMR parts.Front shocks set on #3 rears on #6.I assume you do have subframe connectors?Didn't see that on your list.Good luck.
Here's some obvious questions that need to be answered 1st.
M6, A4, A3 -- otherwise what is the tranny set-up?
Rear-end? Stock, 12-b, 9" - gears?
Tires?
You have dropped the front sway-bar right?
These would need to be answered before your question is fully answered.
The rest of you suspension is not bad. BUT dump the stock rear-sway bar. Wolfe's is one of the best out there.
Build a signature box. Tell us about your car. Nothing can be that much of a secret. 600hp on an LT1? Are you spraying?
David
M6, A4, A3 -- otherwise what is the tranny set-up?
Rear-end? Stock, 12-b, 9" - gears?
Tires?
You have dropped the front sway-bar right?
These would need to be answered before your question is fully answered.
The rest of you suspension is not bad. BUT dump the stock rear-sway bar. Wolfe's is one of the best out there.
Build a signature box. Tell us about your car. Nothing can be that much of a secret. 600hp on an LT1? Are you spraying?
David
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Originally Posted by Navy David SS
Here's some obvious questions that need to be answered 1st.
M6, A4, A3 -- otherwise what is the tranny set-up?
Rear-end? Stock, 12-b, 9" - gears?
Tires?
You have dropped the front sway-bar right?
These would need to be answered before your question is fully answered.
The rest of you suspension is not bad. BUT dump the stock rear-sway bar. Wolfe's is one of the best out there.
Build a signature box. Tell us about your car. Nothing can be that much of a secret. 600hp on an LT1? Are you spraying?
David
M6, A4, A3 -- otherwise what is the tranny set-up?
Rear-end? Stock, 12-b, 9" - gears?
Tires?
You have dropped the front sway-bar right?
These would need to be answered before your question is fully answered.
The rest of you suspension is not bad. BUT dump the stock rear-sway bar. Wolfe's is one of the best out there.
Build a signature box. Tell us about your car. Nothing can be that much of a secret. 600hp on an LT1? Are you spraying?
David
It's at Th-350 with a 4500 stall
12 bolt 4.30 Gears
NO front swaybar
Car weighs 3150
28X10.5 ET Drags
car made 562Hp 520Tq On motor and we are spraying it with a 300 Shot But i havent been able to leave on anymore then about 15% Out the gate yet.
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With that kind of power and rear-end set up, you should be easily in the 1.3's. As a nitrous "huffer" my N/A was 410rwhp, spray 150 shot out of the hole - mid 1.3's very consistently (new set-up is a different story 
).
What are you shock settings? I usually run 3 in front and 6 in back.
Are you dead hooking, spinning? Try different tire pressure.
Of course one of the larger factors would be the track prep.
But you need to look at getting a better rear sway bar.
The last thought I have: have you had the car corner scaled? What is your pinion angle?
IMO: get a Wolfe sway bar; take it to a shop to get it corner scaled and pinion angle check (most will run -3 to -2). If you are near ThunderRacing, MadMan is the "man" to see.
Once you are looking for 1.2 and 1.3 60' all the small factors come into play.
David
(Oh as a side note: you are going to run out of gear, shoot 300 shot, almost 600hp = 800+ hp ... not going to make it to the traps - been there, did that on only 150 shot on 4.30's)
). What are you shock settings? I usually run 3 in front and 6 in back.
Are you dead hooking, spinning? Try different tire pressure.
Of course one of the larger factors would be the track prep.
But you need to look at getting a better rear sway bar.
The last thought I have: have you had the car corner scaled? What is your pinion angle?
IMO: get a Wolfe sway bar; take it to a shop to get it corner scaled and pinion angle check (most will run -3 to -2). If you are near ThunderRacing, MadMan is the "man" to see.
Once you are looking for 1.2 and 1.3 60' all the small factors come into play.
David
(Oh as a side note: you are going to run out of gear, shoot 300 shot, almost 600hp = 800+ hp ... not going to make it to the traps - been there, did that on only 150 shot on 4.30's)
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Originally Posted by Navy David SS
With that kind of power and rear-end set up, you should be easily in the 1.3's. As a nitrous "huffer" my N/A was 410rwhp, spray 150 shot out of the hole - mid 1.3's very consistently (new set-up is a different story ).
What are you shock settings? I usually run 3 in front and 6 in back.
Are you dead hooking, spinning? Try different tire pressure.
Of course one of the larger factors would be the track prep.
But you need to look at getting a better rear sway bar.
The last thought I have: have you had the car corner scaled? What is your pinion angle?
IMO: get a Wolfe sway bar; take it to a shop to get it corner scaled and pinion angle check (most will run -3 to -2). If you are near ThunderRacing, MadMan is the "man" to see.
Once you are looking for 1.2 and 1.3 60' all the small factors come into play.
David
(Oh as a side note: you are going to run out of gear, shoot 300 shot, almost 600hp = 800+ hp ... not going to make it to the traps - been there, did that on only 150 shot on 4.30's)
). What are you shock settings? I usually run 3 in front and 6 in back.
Are you dead hooking, spinning? Try different tire pressure.
Of course one of the larger factors would be the track prep.
But you need to look at getting a better rear sway bar.
The last thought I have: have you had the car corner scaled? What is your pinion angle?
IMO: get a Wolfe sway bar; take it to a shop to get it corner scaled and pinion angle check (most will run -3 to -2). If you are near ThunderRacing, MadMan is the "man" to see.
Once you are looking for 1.2 and 1.3 60' all the small factors come into play.
David
(Oh as a side note: you are going to run out of gear, shoot 300 shot, almost 600hp = 800+ hp ... not going to make it to the traps - been there, did that on only 150 shot on 4.30's)
The car spinning pretty bad on the nitrous i have the pionion angle set at -2 degrees we have never corner scaled it but thats not a problem my boss has a big dog car his son runs and they have some so i can get them and see what it looks like
Shocks are set on 1 in the front and 5 on left rear 6 on the right rear
Also on the 4.30's we just run 1/8th mile around here there's not 1/4 mile tracks around.
So you are saying putting that sway bar on my car should get it down in the 1.30's IF everthing else i have is right?
Originally Posted by Badass94z
The car spinning pretty bad on the nitrous i have the pionion angle set at -2 degrees we have never corner scaled it but thats not a problem my boss has a big dog car his son runs and they have some so i can get them and see what it looks like
Shocks are set on 1 in the front and 5 on left rear 6 on the right rear
Also on the 4.30's we just run 1/8th mile around here there's not 1/4 mile tracks around.
So you are saying putting that sway bar on my car should get it down in the 1.30's IF everthing else i have is right?
Shocks are set on 1 in the front and 5 on left rear 6 on the right rear
Also on the 4.30's we just run 1/8th mile around here there's not 1/4 mile tracks around.
So you are saying putting that sway bar on my car should get it down in the 1.30's IF everthing else i have is right?
Before you spend $360 on a good sway bar (http://www.wolferacecraft.com/Search...ategoryID=18); try the weight first; try setting your shocks differently; I assume you have tried tire pressure.
"should get it down in the 1.30's" nothing is for sure, but it will not hurt - the sway bar will also help the car leave straight and level.
Remember track prep maybe the biggest culprit.
David
Nitrous, 4:30 gears and a 28" tire. You can get the swaybar but I think it's gonna be tough to hook that combo on a stock style suspension. I think it'll be asking alot of a 28" tire. Not that it CAN'T be done, but I'll be impressed if you get that to hook.