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07-20-2003, 08:53 PM
#6676
Originally posted by Smartazz07
XXXKat- No in the summer we race asphault in Ripon(at dan's auto body). Then in the winter all of us ripon drivers go to the stockton fairgrounds for carpet racing. I cant get my car hooked up though. The back end Is always sliding and adding a couple seconds on each lap. I heard that for the mains at ripon I should use Front:24's and Rear:20's. SHould I try Blue's all around? Or something else? Like the stock spring set up. XXXkat at what track do you usually race?
take off 27's always are the go to tire at ripon. Hopefully I can make it up there sometime soon to help you out.
Brandon
P.S. I only have som sorex 36's with firm inserts and take off cs-27's which seem to be too hard for the main beacause my tires didnt even heat up until the last lap.
XXXKat- No in the summer we race asphault in Ripon(at dan's auto body). Then in the winter all of us ripon drivers go to the stockton fairgrounds for carpet racing. I cant get my car hooked up though. The back end Is always sliding and adding a couple seconds on each lap. I heard that for the mains at ripon I should use Front:24's and Rear:20's. SHould I try Blue's all around? Or something else? Like the stock spring set up. XXXkat at what track do you usually race?
take off 27's always are the go to tire at ripon. Hopefully I can make it up there sometime soon to help you out.
Brandon
P.S. I only have som sorex 36's with firm inserts and take off cs-27's which seem to be too hard for the main beacause my tires didnt even heat up until the last lap.
07-20-2003, 09:29 PM
#6677
Tech Adept
James, You work at the hobby shop right? I'm not gonna be there next week but I will in three weeks since we have an off week. If you dont remember me I usually ride my bike to the hobby shop and you gave me the sorex 36's.Thank's they helped me alot.
Brandon
Brandon
07-20-2003, 09:53 PM
#6678
I am running D.prpl/prpl, arms all the way forward (no extra triming yet), I am also running 40 weight in all 4 shocks with 57/55 pistons. I like the extra cornerspeed the 55's give iwhen used in the back....
I believe I will go 60 weight all around and probably go back to my old plaid/prpl tire set-up....... BTW: I al running 4.5/5mm rideheight.
Adding the extra droop or uptravel as I measure it actually allows the car to transfer extra weight to the front tires......
This week I will ask to borrow the shop tempgun and check the tire temps at the beginning, halfway thru, and at the end of my practice runs to try ad get a better handle on what is actually happening.....
I believe I will go 60 weight all around and probably go back to my old plaid/prpl tire set-up....... BTW: I al running 4.5/5mm rideheight.
Adding the extra droop or uptravel as I measure it actually allows the car to transfer extra weight to the front tires......
This week I will ask to borrow the shop tempgun and check the tire temps at the beginning, halfway thru, and at the end of my practice runs to try ad get a better handle on what is actually happening.....
07-20-2003, 10:33 PM
#6681
IMPACT: i would try spacing the front arms in the middle to get the off power steering you want. i could also try less droop in front (higher on the droop gauge) but would try out the arm spacing first and see how that goes.
also, considering that your car behaves differently through the course of a run, i would tend to think that it may be a tire issue (overheating perhaps?). coz mechanical grip or the grip achieved with suspension/cahssis set-up should not change over a 5 min run unless these are drastically altered or mis-aligned by somthing like a hard crash.
just my .02 cents.
also, considering that your car behaves differently through the course of a run, i would tend to think that it may be a tire issue (overheating perhaps?). coz mechanical grip or the grip achieved with suspension/cahssis set-up should not change over a 5 min run unless these are drastically altered or mis-aligned by somthing like a hard crash.
just my .02 cents.
07-20-2003, 10:53 PM
#6682
Thanks Robo, I will take that into concideration... however I am going to find out what is causing te rear tires to generate more grip as the race goes on.... either the rears are heating up more due to more mechanical grip or possibly the fronts are overheating...but the foams show no signs of overheating.....
Front droop effects on-power steering , rear droop effects off-power.......
Front droop effects on-power steering , rear droop effects off-power.......
07-20-2003, 11:43 PM
#6683
Tech Adept
Front droop effects on-power steering , rear droop effects off-power.......
07-20-2003, 11:56 PM
#6684
Tech Fanatic
Droop affects weight transfer. in turn affects traction at each end of the car, front droop controlling traction coming out of a corner on power. and rear droop controlling traction coming into a corner off power. also affects the rate at which your car manuevers (sp?) and transfers weight from side to side on cornering.
07-20-2003, 11:56 PM
#6685
i find that adjusting droop settings, like most other suspension components is always a compromise ... meaning you gain one thing at the expense of somthing else. from what ive experienced, less front droop (higher on the droop gauge) makes the car react faster and gives off power steering and doing the opposite or adding more droop (lower on the gauge) makes car react slower but increases on-power steering. so depending on which way you go, more or less droop should give you different steering characteristics.
as for the rear, i find less droop makes the back end rotate faster in corners while more droop gives more bite.
as for the rear, i find less droop makes the back end rotate faster in corners while more droop gives more bite.
Last edited by ROBORAT; 07-21-2003 at 12:46 AM.
07-21-2003, 04:46 PM
#6687
Traction is great, I have used this same set-up for several months at 3 different tracks and it has worked very well until the temps started being regularly higher....
Also my fronts wear quicker than the rears?? by about 2 mm per 2 racedays..... and then with the tracks running 2 right hand sweepers..... I can't ever get even tire wear from the darn thing.....
Also my fronts wear quicker than the rears?? by about 2 mm per 2 racedays..... and then with the tracks running 2 right hand sweepers..... I can't ever get even tire wear from the darn thing.....
07-22-2003, 01:20 PM
#6689
just want to know what it will give to me if I use a smaller spur but whit the same ratio so if I was running 31 total with a 128 spur gear what is supose to do if I use the same ratio but whit a 108 tooth !!!!
thanks
thanks
07-22-2003, 01:48 PM
#6690
Tech Adept
If its the same ratio it wont change a thing.