Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!

Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!

Register Log in
  • Congratulations TugboatEng on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Search results for query: *

  1. indyracer

    LCA angle towards rear question

    Longer lower arms give you a more consistent arc through your wheel travel, thus the bottom axis of the wheel stays about the same. The longer arm requires a mounting point farther away from wheel than the shorter upper A. The short upper A has a tighter arc through travel; it will pull the...
  2. indyracer

    Sway bar or not?

    Patprimmer,murpia & billyshoe: Thanks again. My car also has low c.o.g. with little chassis roll, which seems to confirm that the single track I race and the car characteristics can do w/o the ARB. Nonetheless, I'm gonna practice with and w/o..I'll report the results. Billy: if my car can move...
  3. indyracer

    Sway bar or not?

    Thank you all for your input. My car weighs about 2300 lbs, low center of gravity, relatively small tire patch, 8 inch width rims. track is only 8 deg bank, sweeping turn, so not a lot of side g's, but lots of speed around turns. I spring the car pretty soft. only gotta turn left. about 60 pct...
  4. indyracer

    Sway bar or not?

    I've raced IMCA Modifieds successfully for decades, both pavement and dirt tracks. I've NEVER used a sway bar on the car, front or rear. I look at the big hunk of steel (bar) and the added weight, so off they come when I buy a chassis. Am I wrong to dump the bar? What do I lose? I know the...

Part and Inventory Search

Back
Top