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| DRR Trophy |
How many of you have dialed in a little rear steer to fine tune your set up? Also approximant H.P. or E.T.? | ||
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| DRR Pro |
4 link, wish bone, no ARB, 700hp, 6.1x ET, 2846# with a 7.20 SLR. When my car picked the wheels up years ago I had 2 flats of rear steer to make it straight. The rear steer is still in the car with 3 flats of positive preload. I haven’t had the car 4 corner scaled in over 10 years and yesterday at the track a friend scaled just the rear corners for me. With driver, 639# left, 641# right. Look at Tim McAmis chassis video. He’ll rear steer a car if going over 2 flats preload. | |||
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DRR S/Pro |
everything from a 5.80 door car to 4.30 door car and everything in-between, the car will tell you what you need Keeping the Socialists and NEO-LIBERALS at bay with FACTS one post at a time !!! Freedom isn't free !!! Thank a veteran, they will actually appreciate it. | |||
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DRR S/Pro |
When I switched my dragster from 4.70 bracket car to blown top dragster I had to add some rear steer once I turned up the power. It wanted to drive left at mid track | |||
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| DRR Trophy |
Thanks for the reply's keep them coming. I have a 5.30 chassis door car but also helping out a friend with a 4.80 door car as well. His car is a different animal than mine. Too much preload tends to just bind the 4 link so rear steer with a more neutral preload is what I am hearing the bigger power wants. Again keep the real world experience comments coming. | |||
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| DRR Top Comp |
All you need to comprehend is the phenomenon steering the car left or right at the hit or down track, once the engine is at full power (boost or nitrous progressed) in contrast to a pro stocker the clutch is released at high rpm (full power). The phenomenon for low hp cars is rear end rotation, rearend rotation controls the dynamics of the chassis, cars typically go right. High HP cars (1100-1200hp and up), engine torque rotation controls chassis dynamics and lowers the IC, putting more traction on the right rear tire causing the car to go left. Neutral pre-load dog tracking (crooked rearend setting) steers the car by the high pressure air (drag) down the side of the car which is in the high pressure air. So if the driver side of the car is out in the high pressure air dog tracking, the car is being pushed right looking from the back of the car, no matter how much the right rear tire is trying to steer the car left. "Sailing one down through there" | |||
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| DRR Sportsman |
That is the dumbest thing I have ever wasted my time reading. Not a lot of " high pressure air" leaving the starting line.... | |||
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| DRR Top Comp |
If the driver rear quarter is hanging out in the high pressure air, which way is the car being pushed, looking at it from the rear? Right or Left? I covered positive and negative preload in discussing low and high HP cars at the beginning of my post, before commenting on what the OP intends to try next, neutral pre-load and a staggered rearend setting (crooked rearend). If the OP is progressing nitrous/boost, it could be they're leaving the starting line with a low hp car chassis dynamic (rearend rotation). It's only a 4.80 car he's talking about. | |||
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| DRR S/Pro |
Never used it. Never had to? Haas car. We make 1400 or a tad more, 2270, 650 inch DRCE2. Averages mid 4.30’s . Car is straight as an arrow. Guess we’ll see how it handles 1580-1600 soon. California Screaming! Raceless in California! | |||
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| DRR S/Pro |
i bet it already has some rear steer in it, most Haas, Bickel, McAmmis and other fast doorcar builders 90% of the time put rear steer in their cars for fast ET's Keeping the Socialists and NEO-LIBERALS at bay with FACTS one post at a time !!! Freedom isn't free !!! Thank a veteran, they will actually appreciate it. | |||
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| DRR Trophy |
Great link 1320racer as Tin Mc. makes a good overall view and also the cure. Mike Reitow also with the lower powered cars going right. The cars going right are what I am more familiar with. And a little positive to right upper and usually good to go. How about negative right upper bar preload making it just a little longer like 2 flats before or as opposed too rear steer, anyone have real world with that. Again thank you guys for chiming in and share any experiences you might have with this. | |||
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| DRR S/Pro |
Ben Watson set it up , it’s zero. All we do are shocks and anti roll bar setups. Maybe a flat or less..either way. Cars been flawless. It’s been fun learning track setups and the response. Great car.This message has been edited. Last edited by: BP758, California Screaming! Raceless in California! | |||
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| DRR Trophy |
BP758 super cool. The Hass car that I am familiar with was early 2000's was a comp. eliminator 63 Corvette belonging to Phelps motorsports. 6.90 quarter mile car and do not remember 1/8 mile time. With a clutch it hade 1/4 stager at the wheel flange side to side. Thanks for sharing. | |||
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| DRR S/Pro |
Slickster, pm sent. California Screaming! Raceless in California! | |||
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| DRR Trophy |
markemark, Sorry ment to reply to you earlier. Great job on giving the car what you think it needed. Shirt sleeves rolled up and you got after it. I would say you mastered it with the corner weights being like within a 1/2 of percent. And all that with no ARB. Thanks for sharing and sounds like that car has been good to you. | |||
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