Dick,
I have seen some pretty radical casters at Bonneville, and I don't
consider myself expert on these matters, however we ran 9 degrees on the
Pierson Coupe with good handling. We ran 225 MPH, I can't imagine
needing more than that for your vehicle.
Tom
Dick J wrote:
>
> I stopped by a local drag shop the other day with
> my roadster on the trailer, and the guy who
> drives their 200 mph alcohol small block Chev
> dragster commented that my roadster was going to
> be a "lot of fun" (pun intended) to drive because
> it had so little caster. I mounted the front
> Ford truck beam solid at 5 degrees. He said they
> run 25 degrees on the dragster, and 15 - 18
> degrees on pro stockers that they build. I'm
> only looking at 125mph (if Im lucky) and the
> wheelbase is about 97 inches. Last month I
> visited Don Garlits drag museum in Florida, and I
> did notice that nearly all of the old-timer drag
> cars he had there were running extraordinary
> caster on beam axles. A couple looked like they
> may have had the axle tilted to 30 - 40 degrees.
> I mean, those suckers were really canted back. I
> searched through our list and got figures from
> 1.5 degrees to 12 degrees. What kind of guidance
> can you guys who have run beam axles give me.
> Should I re-mount my axle before I even leave for
> the track (Maxton) the first time or do you think
> it will be driveable with 5 degrees?
>
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