Elon;
OK, no jokes. Anything you can do to improve the handling of your car will
be of benefit even in "straight line" racing. Although the car may be
travelling in a straight line, more or less, there are still lateral forces
acting on the car; these may be sidewinds, steering corrections, or traction
slips in one rear wheel or the other.
Having a good-handling car gives you a safer, more stable ride-- assuming
your aerodynamics are OK. A poor-handling car can be a white-knuckle ride
under the best of circumstances.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: Elon [mailto:netstuff@attbi.com]
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 11:13 PM
To: LSR-List
Subject: Rear-end treatment
Enough, already! I know the subject title is wide-open for jokes, butt
lets get beyond that. . .
Its obvious the start of a drag race is brutal to the drive train. However,
I'm not sure LSR is a whole different matter. Even though the LSR launch
appears to be moderate via a push-start or self-start once you hit that
impermeable wall of drag, maximum horsepower (twist) is being applied to the
drive train. So, in LSR what read-end treatment is needed? Anything from
slapper bars, ladder bars, to a complex 4-link? I'm not sure of the
necessity of a 4-link but since LSR is new to me any and all ideas are
encouraged. If a production car already has coil springs and a drag link,
is just replacing the rubber bushings good enough? At what H.P. level would
you start to eliminate (or beef up) the stock set-up?
-Elon, (450 hp Production Car)
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