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04-17-2017, 08:49 PM | #1 |
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Ladder bar tuning / adjusting
From your experiences , did moving the bars up or down , make the car more wheelstand prone?
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04-18-2017, 09:25 AM | #2 |
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Re: Ladder bar tuning / adjusting
Moving the front of the ladder bar up will raise the instant center and will be prone to wheelstands.
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04-18-2017, 04:30 PM | #3 |
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04-18-2017, 04:37 PM | #4 |
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Re: Ladder bar tuning / adjusting
Also..........I don't think I can get the pinion angle I want after I move the bars up..........extending the adjuster on the bottom bar is probably going to not allow me to get the bolts back in the housing bracket on the rear end.
In case someone would ask , the usual 2-3 degrees down is what I'm after...... In fact a well known chassis shop suggested just increasing the pinion angle would make the car more wheel stand prone? Not sure why that would change anything. Between bars up , pinion angle down , shock tuning...........damn. The car leaves flat now...........I'm looking for more drama...LOL Last edited by joespanova; 04-18-2017 at 04:41 PM. |
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Re: Ladder bar tuning / adjusting
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If you disagree, please explain your logic.
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Some guys use the "refrigerator or box" logic..........so what you suggest coinsides with THAT explanation , anyway.....hell if I know........I guess trying and testing is the only validation. |
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04-19-2017, 07:40 AM | #7 |
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Re: Ladder bar tuning / adjusting
I haven't owned a ladder bar car in a number of years, but I think I remember that the overall length of the bar has a significant effect on "hit" versus "wheelstand". Short bars smack the tire very hard, whereas longer bars tend to make the car wheelstand more. The principle still makes sense to me, because a longer bar essentially moves the intersect point forward, which would apply more rotational leverage to the chassis. I think...
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04-19-2017, 07:59 AM | #8 |
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Re: Ladder bar tuning / adjusting
Move the bar up for a harder hit. I have run my car that way for 20 years. Adjust your front shocks to control wheel stands. If the car isn't pulling the wheel up loosen the front shocks.
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04-19-2017, 09:21 AM | #9 |
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04-19-2017, 09:31 AM | #10 |
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Re: Ladder bar tuning / adjusting
Joespanova: You may want to modify the lower rear section of your ladder bar to make it adjustable. Lower adjuster link. This will give you the added length you require.
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