Ken Keir Racecars wheelie bar testing

[40Coupe]

After putting the car nearly on the bumper in February, I reached out to Ken to see what he offered. My main goal was to give myself a margin for error on shock and travel settings as well as provide a measure of peace of mind. I was impressed with Ken, his customer service and his knowledge of small tire, leaf spring cars and placed an order for one of his bars. It's a very nicely built piece.

It's 100% completely bolt-on, stock legal and you can install it in a couple of hours. Check out his website for some pictures.

I took the car to Holly Springs last weekend. The air was pretty good and the bite was even better. Right off the trailer, with the front shocks set at 10 clicks from full stiff rebound, the car still came up very agressively and I'm very pleased to say the bar did it's job. I felt totally at ease, no worries about the car going bumper and when the car hit the bar the only thing that I could feel was the car quit going up and I was able to ride it out. This allowed me the margin for error I was looking for so I could sneak up on the shock and travel settings. After tighting up the shocks another 7 clicks and pulling out 3/4" of travel I was in business.

In this video you can see the car ride the bar just past the tree


Later in the day as I tightend up the shocks and travel I was able to calm the launch.

[Steves68Nova]

I did a search and was unable to find his website. Can you post it?

[Lew Silverman]

This should work!

http://www.kenkeirrace.com/

Lew

[Rusty Davenport]

Originally Posted by 40coupe

after putting the car nearly on the bumper in february, i reached out to ken to see what he offered. My main goal was to give myself a margin for error on shock and travel settings as well as provide a measure of peace of mind. I was impressed with ken, his customer service and his knowledge of small tire, leaf spring cars and placed an order for one of his bars. It's a very nicely built piece.

It's 100% completely bolt-on, stock legal and you can install it in a couple of hours. Check out his website for some pictures.

I took the car to holly springs last weekend. The air was pretty good and the bite was even better. Right off the trailer, with the front shocks set at 10 clicks from full stiff rebound, the car still came up very agressively and i'm very pleased to say the bar did it's job. I felt totally at ease, no worries about the car going bumper and when the car hit the bar the only thing that i could feel was the car quit going up and i was able to ride it out. This allowed me the margin for error i was looking for so i could sneak up on the shock and travel settings. After tighting up the shocks another 7 clicks and pulling out 3/4" of travel i was in business.

In this video you can see the car ride the bar just past the tree


later in the day as i tightend up the shocks and travel i was able to calm the launch.

what effect did big wheel stand vs. Not so big have on et ??? 60 ft ???

[40Coupe]

There is not a tremendous difference in ET or 60 foot when it stands up higher but it is slower. Around .01 slower in 60 foot and .03 at the stripe.

Slowest pass of the day was 1.291 5.93 right off the trailer with cold fluids and frontend loosened up relatively speaking. I backed that up with a second pass of 1.291 5.92 then started making changes. Quickest was 1.284 5.85 calming the launch, and adding some spark lead and fuel. Quickest 60 foot of the day was 1.278

[Jim Cimarolli]

Very Impressive, car works great!

[40Coupe]

Thanks Jim. It's been a journey and it's still a work in progress!