little help with FWD

[Jeff Lee]

I see no mention of stiff front shocks....I had Koni "sport" struts on my A/FS Daytona set at full stiff for racing and softer on the street. That and the aluminum flywheel stopped the CV joint problems I had.

[Tim Kish]

The "traction bar" setup you reference as seen on a Neon (likely SRT-4) ties the control arms to the core support to reduce control arm deflection under load. The Honda guys do the same thing but deflection of the a-arms and chassis on the mid-late 90's Civics were pretty bad. What they are trying to do is reduce control arm, control arm bushing and cross member deflection which results in negative changes in alignment as well as contributes to wheel hop if it unloads. Installing solid bushings / heim joints in place of the rubber bushings takes care of much of the deflection issues.

I've run a spool in my car since last spring. Yes its hard to manuever low speed, damn hard to push around corners but maneuvers fine on track.

[tgriffith]

thanks guys for all the input,,,,,going to try much less air pressure tomorrow....Also going to look at this cam thing...........

The more I think about it (gettin in trouble here--LOL)----the cam`s duration just may be creating alot of torque and certainly no downtrack HP------once you look at it,,,its very obvious why the numbers dont match.....and its been that way from day 1------I have to be carefull about the finish line,,,,, when Im running a car the same et, they can alway out MPH me by 4 or 5

Im going to try to make something to stablize the new a-arms and also going to change struts,,,,,the ones on the car are worn out....got to remember to think in reverse (LOL)

on the spool thing,,,my car now is suppose to have the limited slip,,,it isnt working very well and the car still has the power steering rack in it which already makes it a nightmare to drive,,,,,,need to find manual if they are available,,,,,,,if there still is a problem after the cam change,,,,I`ll spool it

I havent seen the 125 apart in sometime so I dont really remember what would be involved with making a spool BUT i do have a friend that owns a machine shop,,,,if it can be made,,,he can do it and he has a machine for re splinning axles

again,,,thanks for the help

[larry dowty]

i have 2 spools in stock for the 125 i had them made for my car and never got around to using them. i will make you a good deal dont need tham any more.

[tgriffith]

definitely,,,,email is tgriffith360@hotmail.com



also might add,,,,tryed 11lbs of air instead of that 18 to 20,,,,much BETTER...no spinning,,,at least not past the 4rth round (far as I got),,,,60`s were very consistent...made 6 runs and all 60`s were 1.99($)

Im afraid I might have been overthinking my problem but thanks to you guys,,,,I see clearly it has other issues---too small cam-------if I get a larger duration cam,,,,it might enjoy the 20 inch tall tires and with the spool, not likely to spin, These tires must have a stiffer sidewall than I was thinking,,,even with 11lbs, no sign of sidewall stress. I would be willing to bet you could run as little as 7lbs without then looking flat