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Post by Rob Simmons on Aug 18, 2004 18:07:05 GMT -5
when scaling the car,you have lr weight and rr weight and the difference is the bite,what is the range wanted for rear bite?Have had 71 and 88 and found no difference
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Post by Brian Wise on Aug 19, 2004 16:58:29 GMT -5
We always go from a "wedge" point of view. I imagine that terminoligy is different, but the end result is the same. Some drivers like to "leave" the corners on the right rear. Some on the left. I prefer to exit with the left rear. We usually put 80 to 100lbs of left rear in the car. I would suggest using percentages to figure out what you'd like to be set at. For instance... Most of my friends like 50-53% rear, and 51 or 52% cross. (corner to corner).
Why don't you tell us your handling problems, and your scale numbers, and between all of us, we can help you get where you want to be!
Thanks, Brian
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Post by Rob Simmons on Aug 23, 2004 17:04:23 GMT -5
I have found over this whole year,that running 52.3 rear.52.7 left and 48.7 cross seems to work the best.I have tried more at each position and the car wont turn.Went out Sat and found with these weights,the car is very driveable and had slight push in turn 3-4 only.I was just wondering if pitting more bite in is better than less.Have 77 right now.
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Post by Brian Wise on Aug 23, 2004 19:45:34 GMT -5
That's a tough question. But I can give you a simple answer. I have found in trying different things, it's best to find out where the problem is. (entry,exit, ect.) If you don't know for sure where the problem is, you can't fix it. I have found that too much left rear will cause a push for sure. (going in) If the car is loose right away, you need more cross in the car. If it get's loose when you pick up the throttle, you could have too much LR. But usually I find that to much stagger will cause a loose situation in mid-turn. Does it act completly different from hot laps to the heat, and so on? How does it handle dry as opposed to wet? We have a "base line" set up we start every night with. (at a particular track) Having weight jacks, we adjust cross and such on the fly.
In your case, you really can't do that. I would think you'd want to set the car up for the way the track usually ends up. Since the feature is where the money is!
77 sounds like a good number. If it's pushing a little in the middle of the corner, I'd say it may be stagger. You likley can't do much about that other than tire pressure, but that can be very important too.
Later, Brian
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