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Just wondered how a thread on Cortina shock absorber settings degenerated into "Larkins Ale". Its those Dutch nutters again, can't be serious for one minute like us sensible Brits !
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I'm here ..... and just wondering how you all intend to get this thread back on topic for our no doubt confused thread poster!
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26 Jun 2008, 18:33 (Ref:2238218) | #30 | |
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well gas dampers aren't allowed in historic racing . . .but liquids are 'free' . . . . . if only!
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Pray ??
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That happened to me at Snett once. I turned the steering to the right and found it "landed perfectly" (good job there was a bit of run off)
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bit too much pug in the drivers side sill ?
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my Dad had a Dolly sprint once and someone cut out and stole the webasto !
he had an ally sheet pop rivetted on to cover the hole only in winter like |
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When I have seen this before it is usually due to the shocker having insufficient travel in droop. Jack it up and make sure you have at least 4" of droop. If the shocker is so stiff in rebound that it holds the wheel up it will also normally cause what feels like axle tramp under heavy braking.
The other cause is the addition of anti-tramp bars that convert the axle into an anti-roll bar - a 2" anti-roll bar on the rear would make driving it... er... exciting! And remember sideways is fun and crowd pleasing but slow. |
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Time for an update.
Last Saturday I spent 5 20 mins sessions at Zandvoort to sort out the adjustable shock absorbers. On a scale of 0 - 24 clicks (open - closed) the car had been running 12 front, 17 rear (i.e. medium front shocks and harder rear shocks) which hadn't felt right and the car occasionally lifted its inside rear wheel in corners. Starting with 12 F / 1 R and changing only one end at a time, I finally arrived at 24 F / 10 R in the last session. It felt a LOT better. The handling was crisper and more predictable now. No more lurid slides. It still lifted the inside rear wheel, but only rarely. Unfortunately my laptimer didn't work (electrical gremlins - another can of worms) so I can't say if the car was quicker as a result. But I have reason to believe that I found a few seconds, simply because I could keep up with cars that would usually drive away from me! Not sure if 24/10 is the optimum ratio - I ran out of time. But does it look like an acceptable setting to you? Now I'm coming back to what Zefarelly wrote: 'hard dampers in the dry, soft in the wet'. If 24/10 is works well in the dry, how much should I turn the shocks down when the track is wet? Since we're heading for the Nordschleife this weekend, the answer to that one could be very interesting. |
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Pom pom pom call burton for some new springs 500 pound at least And do something with the rake of the car first....it looks like a hotrod
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I know, I know, but first things first. The to-do list is growing every day. And somehow everything is twice as complicated, expensive and time-consuming as seems reasonable...
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thats racing, it'd be that same if you tried racing a shopping trolley!
springs for the front are £40 or so, not an expensive upgrade |
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Soime do race shopping trolleys - they're called 2CVs
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And long may it be so Esper,but the way it seems to be going,I think we should be making the most of it before the FIA have us racing in straight lines !!
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espers always wanted to get into drag . . . is that what your saying Terry ?
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I remember when i started crcuit racing in Road Saloons in a Sunbeam Ti I read the rules to literally and raced with the standard springs cut down and try as I might and with a good engine I could not get on the pace in fact a report by some wag in MN said they had never seen a car oversteer and understeer at the same time. Then I caught one if the organisers of the series changing road springs on the sly behind the workshops at Snett so I though sod it I will do the same do for the next race I had 190 springs on the front and uprated at the rear and the thing became a front runner overnight so if it was me I would get those springs right first even miss an entry to pay for them if money is tight.
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