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Weight bars
PSweeney:
--- Quote from: rooman on April 24, 2017, 05:34:14 AM ---If it is hitting the bar hard enough to break the wheel it sounds as if the bar is set too high and/or the car is hooked too well. I generally like to run the bar so that the wheel is around 1 1/2-2" off the ground but that number will vary with how rigid the bar is. I would try varying the bar height and/or the tire pressure to get a bit of wheel speed leaving and stop the car from rotating hard.
Roo
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your correct Roo, it was a midnight special welded up hours before the event, bar was probably 3in off the ground and we'd run out of adjustment. I'll get it down lower, just need to source a decent wheel for the bar
PSweeney:
--- Quote from: Ponti on April 24, 2017, 09:26:10 AM ---Steve Field is running about 50lb in his car, which is 148 inch, so I would try close to that best bet is have a word with him.
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spoke to him last year on it, and he added the weight after the mishap off the line. I can't fit much more out front so I think it'll have to be a box in the chassis or drill and fill the front axle.
Supercat:
We use flat lead plates poured to fit in the nose cone
rooman:
--- Quote from: dreracecar on April 24, 2017, 08:22:01 AM ---When adding weight to set balence, it does not have to be pretty, just safe. When the proper amount is figured out then steps can be made to clean up the looks.
I hear the Parks has some new "Lite weight" bars available--- Ti tubing filled with aluminum shot and clamps to the frame with Mag brackets ;D
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I watched Lee Beard bolt a weight bar to a chassis with Titanium bolts. :o
Ponti:
--- Quote from: PSweeney on April 24, 2017, 10:26:24 AM ---
spoke to him last year on it, and he added the weight after the mishap off the line. I can't fit much more out front so I think it'll have to be a box in the chassis or drill and fill the front axle.
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Bugger, the problem with putting it further back is you'll need even more.
There is always a way round it :-)
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