Terry,
Might I suggest you join the C-Prepared mailing list? It's a great group of
people who _all_ are trying to make big, front heavy, rear drive cars
handle. :-D Here's a link: http://www.twingles.com/cp/
Before suggesting help, I'd like to ask what all is done on the car. More
then likely, it's main suspension culprit is mushy springs. But, fill us in
some more first... :-)
Later,
Tommy
Tommy Regan
'85 Z28 CP #95
'95 GMC C1500
'70 MG Midget
http://tommyr.home.texas.net/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Will Kalman" <will@kalman.org>
To: "!Team.net" <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: AMX in autox (setup Qs)
> As someone who years-ago played with a '77 AMC Hornet (unfortunately long
> before I found autocrossing), if the car came with no or very small sway
> bar(s), then a front bar will probably help alot. My Hornet rolled over
> and pushed badly and the addition of a front bar helped immensely. The
car
> had so little roll control that obtaining a reasonable amount of bar on
the
> heavy end was the first step. Later on, I added a rear bar to balance the
> car nicely. Nothing like a 4-door auctioned-off plain-white ex-city car
to
> catch a few sports cars by surprise on some off-ramps and canyon roads!
Of
> course, now I get to do the same thing with an 11-year-old Escort -
> underdogs can be fun! ;^)
>
> Will Kalman
> '91 Escort GT
> CSCC #232 STS
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grd4Spd Racing" <TerrySaltzman@home.com>
> To: <autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 1:36 PM
> Subject: AMX in autox (setup Qs)
>
>
> > howdy!
> >
> > im new to the list. looks like a great forum.
> >
> > got a Q for the folks who run vintage, front end heavy/engine cars...
> >
> > my uncle has a 1971 AMX that he plays around with. he just put on a
bigger
> > front sway bar, as he was citing push.
> >
> > school of thought....
> >
> > bigger front bar to keep the rear planted and throttle steer with the
> rear.
> > we know that understeer is a fact of life with these front engine heavy
> > cars. is this a sound approach?
> >
> > or.....
> >
> > a bigger rear bar to try and keep the front planted?
> >
> > alignment is an option as well, but right now we are looking at
hardware.
> >
> > any input would be most appreciated. :)
> >
> > regards,
> > terry
> >
> > Grd4Spd Racing
> > "A High Performance Company"
> > Grd4SpdRacing@yahoo.com
> > Tel. 619.741.4881
> > San Diego, CA
> >
> > [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef which
had
> a name of winmail.dat]
> >
> > /// autox@autox.team.net mailing list
> > ///
> > /// To unsubscribe send a plain text message to
majordomo@autox.team.net
> > /// with nothing in it but
> > ///
> > /// unsubscribe autox
> > ///
>
> /// autox@autox.team.net mailing list
> ///
> /// To unsubscribe send a plain text message to majordomo@autox.team.net
> /// with nothing in it but
> ///
> /// unsubscribe autox
> ///
/// autox@autox.team.net mailing list
///
/// To unsubscribe send a plain text message to majordomo@autox.team.net
/// with nothing in it but
///
/// unsubscribe autox
///
|