[Fot] Hmod Handling question for your entertainment and my assistance

[Bill Babcock]

I'm biased because I had easy access to a "skid pad" -- a buddy's huge, flat
and very smooth parking lot. Checking corner weights makes sense for most
modern car race cars, but for ones with limited adjustability the result is
the question "Ok, it sucks, now what". Shimming springs on most cars screws
the ride height up.

On Apr 13, 2010, at 12:40 PM, toodamnfunky at comcast.net wrote:

> I agree with Bob, you have negative rake, you get that beak down to positive
rake
> and it will help transfer some weight to the front.
> Can you get some negative camber in the front ?
> I can't tell you what to do with the springs on that car but if you can get
your hands on a set of
> scales I would do that way before any skid pad testing. You can shim
> the springs to dial in cornerweights.
> How the car reacts when you lift ( in lieu of L-F brake) will give some
clues as well.
> Any difference between left-hand cornering and right-hand ? If so it's
definetly cornerweights.
> good luck .
> Jim G