[Fot] Hard cornering

[Tim Murphy]

FWIW  One thing that Uncle Jack told me about radius rods is that the pivot
points have to be such that the rods are parallel to the axle such that they
don't pull or push on the axle when it moves up and down.  Probably not as
easy as it sounds to achieve.  They were on our car when we got it and Jack
said he had tried them on his car and found they really didn't help that
much and were difficult to setup so he took them off.  We never put ours on
when we built the car.

Tim
1961 TR4 #317

-----Original Message-----
From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Greg "Lunker" Hilyer
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 10:20 PM
To: MIKE DEWEERD
Cc: fot at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Fot] Hard cornering

As I relayed before Mike - RADIUS ARMS!

Greg "Lunker" Hilyer
TR4 #314
Albuquerque NM
On Aug 4, 2010, at 8:24 PM, MIKE DEWEERD wrote:

> Hello List
> Thank you for ALL the advice so far.  This is where I'm at.
>
> I've
>   -installed new front competetion springs and GAZ shocks  
> (adjustable) from
> TSI
>   -installed solid rear spring bushings (poly)
>   -set tire pressures at 23 cold 26 hot  This is where I ran last 3  
> races
> seemed good
>   -car will be in frame shop early next week to check frame
> square/straightness etc.
>   -car will get 4 wheel alignment and 1.75 neg if possible with me in
> car.(early tr4)
>   -rear springs were found to be of different arch so re-arched them
>   - front swaybar 3/4 dia (unknown origon) set to zero
>   - corner weights wil be measured with driver.
>
> That's it for now, it's a lot of changes at once so I'll never know  
> which one
> did the most but this will be my base line to go forward on.
> A brake Bias and new dual master cylinders this winter perhaps a  
> LSD diff
> (budget pending)
>
> It's sometimes a real pain not knowing what previous owners have  
> done or tried
> to do to the car in years gone by, I urge all racers to document  
> all changes
> and improvements to thier cars for future buyer/owners .....and  
> just so that
> you remember too.
>
> Cheers
> Mike Deweerd TR4 #77
>
>
>
>
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