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: ideal corner weights for drag racing?


jazdill
Aug 24th, 05, 10:45 PM
my car scales at LF 800 lbs RF 798 lbs LR 759 lbs RR 674 lbs. total weight of car is 3033 lbs with driver. these weights are with zero pre-load on the suspension. thanks in advance

JUNK YARD DOG
Aug 25th, 05, 9:38 AM
thats the first ive heard of 4 corner weight on a drag car ,that sounds more like round track.but im no professional drag racer either.ive always was told to get the front end as light as posible and and move the rest of the weight to the back end.yours looks preety good to me im guessing from your weight that the battery is over the right wheel.

505Nova
Aug 25th, 05, 11:10 AM
I've been looking into this as well. Preload will change the weight. Best thing to do is run it and see if it goes straight then adjust the weight accordingly. From what I've been told it's common to be little heavy on the left with the driver in the car. What you can't measure is how much force the suspension is going to be applying, especially after you set your preload. Was told to get it as even as I can, then test. Add weight where you need it to make it go straight via preload or lead.

blazerbob
Aug 25th, 05, 11:32 AM
Your car wt. is similar to mine. I don't have my numbers in front of me but my chassis guy had to cut RF spring to even out wts. and preload RR. Looks like your RR needs as previously stated some added wt or preload. Good luck with suspension tuning!