Brake Line Location – I used to mount my brake line in one of the bleeder locations when I was pressed for clearance. We now mount all of our brake lines this way, you don’t have to deal with that fitting sticking out the side and it bleeds just like the original bleeder. It gives
Setting Steering Up – I see a lot of race cars that do not have their steering set up right, well I didn’t say that right, it’s not set up like I like it to be. My main goal is to make the steering turn 20% more to the right than it does to the
Fuel Pump Maintance – Since it looks like we are all going to be grounded for a while, we don’t need to forget our maintance program on the race cars. I’m treating this like an after the ShootOut maintance . First thing is to maintance the fuel system, Here’s a little apparatus that I made
Tuning Racing Shocks on Dirt: Condition: Tight In LF: increase compression *RF: increase or decrease compression LR: increase rebound or less compression RR: decrease rebound Condition: Tight Off LF: increase rebound RF: increase rebound LR: increase compression RR: increase compression Condition: Loose In LF: increase compression RF: decrease compression LR: increase compression RR: decrease compression
Ok, we’ve all been racing since the Shoot Out and now the race car is starting to talk to us. It will actually tell you when it needs some attention other than your normal weekly racing maintenance. Jason’s has been asking for some attention for the last three weeks, but with being busy and then
Tight in = loose off If you will remember this you will become faster in one week. 90% off all forward bite issues is a direct relationship to something that has been done to make the car get in the corner better. I deal with this on a regular basis, especially in July and August
1) Chains do not last forever 2) Cleaning your chain You should take your chain off the car every week and clean it in some kind of solvent, diesel works well or solvent from Napa or any auto parts store. Steps to cleaning a chain Power wash your chain when cleaning the car Hang and
The first thing that we will deal with in our Chassis Set Up 101 is air pressure. Simple everyone does it but most people only do it cause that’s what you are supposed to do and don’t know what it does in relation to your starting set up and the rest of the car. I