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Nice updates, good to see Dave!
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Been away quite awhile... great to see this progress! Work looks really solid as well finally so looks like you have found the right place to be. Very cool.
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It's tough when a guy thinks he's a good, paying customer... and the shops keep kicking him to the curb. You suppose there's some "issues" going on?? LOL |
Hey GW, you still storing that 40 in Colorado? :popcorn2:
The project looks to be creating invoices, Dave, so that's something. #whenitsdone :thumbsup: |
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Thanks for the words of encouragement.... as you can see, most of these other guys suck. :D |
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Flash68, what are your thoughts on the wedge bolts on the coilovers? I've only seen this once before on a non-stock car (Mike Dusold's Camaro) and there isn't much info out there. Honestly, I don't know much about stock car suspension technology and obviously, this isn't a circle track car. So, I'm assuming y'all are adapting this device to make something easier, or more durable, or package better.
I'm guessing it's an easier way to corner balance without adjusting the shock stroke/range (like would happen when adjusting with the coilover)? So, you basically just turn the jack screw whichever direction you need to go and the shock body rotates but the shaft stays fixed to the lower mount? Do you have to run thrust bearings on the coils? |
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Howdy S White, What you're seeing on these cars ... Dusold's, Dave's & many others ... are a product I sell in my Build Your Own Track Car" Catalog HERE. These Track-Star Coil/Over shock adjusters are on page 22. You are on track with the "why." They allow us to adjust the car's ride height & do corner weight adjustments without affecting the spring adjustment ... so the amount of shaft showing is always the same (optimum). This is especially helpful when you have a certain travel in mind & it takes most of your shock travel to achieve it. For example, we may have a 4" stroke shock & want 1" for extension (my minimum suggested) and 3" for compression. If this is the case, the shock needs to have 3" of shaft showing at ride height ... and without these Track-Star Coil/Over shock adjusters, we couldn't adjust ride height or corner weights without messing up our shock travel capabilities. The threaded aluminum jack bolt has 8 threads per inch, so it's easy to fine tune ride height & corner weights. It comes 6" long, but in many cases we cut them down to around 3" & redrill & tap the 7/16" NF bolt hole in the one end. This 3" length gives us over 2" of shock adjustment, which is even more ride height adjustment (depends on motion ratio). Some of my clients run lock nuts. Most don't. I've never had one turn & come out of adjustment in years of racing. Yes, we typically run either delrin washer type "bearings" between the spring & spring cup ... or thin Torrington bearings. But we do this to allow the spring to compress with encountered twist-bind. The Jack bolt is not the reason, as the shock body doesn't rotate when we turn the jack screw. The upper shock mount (U-shaped double shear mount) is free to turn independently of the jack screw. Any questions, just ask! Ron Sutton |
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