Looked like an awesome run!!!

:lmao:

After we got home from Good Guys, our friend Amanda Hitt sent me these pictures she took during the event.

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Yesterday I ran back up to the storage unit just to see if one of the front sway bar end links was broken or a front bushing mount was loose again. The last time Barney leaned like this in a corner was when the front bar was unhooked. Everything seemed to be in order...

I guess it is just a testament of how much more force is put on the suspension on this type of course. Now I really wish I would have run Solostorm for at least a couple runs just to see what kind of G forces were going on.

Top speeds for me were around 50 mph right up until the brakes were slammed on and two turns of the steering wheel were thrown at the car to get it turned around. There was nothing smooth about it what so ever, this is what was needed to get around the course fast.

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One has to wonder just how much faster the car would have been had it not been riding on the rockers mid turn? :D

Funny, I was thinking your car looked like it was rolling quite a bit when I saw the first picture.
Time to call Ron for a bmf sway bar to swap out for short courses?

Spring rate or Bar rate? :sieg:

I would say bar rate. Lance already found he disliked the stiffer front springs. Just for starters, spring change affects front end dive before turn in and forward bite out of the turn, changing the entire handling. A bar change won't affect percentages on the scales, straight line dive, or ride heights, but the rear bar would have to be adjusted to match the front change to maintain neutral handling.
Sorry, Lance I'm done with the hijack!:topic:

I'd second the bar rate. My last Falcon suspension setup went for higher-rate springs, and I hated what it did to the ride. The Corvette setup is staying with the lightest (stock) springs (and best adjustable shocks) I can get away with. Just upping the front bar size made a considerable difference, and the thing still rides unreasonably well. It helps to have a tire that can take the bar, as plowing blows . . .

Wow, Lance, looks like that course gave you, and the car, a real workout!

Thought some of you might find this pretty interesting. Terri took 100 pics in burst mode of Barney in a turn during the challenge at Good Guys last weekend and I made a movie of them. I so need to do more of this when testing a new setup.

Sometimes we talk about "rotation" --- or --- getting the arse end around..... In drift school (DirtFish) we simply apply a bit of Hoon handle and around she comes..... LOL

I wonder - if a guy was so inclined - if that 180 could be done with another technique - "a pendulum turn" in conjunction with late braking - and then a bit O'Throttle and get 'er to come 'round..... But oh boy --- if ya mess it up it's going to be costly points wise. LOL

Fun in the dirt and gravel when nobody is counting.....