1985 Monte Carlo SS known as Barney

[SSLance]

Originally Posted by ScotI

Is that w/the link in the middle or upper hole? I know you mentioned making changes:


Just curious if you switched everything back to the initial points & then all that was required was the slight adjustment on the upper link?

I had to push the housing forward to get bolt in upper hole so that change probably helped a little, then shortening the link finished it off.

Eventually I'll remeasure it all to see where IC and AS ended up to see of it needs further fine tuning.

[SSLance]

Who else is as excited as I am to see what this thing can do tomorrow?

Course has a ton of transitions in it along with a couple sweepers, exactly the test bed to see how much the 3 link improved the car's rear grip.

https://forum.azsolo.com/index.php?/...nt-1-jan-16th/

Car is washed, full of fuel, have a new case for the GoPro and the weather forecast shows high 60s-low 70s and partly clouds tomorrow.

Let's do this!!

[Tinker]

Originally Posted by SSLance

Who else is as excited as I am to see what this thing can do tomorrow?

Probably nobody.......not saying we're not excited, but you are like a kid on Christmas eve!

Good luck Lance.

[rixtrix1]

Originally Posted by Tinker

Probably nobody.......not saying we're not excited, but you are like a kid on Christmas eve!

Good luck Lance.

Haha, maybe a few "Oh,sh*t, how fast will he be now?!" Good luck!

[Vegas69]

I'd be more excited if you invested the money in a mullet vs. a 3 link, but hey, good luck out there tomorrow.

[SSLance]

Lol at you all.

Yes, I'm pretty stoked. This was a LONG time coming and the initial reactions show a LOT of promise...

[ScotI]

Looking forward to the update. I'm hoping it's a positive day for you!

[SSLance]

So the day didn't go exactly as planned...

First two runs were great, completely different car yet still very responsive and easy to drive. I was about a second or so ahead of Mike in his Chevelle on both runs, then sitting in line to start 3rd run in neutral I pushed the clutch in to shift to 1st and the pedal went to the floor. Pretty sure I have a clutch fork issue but Barney was out.

Mike graciously let me slip into his seat for my last 3 runs. It was awesome for him to do that and to feel my setup on course then to go directly to his setup (which is very similar to mine) and feel the difference. Final verdict from today, 3 link is the answer!

This video is my second run, only adjustment from first run was 3 clicks softer on rear rebound.



I took a passenger and felt a slight RR tire rub on one long sweeper so I added some tape to verify where, added some compression to rear shocks and had tools out to raise PHB after 3rd run...but it wasn't to be.

Here are the final results for the day.

http://solo-timing-api.herokuapp.com...ass-Open_CAM-T

It'll be a day or two before I can diagnose the clutch, but pretty sure the trans has to come out first too see what's up...so yeah...

[ScotI]

Well.... I guess that's a 'good news/bad news' thing.

Glad it initially went well but sux to hear about a clutch issue ending further evaluation.

[WSSix]

Bummer about the clutch. That's great that it's performing better with the rear changes though. Good luck, Lance.