Lastest suspension issues

here is the video

Looks like is hooks initially then spins about a half turn five feet out. Wheres your I/C set at? What struts are you running in the front, and what setting? Same for the rears? It looks like your getting close. Usually when it hooks initially like that, then unloads the tire after the initial hit I've found its a I/C, or preload issue. We are dealing with similar issues with a ss 10.5 big block foxbody right now, and have it at Team Z in Michigan. When your getting relatively close like it seems you are, you have to take babysteps. Its a fine line between bumper dragging, and leaving just right. Im sure some of the ss guys will chime in.

bruno wrote:can somebody put that video in slow-mo for me ?

Nick you should be able to change the speed with Window Media Player, at least the older versions you could.

bruno wrote:can somebody put that video in slow-mo for me ?

I thought about trying to slow the video down but I really can't do anything with it in it's current state (stored on photobucket, compressed & converted to a .flv file). In fact since it's on photobucket I cant even find it anywhere in my temp internet folder to copy it & save it to another folder to work with it. About the only .flv videos I can mess with now is the ones stored on youtube.

Nick what format was the video originally when you uploaded it to photobucket (.avi .wmv or .mpg)? If the video was originally a normal windows media file you should be able to take the original and edit it & slow it down using windows movie maker.

yep it was originally downloaded to windows media .... but i guess i need to download the windows movie maker to be able to edit it

I used to use Windows Moviemaker and it would let me advance one frame at a time. Still do that?

Nick, When I said "The trailer ain't much, but it'll keep your stuff out of the rain.", I didn't realize what a prophetic statement it would be. Sorry the day wasn't better. Thanks for the fun. Are the ProMods running today?

here is some slow mo ...i should have cut the beginning of the video ..... wow the sidewall sure is taking a beating

Now THAT'S slo-mo! Sounds like the #6 plug is just slightly fouled.

Good job on the video, Randy.

IDT-572 wrote:...It looks good............. Sounds cool in slo mo too.

Kinda sounds like my old '74 LTD... Pile of crap but I miss it (speaking about the slo-mo sound)...

[quote="richter69"]Tubes will help if you aint got them. Also as Blake mentioned rotate every race. Even at that the sidewalls will not last on a big hp deal, Some of the big hitters only get a dozen or so runs out of a set before they are done. Just sell then to some slow bracket car type.[/quote

Yep, I will take them.

This is a perfect example that watching a clip in slowmo you see a lot more of what's going on during the launch vs viewing a clip at full speed. At first, like Barney said, it did look like it was spinning a little once it got a few feet out. But looking at it in slowmo it now looks more like it was damn near dead hooked with no spin. In fact the launch looks pretty damn good.

One thing about the hard sidewall windup, I don't think it's as much from the suspension it's self (as in a violent inital hit) because there really isn't a ton of inital separation at the hit. It looks to me more like the hard sidewall windup is more a combo of engine torque & the air pressure being a little too low. You can almost see sidewall wrinkles as the car is staging.

I think it might be an idea to play with the air pressure more at first, then move onto the shock valving. Just keep adding more & more air each pass till it flat-out spins, then back down a slight amount.