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Old 10-22-2013, 11:47 AM
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Guys,
Thanks for all the comments and questions, I'll try to answer them here.
Chas the car pulled 1.5 g's on Hoosiers I don't know what it will do on BFG's
I am prepping the car for events that require a minimum of 200 TW tires Hoosiers are 30 or 40 TW.

Nic,
The Hoosiers had soft sidewall that required lots of static camber but deflected enough under barking that tread contact was still good. BFG's are much stiffer in the sidewall so my idea was to go up in Caster from 5 to 6.6 degrees and down in camber from 3.2 to 2.0 to improve braking capability in the front.
I went down on rear bar and up in rear spring ratio's to keep the rear wheels down in a corner and to help corner exit. I am hoping it will be enough to keep the inside rear loaded with high caster values. If not I will reduce caster back to 5.5 D. or so.

Steering Wheel,
The wheel is flat on the bottom to allow my fat knees some clearance, once I get used to the car it will not need all the frantic steering input, that is just poor driving on my part. Total steering is only 3/4 turn lock to lock with the steering rack I am using.

Speeds in low gear I have a dog ring shifted Jerrico 4 speed with a 2.2 low gear and a 3.31 rear, engine is chipped at 8500 tire is around 26.1 tall
This new engine is the best one yet, it comes off the line smoothly and you can easily control wheel spin with the throttle even at 2000 rpm and below.
I let the clutch out a little above idle and give it about 10% throttle and it just jumps out as you can see on the video.

When we test we will be looking at air pressure variations, camber angles,
front to rear roll stiffness and possibly roll center axis for best performance.

These tires are a real challenge with a light car because it is hard to get mechanical grip from having the tire conform with pavement variations,
the Hoosiers are so soft they just hook no matter what, the BFG's are a much harder compound but rules are rules so we need to do the best we can.
I am really pleased with steering response the BFG's are very crisp on turn in.
and ultimate grip is good too for a 200TW tire. I think they would be a good street tire but not so good in heavy rain because of tread depth. If I were
driving in the rain I think the Michelin pilot super sports would be very good.

I'll try and post the results after the next test along with a video with sound,
I put new mufflers on because of numerous complaints about noise levels
and they are a bunch quieter for now (glass packs).

Tires size went from a 295x18 front to a 315x18 front the rears are 335x18 as before but wider rims front and rear 11f and 12.5 r. Toe is 1/8 in at front and 3/16 in rear.
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