Chevelle clip, RF frame corner hitting the ground
So, I've been around mods for a number of years. Started out in metric clip cars and it seemed like they were rockets on the heavy tracks. Then the trend went towards the Chevelle clip, they seem to be better suited for dry slick and that's the way most tracks get for the feature these days. But, there's still the heat race and those nights when even the feature is tacky. On a tacky track, every Chevelle clip car I've had bottoms the RF frame corner on entry (not EVERY time, but you know what I mean), and through the middle if you hit a hole or rut. I'm convinced it's just a "fact of life" with a Chevelle clip and have always just driven through it, but was wondering if any of you all have found something that works to fix it? I'm helping a driver this year who drives in pretty hard and he REALLY doesn't like it when the frame bottoms.
I've tried up to a 700lb RF spring with no success, not to mention it doesn't do you any favors anywhere else on the track. Also tried stiffer compression on the RF shock, which helps, but still doesn't cure the problem. Thought about sucking up the limit chain on the LR and raising the lower bar angle to keep the steer in it, but I'm worried that's going to kill too much forward bite and I'm really not sure that's even going to help me much. Also thought about raising the ride height, but I'm pretty sure by the time you got the thing where it wouldn't hit the ground, your front geometry would be so screwed up it wouldn't matter if the frame was bottoming or not.
Is it just a "fact of life" with a Chevelle, or is there something that can be done?