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Horn clip?
Anyone ever update older car to little newer horn front geometry ? Or any other good front end geometry to try out on some of these older cars. Since i know at least in my area there is a surplus of blue/grey/black rockets and smackdown masters cars laying around. Were would one find measurements for locating the pick up points of the suspension?
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Where are you from? There's quite a few around Central/north Georgia.
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Clint Smith would be able to put you in touch with someone. I believe Doug Steven's that helps with senoia raceway does horn front ends.
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im in the mid atlantic MD, Georgia is a bit of a hike haha
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Kriptonite will clip older rocket stuff and put their front end stuff on it. I don't have the first clue what their stuff is similar to. One would guess rocket. But i do know a few people that have them and claim they are the best steering car they have ever driven
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i have seen alot of older rockets with the kryptonite reverse strut front end, id imagine from the looks of them its a modified blue/grey geometry. Might be a good option i like the thinking behind it. still alot of guys love the blue grey over the xr1, think it has alot to do with comfort and understanding of adjustments that are effective
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Let me start by saying that I am not associated with anyone who is running one of these late model chassis from any manufacturer...but I am a very observant person who has a good understanding of chassis dynamics. My points are as follows: Their are reasons that the newer stuff(2016+ ruffly) is better. The newer chassis' not only have the increased right front clearance, but chassis setup technique has changed too. The new stuff is not dependent on static scale numbers. With the new stuff, you may have to put it on scales and set some ride heights, but this is not where the secret stuff comes in. The secret stuff has to do with the load numbers on the right front and also the load numbers on the right rear. The load number that is commonly worked on the right front is a number that is determined at 4-5 inches of travel. These load numbers are set on a spring smasher, and most all of the guys running this newer stuff will have the spring smasher machine with them at the track. These measured numbers at X number of inches of travel are much more relevant than any number that could be found by weighing a care at ride height on 4 scales. I am not saying that any certain chassis cannot be modernized, they all can. Someone said that a chassis is just steel tube that has been welded together, and this is true to a certain extent. If you are trying to run an older chassis, you must realize that although the chassis can be made to get the rf travel that a current chassis can achieve, you will not be getting the help that the other guys with these new chassis are getting. Very often they can call the chassis company after the heat race and the support guy will give them advice on what their right side load numbers should be. You will have to make your own setup decisions. By buying a current chassis, you are getting new steel, but most importantly you are buying know how. This know how usually comes from a top 30 driver, and he is beeing helped by several engineer type guys.
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Originally Posted by dirtdobberrr
Let me start by saying that I am not associated with anyone who is running one of these late model chassis from any manufacturer...but I am a very observant person who has a good understanding of chassis dynamics. My points are as follows: Their are reasons that the newer stuff(2016+ ruffly) is better. The newer chassis' not only have the increased right front clearance, but chassis setup technique has changed too. The new stuff is not dependent on static scale numbers. With the new stuff, you may have to put it on scales and set some ride heights, but this is not where the secret stuff comes in. The secret stuff has to do with the load numbers on the right front and also the load numbers on the right rear. The load number that is commonly worked on the right front is a number that is determined at 4-5 inches of travel. These load numbers are set on a spring smasher, and most all of the guys running this newer stuff will have the spring smasher machine with them at the track. These measured numbers at X number of inches of travel are much more relevant than any number that could be found by weighing a care at ride height on 4 scales. I am not saying that any certain chassis cannot be modernized, they all can. Someone said that a chassis is just steel tube that has been welded together, and this is true to a certain extent. If you are trying to run an older chassis, you must realize that although the chassis can be made to get the rf travel that a current chassis can achieve, you will not be getting the help that the other guys with these new chassis are getting. Very often they can call the chassis company after the heat race and the support guy will give them advice on what their right side load numbers should be. You will have to make your own setup decisions. By buying a current chassis, you are getting new steel, but most importantly you are buying know how. This know how usually comes from a top 30 driver, and he is beeing helped by several engineer type guys.
If you don't need those guys, your old updated car is just as good. The smasher don't care where you put those shocks. All the smasher tells you is what the load would be on your coilover mounts, if you travel that far. It doesn't mean you actually hit all those points. The same physics also still apply. More wedge loosens decel and tightens accel. You still have to understand what your car and driver is doing at all points on the track. Brandon Sheppard smash numbers are useless for a guy who doesn't back up the corner.
There's nothing special about the smasher.
Last edited by MasterSbilt_Racer; 10-29-2020 at 06:56 AM.
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Originally Posted by dirtdobberrr
Let me start by saying that I am not associated with anyone who is running one of these late model chassis from any manufacturer...but I am a very observant person who has a good understanding of chassis dynamics. My points are as follows: Their are reasons that the newer stuff(2016+ ruffly) is better. The newer chassis' not only have the increased right front clearance, but chassis setup technique has changed too. The new stuff is not dependent on static scale numbers. With the new stuff, you may have to put it on scales and set some ride heights, but this is not where the secret stuff comes in. The secret stuff has to do with the load numbers on the right front and also the load numbers on the right rear. The load number that is commonly worked on the right front is a number that is determined at 4-5 inches of travel. These load numbers are set on a spring smasher, and most all of the guys running this newer stuff will have the spring smasher machine with them at the track. These measured numbers at X number of inches of travel are much more relevant than any number that could be found by weighing a care at ride height on 4 scales. I am not saying that any certain chassis cannot be modernized, they all can. Someone said that a chassis is just steel tube that has been welded together, and this is true to a certain extent. If you are trying to run an older chassis, you must realize that although the chassis can be made to get the rf travel that a current chassis can achieve, you will not be getting the help that the other guys with these new chassis are getting. Very often they can call the chassis company after the heat race and the support guy will give them advice on what their right side load numbers should be. You will have to make your own setup decisions. By buying a current chassis, you are getting new steel, but most importantly you are buying know how. This know how usually comes from a top 30 driver, and he is beeing helped by several engineer type guys.
The "updated magical suspension geometry" is just moving things around so they don't bounce off the track. With the 15" nose height rule (which granted, isn't enforced) it is pretty easy to get any car to have the nose be the first thing that hits the track, which is what you want. From a geometry standpoint, I have seen no massive overhauls in A frame configuration or steering geometry that warrants the OP taking the car to anyone to get the magic new front clip installed..
As MBR said, the spring smasher is just a glorified spring rater and certainly contains no secret voodoo. My smasher battery died about 8 months ago and haven't had a need to replace it.
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It’s not magic, it’s a set starting point that is known to be better. I believe the “magic” lay more in the spindles and the way the act upon the car in a turn ( weight jacking ) and these newer front ends have a better pre existing dynamic caster camber number. Which could all be achieved with any car by relocating pick up points for control arms, adjusting bumpsteer ect. The newer horn and rocket stuff is just a much closer baseline, and much more easily adjusted with the advent of slugged upper mounts. There is no magic other than having the right tools in your box to make and understand adjustments and the time to experiment with them.
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Nothing magic about a smasher it's just a better way of tunning on the car. As masters said it still works the same. The only magic in the new front ends is the settings have been adjusted for the increased travel and current stance of the cars
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Originally Posted by Jking24
Nothing magic about a smasher it's just a better way of tunning on the car. As masters said it still works the same. The only magic in the new front ends is the settings have been adjusted for the increased travel and current stance of the cars
That's correct. The components themselves are not all that different from 15 years ago.
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Originally Posted by MasterSbilt_Racer
If you don't need those guys, your old updated car is just as good. The smasher don't care where you put those shocks. All the smasher tells you is what the load would be on your coilover mounts, if you travel that far. It doesn't mean you actually hit all those points. The same physics also still apply. More wedge loosens decel and tightens accel. You still have to understand what your car and driver is doing at all points on the track. Brandon Sheppard smash numbers are useless for a guy who doesn't back up the corner.
There's nothing special about the smasher.
Not too sure about that. In Jimmy's DoD interview, he said Rockets baseline was the best he had ever seen!
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Originally Posted by ZERO25
Not too sure about that. In Jimmy's DoD interview, he said Rockets baseline was the best he had ever seen!
Must be nice to be so naive as to think that dirt racers are actually telling the truth in interviews........... do you still put your teeth under your pillow for the tooth fairy when they fall out? Saying jimmy Owens is on the rocket baseline is like saying Epstein killed himself. As master built was sayin, physics matter and smash numbers aren’t the whole story......
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Originally Posted by ZERO25
Not too sure about that. In Jimmy's DoD interview, he said Rockets baseline was the best he had ever seen!
Which baseline? Before or after he altered his rear track width? Hmm
Why did it take him years to make himself comfortable in an Xr1?
Last edited by MasterSbilt_Racer; 10-31-2020 at 06:14 AM.
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Originally Posted by MasterSbilt_Racer
Which baseline? Before or after he altered his rear track width? Hmm
Why did it take him years to make himself comfortable in an Xr1?
Dont shoot the messenger......you should be asking him these questions!
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Id venture to say Cody Mallory had alot to contribute to the speed they found this year.
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Originally Posted by Higgy9991
Id venture to say Cody Mallory had alot to contribute to the speed they found this year.
I hear he helps Rumley with physics equations.
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Originally Posted by MasterSbilt_Racer
I hear he helps Rumley with physics equations.
He's the guy that tells him where the decimal goes lol
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I think chemistry is Codys expertise! lol
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