Limited slip rear

[ZERO25]

A manufacturer recently told me, rear stagger is costing you 20hp! Can that even be measured or is he full of crap?

[fastford]

I can believe this , we ran a black gold torsion unit years ago that worked well , we ran no stagger with it ....

[Lizardracing]

Power loss could be calculated by torque needed to overcome the scrub, not HP unless your trying to equate that to loss over time. Here's the rub. Stagger is used to compensate for the distance the inside and outside tire travel in an arc so ideally, stagger would net zero power loss.
If the car handles better and goes faster even with the power loss from tire scrub than that outweighs everything else and therefor advertising "save 20hp with my product" may be technically true, in realty, it bull sh....

[fastford]

these cars to day are way over powered to worry about 20 hp , but a solid rear with 6 inches of stagger going in a strait line could easily cost 20 hp at the fly wheel , could probably be proved fairly easy on a chassis dyno , matter of fact , I think its been done , but like said , stagger is for turning left so none of it matters .....

[Mopar DLM]

Is the stagger really costing power or down the straightaway is it causing the tire with the least grip to slip and it is actually costing you forward bite? Could the cars be driven straighter with less rear steer if we had less stagger?

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

Is the stagger really costing power or down the straightaway is it causing the tire with the least grip to slip and it is actually costing you forward bite? Could the cars be driven straighter with less rear steer if we had less stagger?

It's both.

[crownman25]

ole lizard and that pank rear end grease.....allllll those next day air billls.........

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

ole lizard and that pank rear end grease.....allllll those next day air billls.........

I think you are saying they broke all the time? That's true

[crownman25]

3 to keep 1 goin......

[Henry Every]

I imagine what you might gain in HP down the straight you might give back on exit accel in rotating mass inside the rear. So the one may cancel the other. Not to mention the addition of mechanical complexity increases the chance of failure, as pointed out by another poster. Now if you are down on power, say running an older style engine you may gain some corner speed which carries out onto the straight and with less force acting on the "unit" it may live longer and prove beneficial. Won't know until you try, but I doubt its the missing piece of the puzzle for anyone running in the top tier of the sport, but it might help a mid-pack runner take advantage under slick conditions, where max HP is a detriment. Like another poster stated, todays cars are massively over powered and rarely have the opportunity to take full advantage. JMO

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

I imagine what you might gain in HP down the straight you might give back on exit accel in rotating mass inside the rear. So the one may cancel the other. Not to mention the addition of mechanical complexity increases the chance of failure, as pointed out by another poster. Now if you are down on power, say running an older style engine you may gain some corner speed which carries out onto the straight and with less force acting on the "unit" it may live longer and prove beneficial. Won't know until you try, but I doubt its the missing piece of the puzzle for anyone running in the top tier of the sport, but it might help a mid-pack runner take advantage under slick conditions, where max HP is a detriment. Like another poster stated, todays cars are massively over powered and rarely have the opportunity to take full advantage. JMO

We had a lot of luck with a massively outdated car in the mid 90s that had a Detroit locker in a 9" Ford with drum brakes! Lol

[ZERO25]

This man and his company is well known in the Cup world. He knows what he's talking about and has the data to prove it. His rearends and transmissions are meticulously well built out of billet steel on a cnc machine, and yes, very pricey. I bit the bullet and gave him a down payment to get started on ours. Ill let you know how it goes beginning next year.

[Burke1118]

This man and his company is well known in the Cup world. He knows what he's talking about and has the data to prove it. His rearends and transmissions are meticulously well built out of billet steel on a cnc machine, and yes, very pricey. I bit the bullet and gave him a down payment to get started on ours. Ill let you know how it goes beginning next year.

Please share some of this data

[ZERO25]

Youll have to spend the money, just like I did!

Hint......my down payment was $4500! Not just for the limited slip but a couple other parts of his package for crate cars!

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

Youll have to spend the money, just like I did!

Hint......my down payment was $4500! Not just for the limited slip but a couple other parts of his package for crate cars!

I'm sorry for your loss.