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  • twisterf5
    Senior Member
    • May 2012
    • 334

    #1

    Double stack ??

    we have changed to a steel head and run
    LF 500
    RF STANDARD DOUBLE STACK
    RR 225
    LR DOUBLE STACK
    J-BAR 1in below pinion 8 1/2 rake
    08 barry wright copy with extra bar and shock hole but every thing is the same short of the more adjustments.
    it is to free and rotates to fast in the middel which end up spinning tires from the middel off. the dryer it get the worse it gets. wet or tacky it is bad fast but once it slicks off it is junk.tried ajusting double stack and bar angels but same results. talked to afco this morning they said to get rid of the double stack. but they are the ones that steered us in the direction.
    can any one give some better advice on if it is the double stack or maybe something that i am over looking. thanks
  • TUFFY
    Member
    • May 2012
    • 61

    #2
    Lose lr stack, keep rf....

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    • twisterf5
      Senior Member
      • May 2012
      • 334

      #3
      it is also pulling the left front off the ground to mutch. afco said thr RF was doing that but that realy did not make sence to me this car does have 10in of drop in the left rear not sure if that is too much.

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      • dualdj1
        Senior Member
        • Jun 2009
        • 654

        #4
        what springs do you have on your stacks?

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        • twisterf5
          Senior Member
          • May 2012
          • 334

          #5
          Lr 400 top 200 bottom
          rf 400 top 700 bottom

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          • MasterSbilt_Racer
            Senior Member
            • May 2007
            • 14304

            #6
            Too much left side weight? Too much rod pressure or damping in right side shocks? Rear not square? short lr upper? too much rear brake? etc etc

            Could be a lot of things...

            How are you measuring drop?
            Modern Day Spec Wedge Racing

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            • twisterf5
              Senior Member
              • May 2012
              • 334

              #7
              Rf 3.5r 4c
              rr 3.5c 5r afco silvers
              left side is high 54.5 best 55.1 normal 275lb driver no lead 2450 at 55% rear fuel cell can be slid.
              Rr is 5/8 forward
              drop is going off some of the pics we have off body line. 7 to 8in in the shop
              4 to 5 rf travel
              3 rr travel
              lrf 6.0 gas set at 100

              lrb 6.2 non gas
              right side 60lb
              lf 90lb
              RODS ARE 17.5 TOP 15 BOTTOMS GIVE OR TAKE FOR TRAIL
              Last edited by twisterf5; 08-20-2012, 03:00 PM.

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              • Egoracing
                Senior Member
                • May 2007
                • 4852

                #8
                Dry slick I like to be 52-54 depending on how bad it is. 55 is a little high and will keep the left down. You are driving off of the RR and the RR 5/8 forward may be the issue. In the tacky the LR can over drive the RR but in the slick the LR is giving up. Is the LR tire chunked out or showing alot of wear?

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                • hpmaster
                  Banned
                  • Aug 2009
                  • 1088

                  #9
                  Originally posted by twisterf5 View Post
                  Lr 400 top 200 bottom
                  rf 400 top 700 bottom
                  On the right front flip your springs so the 400 is on the bottom and 700 is on the top in the dry slick. Try a 16" 150lb. on the left rear and then try a heavier right rear spring if the first two things don't get you there. The RR 5/8 forward? Almost every car I have had ran best with the right rear back slightly.
                  Last edited by hpmaster; 08-20-2012, 03:37 PM.

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                  • MasterSbilt_Racer
                    Senior Member
                    • May 2007
                    • 14304

                    #10
                    I don't know how you measure the lr ride height, but jack the car up under the driver seat until the lr tire just comes off the ground. Your ride height measurement should change by 5.5" or so when the limiter is tight. You may have shims on the underrail or a chain.
                    Modern Day Spec Wedge Racing

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                    • twisterf5
                      Senior Member
                      • May 2012
                      • 334

                      #11
                      no right side chain on right now. body just infront of tire mark rim jack it up and measure. we are getting 7. 8 if some one pushes down on rr bumper. but from the pics looks more like 10
                      going to put a 450 on RF and a 200 LR. just talked to a friend that was at the track. he said car looked perfect down straits and in rolled over and hooked up but when it hit the middel it came around like a spinning top. and that is what i feel but nothing bottoming out shocks look good. he is thinking that maybe it hits the second spring on rf and is pulling lr off ground. we both just looked at the tires and you can not tell they have been run.let me know what you think.

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                      • MasterSbilt_Racer
                        Senior Member
                        • May 2007
                        • 14304

                        #12
                        If your lr tire is dropping 8 inches, that is way too much! That would give you tremendous loose roll steer.
                        Modern Day Spec Wedge Racing

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                        • twisterf5
                          Senior Member
                          • May 2012
                          • 334

                          #13
                          that is what i am thinking too . going to put chain with yellow biscuit back on what do you think about getting rid of the double stack. just wondering if chain is back on and it is the rf springs that it would pull lr off ground.

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                          • hpmaster
                            Banned
                            • Aug 2009
                            • 1088

                            #14
                            On a right front stack of 400lb and 700lb the rule is tacky use heavy spring on bottom, slick use light spring on bottom.

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                            • twisterf5
                              Senior Member
                              • May 2012
                              • 334

                              #15
                              Originally posted by hpmaster View Post
                              On a right front stack of 400lb and 700lb the rule is tacky use heavy spring on bottom, slick use light spring on bottom.
                              don't think the slider would work 400 is 5 inch i under stand the reason behind it. will have to turn them around to check it out.

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