Valence Height?

[Kromulous]

How high do you guys trim up the valence on the MD3 noses?

Thanks, Krom.

[7uptruckracer]

12" Is Ballpark. Take off RF spring, let car down, Jack up LR too full droop, Simulate Lf and RR Travel. Account for tire Scrunch/Deflection and go from there. 3-5 on LF valance. I do my side Skirts this way as well. I'm about 3"LF 12.5 RF

[RacerX10]

12" Is Ballpark.

I'm about 3"LF 12.5 RF

What are those measurements ?

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

What are those measurements ?

He is talking from ground up. I was going to post 3" lf and 13" rf

[Kromulous]

Dam, not sure i can get it that high LOL.

Maybe 10 gotta figure out how to raise it more i guess...

Side skirts i just put on last night, 5.5" on the LF and 9.5" on the Right side. Sounds like i am low on the rightsides as well.

[RacerX10]

He is talking from ground up. I was going to post 3" lf and 13" rf

Ah ok .. thanks.

By the way, this stuff REALLY messes with my OCD. I can't stand how these cars look now.

[Matt49]

Once you get something that you know works (on the track) for your car. Measure all of this stuff with the car on your normal shop jack stands and write that crap down somewhere. It will save you time and effort on future body hangings.

[Punisher88]

I had a bwrc and the bottom of the nose rack had tabs for a plate to extend out to hold the nose up and the bottom of that plate was like 12 inches so with the one inch lip on the nose it was about 11 inches on the right and 3 or so on the left. My cvr I have now is also about 11 on the right and 4 on the left.

[Punisher88]

And on another note if any of you need some plate material to hold the outer extending lip on the front of the nose roush sells used splitters off of nascar cars that are around 1/2 inch thick and carbon fiber for 75 bucks for both side, which is unbeatable, and tough as hell.

[Kromulous]

Yeah, this is the 1st time i put a body on this Revelution chassis, Frank has tabs on the bumper, and we have the flat pieces. There extending straight out, both sides.

I got about 11" on the right-side to the nose material, no valence.

Nose sits on the fenders nice, and is level along the bottom, which i like, but worried its to low. Think i may use an old skid plate and make some spacers and use a heat gun to sort of curl that corner up a little.

Matt49, how did you ever come out on that spreadsheet for the stack?

[Punisher88]

Those cars are newer cars. It's doubtful it needs to be any higher. Ask if he runs a bump on the right front. That will generally keep it from digging in the ground. I run a standard 350# on the rf but still ran a bump to limit the nose from dragging

[#71]

No bump stop on my Revelution and rarely ever get the nose in the dirt and we sometimes run on some real rough hooked up corn fields over here. I'd have to wait till I got off work to measure the height of the nose, but I'm thinking mine is 12" Frank's bumpers are great for mounting noses with the tags he has welded on it. Very neat.

[a25rjr]

Anyone ever try to bolt a piece of flexible rubber to the valance to seal it off even more?

Tractor supply sells 1/2"x4x6 for $40.

[zeroracing]

Yes, the key is two things.

1. Not adding too much weight because some rubber strips can have decent weight.
2. I had to leave like a 12" section near the middle open to get some air for the radiator.

The way I did it was made pieces about 8" wide then put them on where each one shared one body bolt with the next. Used a 1/4" bolt with flat washer to stop from pulling out.

Worked ok, might revisit it again in the future with a lighter rubber, it just added up to too much I felt.

[a25rjr]

Yes, the key is two things.

1. Not adding too much weight because some rubber strips can have decent weight.
2. I had to leave like a 12" section near the middle open to get some air for the radiator.

The way I did it was made pieces about 8" wide then put them on where each one shared one body bolt with the next. Used a 1/4" bolt with flat washer to stop from pulling out.

Worked ok, might revisit it again in the future with a lighter rubber, it just added up to too much I felt.

Yeah, that sheet from Tractor Supply is very heavy. When the worker asked me to help him load it, I couldn't figure out why. Now I know...LOL But it is heavy duty and should hold up well!