scaling question

[mod88s]

Have done all of the above, no luck

[rakracing]

do you have all shocks set to neutral

[a25rjr]

You might have a problem with your scales. We fought scaling issues and finally realized it was the scales. Now, one of us weighs himself on each scale before we put the car on them.

[mod88s]

I do that too,, scales are good., i took out the take up spring on LF and now i can back the LF off a little bit and adds bite.. LR isnt going down in ride height which is what i was hoping it would do when i lowered the LF. Shocks all set to neutral. Think about this: how can the ride height go down on LR when you take turns out of it, due to the angle of the spring, when you take turns out of LR, it lowers the Jbar point on the frame which moves the rearend over to the right.. when this happens, it moves the bottom of the LR spring over to the right as well, which just keeps the height where its at. I can take a bunch of turns out of the LR and ride height hardly changes at all..

[a25rjr]

I do that too,, scales are good., i took out the take up spring on LF and now i can back the LF off a little bit and adds bite.. LR isnt going down in ride height which is what i was hoping it would do when i lowered the LF. Shocks all set to neutral. Think about this: how can the ride height go down on LR when you take turns out of it, due to the angle of the spring, when you take turns out of LR, it lowers the Jbar point on the frame which moves the rearend over to the right.. when this happens, it moves the bottom of the LR spring over to the right as well, which just keeps the height where its at. I can take a bunch of turns out of the LR and ride height hardly changes at all..

It definitely takes a lot of turns on the rears to make a big difference. When we had a Smack, we always moved the rr to the inner mount for the feature. To get the ride height back it took 21 turns on an Ohlins. The first time we did at the shop, I didn't believe it but the scales said otherwise.

[CCHIEF]

I do that too,, scales are good., i took out the take up spring on LF and now i can back the LF off a little bit and adds bite.. LR isnt going down in ride height which is what i was hoping it would do when i lowered the LF. Shocks all set to neutral. Think about this: how can the ride height go down on LR when you take turns out of it, due to the angle of the spring, when you take turns out of LR, it lowers the Jbar point on the frame which moves the rearend over to the right.. when this happens, it moves the bottom of the LR spring over to the right as well, which just keeps the height where its at. I can take a bunch of turns out of the LR and ride height hardly changes at all..

Your problem sounds like a bind,very likely in your panhard bar, too much angle likely. Take angle out and see if things work normally. Verify 4 bar lengths are correct and spaced from center of axle correctly. MAke sure you are using the correct ride heights. Make sure rr lower rod is level @ ride height. Set 50 pounds on one corner of the car at a time, the corner you set it on that doesn't get LIGHTER is where a bind problem likely is. rear is hard to verify. LOTSALUCK!