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> Quick help on Hoosiers, tire pressure for a/x
Trekkor
post Mar 7 2005, 07:19 PM
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205/50/ZR15's R3S03's

I'm pushing. Help me turn in.

Ran 25psi front and 27 psi rear. How low can I go?

I'll loosen up the front bar as well. Workin' on tiars right now. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)

Thanks, KT
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J P Stein
post Mar 8 2005, 02:05 AM
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Dan Gurney.....one of my short list of heros, was one of the first/best of the big bar/ soft spring practioners.

He had purpose built race cars, with infinitely adjustable suspension, a truck fulla shox, springs, tires, LSD clutch packs, AR bars, alignment tools and a crew of guys that knew how to use em' all. He ran on billiard smooth (mostly) tracks and had 2-3 days to set up the car for a given track.......that he already knew. He was/is a suspension set-up guru....."fiddly" per some, but you can't knock his success.

About the only thing I can take from him in my endevors is his thinking of running the car as low as possible *without* running on the bump stops under "normal" (AX type) loads.

You can't adapt a car to your philosophy without designing the thing to it originally. You adapt your thinking to the car (IMO).

I wanna do AX. My venues are rough and kinda tight. I need suspension travel, but I want to keep off the bump stops...except on big bumps. I want the car to turn in quickly, neutral in mid corners with oversteer on command.....tight and sweepers.
I don't want the inside rear wheel to lift. I'd accept lifting the inside front lifting if all else was as I wanted. Big bars, little bar, no bars.....same with springs....don't mean shit to me as long as it all worked.
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trekkor   Quick help on Hoosiers   Mar 7 2005, 07:19 PM
drew365   Generally Hoosiers don't like to be run that l...   Mar 7 2005, 07:41 PM
nebreitling   dood, forget the aircan for now -- put those sprin...   Mar 7 2005, 08:59 PM
Randal     Mar 7 2005, 09:14 PM
trekkor   Thanks, Randal. That's what I was calling abou...   Mar 7 2005, 09:33 PM
drew365   At those pressures you're relying on the rolli...   Mar 7 2005, 10:02 PM
trekkor   http://www.914world.com/bbs2/h...   Mar 7 2005, 10:13 PM
drew365   Yup, if you come to WCC05 you'll like the trac...   Mar 7 2005, 10:21 PM
campbellcj   I suspect part of the issue is running the "R" Hoo...   Mar 7 2005, 10:30 PM
drgchapman   I bought the "R" hoosiers last year. Best time...   Mar 7 2005, 11:48 PM
J P Stein   http://www.914world.com/bbs2/h...   Mar 8 2005, 12:02 AM
SirAndy     Mar 8 2005, 12:03 AM
Series9     Mar 8 2005, 12:07 AM


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