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Old 04-17-2017, 08:49 PM   #1
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Default Ladder bar tuning / adjusting

From your experiences , did moving the bars up or down , make the car more wheelstand prone?
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Old 04-18-2017, 09:25 AM   #2
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Moving the front of the ladder bar up will raise the instant center and will be prone to wheelstands.
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Old 04-18-2017, 04:30 PM   #3
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Moving the front of the ladder bar up will raise the instant center and will be prone to wheelstands.
For some reason I always though it was the other way around..........damn it ,I'm still dumb
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Old 04-18-2017, 04:37 PM   #4
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Also..........I don't think I can get the pinion angle I want after I move the bars up..........extending the adjuster on the bottom bar is probably going to not allow me to get the bolts back in the housing bracket on the rear end.
In case someone would ask , the usual 2-3 degrees down is what I'm after......
In fact a well known chassis shop suggested just increasing the pinion angle would make the car more wheel stand prone?
Not sure why that would change anything.
Between bars up , pinion angle down , shock tuning...........damn.
The car leaves flat now...........I'm looking for more drama...LOL

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Old 04-18-2017, 06:53 PM   #5
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For some reason I always though it was the other way around..........damn it ,I'm still dumb
My thought is the ladder bar rotates up due to axle torque and is pushed forward by the driving force of the tires. Moving the pivot up wouldn't affect the upward force on the chassis, but moving the pivot point down would be pushing further away from the center of gravity. I would think that would cause the nose of the car to go higher.

If you disagree, please explain your logic.
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Old 04-18-2017, 07:12 PM   #6
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My thought is the ladder bar rotates up due to axle torque and is pushed forward by the driving force of the tires. Moving the pivot up wouldn't affect the upward force on the chassis, but moving the pivot point down would be pushing further away from the center of gravity. I would think that would cause the nose of the car to go higher.

If you disagree, please explain your logic.
Uh , yeah.......thats exactly what I thought also.
Some guys use the "refrigerator or box" logic..........so what you suggest coinsides with THAT explanation , anyway.....hell if I know........I guess trying and testing is the only validation.
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Old 04-19-2017, 07:40 AM   #7
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I haven't owned a ladder bar car in a number of years, but I think I remember that the overall length of the bar has a significant effect on "hit" versus "wheelstand". Short bars smack the tire very hard, whereas longer bars tend to make the car wheelstand more. The principle still makes sense to me, because a longer bar essentially moves the intersect point forward, which would apply more rotational leverage to the chassis. I think...
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Old 04-19-2017, 07:59 AM   #8
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Move the bar up for a harder hit. I have run my car that way for 20 years. Adjust your front shocks to control wheel stands. If the car isn't pulling the wheel up loosen the front shocks.
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Old 04-19-2017, 09:21 AM   #9
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Old 04-19-2017, 09:31 AM   #10
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Joespanova: You may want to modify the lower rear section of your ladder bar to make it adjustable. Lower adjuster link. This will give you the added length you require.
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