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02-20-2012, 05:50 PM | #21 |
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Re: Ken Keir wheelie bars
it is so they can also be run as a coil over shock. So you're running coil springs in the stock pockets and not coil over shocks?
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02-20-2012, 06:02 PM | #22 |
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Re: Ken Keir wheelie bars
I'm running a factory type 5" OD spring (Santhuff 180 lb) which goes into the factory pockets. No coilovers.
I don't doubt what you are saying that everything can be controlled with shocks, springs, travel settings. Ultimately, none of those things offer the margin of safety of having a wheelie bar back there if I happen to miss the suspension tuneup. If the track is marginal and I happen to be fighting traction, I'd like to be able to set things up full loose and let it eat and not worry about how high the wheelie is going to be. This car is nose heavy with little/no trunk overhang and I don't run ballast. I would imagine most first gen Camaro stockers run at least some amount of ballast in the trunk. Is there a problem with letting the front end rise and ride the bar a few feet if necessary? What are the drawbacks to a single wheelie bar? Am I still in for problems in good air if I miss the suspension tuneup and it hits the bars?
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Re: Ken Keir wheelie bars
I have not come across any drawbacks or disadvantages with the single wheel. However the bar is tunable. That is where the ET is.
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Re: Ken Keir wheelie bars
my good friend with the green small block '69 Camaro could put it on the bumper every pass if he wanted. He doesn't though, rather he tunes the wheelie to weather and track conditions. He doesn't have any weight in the trunk just a chassis/suspension that works nor does he have a wheelie bar.
I'm just informing you that you CAN control/calm the wheelie with what you have as well you can swap in stiffer springs and/or ballast up front. If you want a wheelie bar go for it. Last edited by 1320racer; 02-20-2012 at 06:58 PM. |
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I am sure there are guys running quicker 60's than me with first gen camaro, 9" tires and are able to the control their wheel stands, i am just not there yet. the tires are normally dead hooked, but the track seems to dictate the amount of birds-eye-view i get! 40 Coupe, the car looks great! Ian |
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Re: Ken Keir wheelie bars
Listen to race watcher .He Knows .
Usally charges for this info LOL Hope to see you at a track soon racewatcher
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James, you know I know too, you've been in the other lane more than once watching me carry the front wheels on my Chevelle past the 60 foot clocks and what I have posted will do exactly as I have stated.
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Again, if Garret wants a wheelie bar, he'll get a wheelie bar. I'm just advising him as I have been for the last decade, that he don't need a wheelie bar to control his wheelstands. Last edited by 1320racer; 02-21-2012 at 10:40 AM. |
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02-24-2012, 11:28 PM | #30 |
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No, the car was sold in 2008 and the 1.28 recorded in 2007.
Here's the launch photo of that run... the time slip is in the hands of Bret Schlichtig, owner/driver of the car in the other lane, who works for Grumpy at Jenkins Competition. Last edited by 1320racer; 02-24-2012 at 11:47 PM. |
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