JP1738's Stocker and S/G car

[340Cuda]

It may look worse in person but are you sure the tire is ruined?

[JP1738]

Originally Posted by 340Cuda

It may look worse in person but are you sure the tire is ruined?

It's pretty much destroyed. I have no hard data/evidence, but when I press my finger into the undamaged portion of the tire, there is a substantial amount of rigidity. When I press into the portion of the tire that rubbed, its like pressing a balloon animal.

When I get back to my shop again I'll snag a pic of the tire off the car, it's paper thin where it wore on the frame rail.

[340Cuda]

Originally Posted by JP1738

It's pretty much destroyed. I have no hard data/evidence, but when I press my finger into the undamaged portion of the tire, there is a substantial amount of rigidity. When I press into the portion of the tire that rubbed, its like pressing a balloon animal.

When I get back to my shop again I'll snag a pic of the tire off the car, it's paper thin where it wore on the frame rail.

Kinda sounds like the tire is toast, sorry...

[Charles Stewart]

Originally Posted by Steve Grady

May want to check for Binding throughout the rear suspension travel when you start putting it back together.

May i suggest to look at the junction of the axle tube to the center section of your housing. You could find welds broken there which could also explain why your car lift the front driver side higher than the passenger side.

[JP1738]

Originally Posted by Charles Stewart

May i suggest to look at the junction of the axle tube to the center section of your housing. You could find welds broken there which could also explain why your car lift the front driver side higher than the passenger side.

The plan right now is to replace both 4-link double adjusters on both upper bars and completely re-setup the 4 link to a true neutral setting. That way I can rule out any binding or pos/neg preload that might have been introduced in the car. I will also check the housing, 4-link brackets, and torque-boxes for any warping or damage. Right now I'm on hold with all my cars because my main workhorse (my mazda) needs work desperately and the transmission in my truck welded all of it's forward clutched together. Even if I had a raceable car (0 for 2 right now), I have no way to get either of them to the race track for the next few weeks.

[JP1738]

Back in action! 2 tons of fun coming to a class race near you! Got two brand new double adjusters installed on the wagon this week. Did my best to set it up just like it came out. Thanks to Tim Stickles for the quick phone call helping me get it set back up. It ain't fast, but 3600#s is a whole lot of steel to get rolling! Next week I'll get some new tires mounted up for it as the ones on it now are destroyed from the broken four-link bar.

[Terry Drinkwater]

Dawson, that adjuster looks like it is extended quite a bit with not much thread in the tube ends. Is that the normal setup for your car?

[JP1738]

Originally Posted by Terry Drinkwater

Dawson, that adjuster looks like it is extended quite a bit with not much thread in the tube ends. Is that the normal setup for your car?

These double adjuster have a lot of thread engagement, they are the same length as the adjuster that came out (5 inches). I set the bars up to be the same length they were before, and you can see the markings of there the old jam nuts were on the broken adjusters. there is that much thread engagement on the new ones as well. It looks like a lot less, mostly because the adjuster nut on the new adjusters is much shorter than the old ones. It appears to have less engagement, but its has at least an inch of engagement on each end.

[JP1738]

Get you a man who can do both! Class racing one weekend, outlaw small tire N/T the next! I'm headed to Pageland Dragway in Pageland, SC this weekend for a 5.90 index N/T shootout only for cars on 28/10.5s or smaller. Going to be a great time and should pay some good money! No buy-backs, no round money, winner take all! Picked up these used MT 28/10.5 slicks from a guy near Wilkesboro last week and got them mounted up on my beadlocks. Did a quick garage burnout to lose some of the feathering the tires had from the no preps the guy had run them in before I bought them.

I have to say, these tires and the compound they use for them are incredible. So much stick and grip they literally pulled up some of the concrete on the floor of the shop. If you've ever wondered how No-Prep tracks come around so fast, this is how. These tires are complete black magic and I would venture to say could hook on just about anything. Wish me luck!

[goinbroke2]

Years ago at another house I built a 32x28 garage. As soon as it was up tight and all the inspections were done, I rolled my mustang in and did a burnout to "break in the new shop".
New concrete got hot and exploded a fist size hole in the 2 week old concrete that I paid $5000 to have laid. The wife was furious but I said, "now it's mine".

Had that place 364 days and was posted to another province....didn't affect the resale, lol!