Drag Setup
#1
Posted 31 January 2006 - 04:44 PM
Would love to have a ajustable shock in the front that could range from a 50/50ish (for street) and 90/10 for strip. Any one know of any brands that have this function to suit a lh torana?? All i could find is Qa1($340 each) or custom koni (1,000each)
Do you really need a 90/10 shock in the front a 11-12sec car, is it gonna make much difference to a 50/50 shock???
Or do i just go munro heavy duty all round (cheaper) and mess with tyre choices instead??
any help would be great
#2
Posted 31 January 2006 - 05:47 PM
ask LXCHEV
he seems to have a very good all round set up
he is running very good times at the drags and drives it everywhere
cheers
mick
#3 _MAWLER_
Posted 01 February 2006 - 06:07 PM
Best cheap, street compromise setup IMO.
Peace,
#4 _CHOPPER_
Posted 01 February 2006 - 08:02 PM
#5 _LX406_
Posted 01 February 2006 - 08:38 PM
You still need power to get it to 60 foot fast.
#6 _workinprogress_
Posted 01 February 2006 - 08:43 PM
i am unfamiliar with the suspension side of drag racing and was just wondering what 90\10's were. and how they are better for drag racing?
Cheers if someone could clear things up for me
Fraser
#7
Posted 01 February 2006 - 11:49 PM
Edited by LXCHEV, 01 February 2006 - 11:49 PM.
#8
Posted 01 February 2006 - 11:52 PM
workinprogress - I'm sure someone here will have a proper technical answer to your question, but a 90/10 means the shock has more resistance going back down than up - hopefully someone will explain better....
#9 _355lxss_
Posted 02 February 2006 - 01:51 PM
Lxchev: would be interesting to find out what your sports ryder's are rated at? I am contemplating going down the same path as you, depends how much these koni adjustable one will cost? Also do you run std height springs?
Edited by 355lxss, 02 February 2006 - 01:56 PM.
#10
Posted 02 February 2006 - 02:28 PM
As for my springs - in the front I have A9X spec King Springs, and in the rear I have been running some super low, soft springs for the last couple of years (Have proven themselves at the drags). However I recently just re-installed my Pedders lowered rear springs (standard lowered amount), haven't had a chance to drag with these just yet. Although on the skidpan at Springnats my car was axle tramping heaps off the line which it doesn't normally do. I still had around 36psi in the tyres, not sure if this was part of the cause or not. I don't know which springs I'll be racing on at the Forum drag day yet.
#11 _355lxss_
Posted 02 February 2006 - 03:46 PM
Hoping someone else might know?
#12 _CHOPPER_
Posted 02 February 2006 - 06:49 PM
That's normally a shock absorber issue rather than a spring issue....However I recently just re-installed my Pedders lowered rear springs (standard lowered amount), haven't had a chance to drag with these just yet. Although on the skidpan at Springnats my car was axle tramping heaps off the line which it doesn't normally do...
#13
Posted 02 February 2006 - 10:45 PM
355 - Damn, spewing they don't want to tell us, much be a secret recipe!!
#14
Posted 03 February 2006 - 10:03 AM
Good news uncle chop chop, found one better than Pedders 90/10 for $190. Give "S.G Lesley + Son" a call 94592859 they seem to know alot and can rebuild and modify a Monroe shock to 90/10 for $150 a pair.
They get stuck into them modify valves and stuff and re weld them up.
They don't advise that you drive on the street with there 90/10's as hitting a large pot hole or something similar could break the shock...
They recon no "single" adjustable shock will get to 90/10 setting which does away with my master plan.
Could go double adjustalbe but thats big $$$
Just waiting to see if they can do me a set on kustom qa1 or koni that will have adjustability to 90/10, but still be able to be adjusted back to something that will be streetable, it will never be a great street/track shock as modifying the internals in order to get it to go to 90/10 wil mean it can't be adjusted to back to 50/50 or what ever unless you get the can opener onto it again.
#15 _355lxss_
Posted 03 February 2006 - 03:16 PM
#16
Posted 03 February 2006 - 03:30 PM
I did do the exercise to work out which ones I would get for the LX if you want me to dig out the info.
M@
#17 _355lxss_
Posted 03 February 2006 - 03:55 PM
cheers eddie
#18 _CHOPPER_
Posted 03 February 2006 - 05:42 PM
#19 _355lxss_
Posted 04 February 2006 - 11:56 AM
Unfortunatley being an american company they dont have shocks straight off the shelf for torana. Im guessing the height and rate of spring will determine the type of shocker needed.
here's the link
comp engineering
#20 _MAWLER_
Posted 04 February 2006 - 05:27 PM
#21 _Torana482HP_
Posted 05 February 2006 - 08:33 PM
#22 _CHOPPER_
Posted 05 February 2006 - 09:07 PM
#23 _Torana482HP_
Posted 05 February 2006 - 10:17 PM
yeah ill go for hard springs,
what sort of shocks and rims are you thinking about, street set and strip set?
and so id wouldnt matter too much on the strip with hard springs?
Cheers mate.
#24 _devilsadvocate_
Posted 06 February 2006 - 09:21 AM
As the vehicle accelerates , the body of the car tends to get left behind and compresses the rear springs with a force dependent on the acceleration rate. For soft springs the shift is greater, hard springs less, yet the force exerted on them is essentially the same(because it is the same acceleration), which creates essentially the same down force on the axle.
#25 _CHOPPER_
Posted 06 February 2006 - 05:36 PM
First choose your springs. Then get some shocks that are matched to the springs. As for wheels and tyres, it's all about prefference for the street. For the drags, what can you fit under the guards and how much money is left?yeah ill go for hard springs,
what sort of shocks and rims are you thinking about, street set and strip set?
and so id wouldnt matter too much on the strip with hard springs?
Cheers mate.
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