I think its done with a flexible axle. ---- Jay Novak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, chuck I am also anxiously awaiting to find out how to do rear camber > adjustment in > F500, legally of course & not like the old Red Devil did it with CV joints. > > > Thanks ... Jay Novak > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Whitling > Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 10:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [F500] 19.5 vs 18 + neg camber in rear > > Maybe you can help me with my problem Chuck. My rear camber adjustment > doesn't seem to work. Can you give me some idea what I should be doing > to adjust the rear camber on my rulebook regulated solid axle setup? > Anxiously awaiting your response. > > Chuck Voboril wrote: > > > I ran the tall rears in conjunction with 18 fronts for about 5 years. > > I found that the 19's were narrower but since they were taller they > > had the same grip. Hoosier told me they were designed that way. > > However, if I ran them enough, especially on concrete for about 6 > > events in really hot weather (112+F), the tall rears stretched and got > > wider and taller, especially wider. > > > > Thru a slalom, the mixed sizes never felt as good, the shorter rears > > made the car easier to control and a little faster thru the shortest > > spaced nastiest slaloms. A little more overshoot in the back had to be > > compensated for with hand input with the tall rears. I never ran the > > tall tires on all 4 wheels, but my experience with other cars was that > > the overshoot in the front would make the car have a little less net > > rear overshoot in turning. The downside is that then the car would be > > a litttle squishy and less responsive to steering input overall then. > > > > I always thought that running a little negative camber in the rear > > would have helped the tall tire grip also. > > > > Other people have also. > > > > The most recent person to design and build a rear end on a F500 that > > could put sizeable amounts of neg camber in with uprights that could > > assume an angle to the main axle cut the whole rear off his car and > > started over again. (rulebook heartburn). Actually, it was done about > > 1990 also and then more recently in about 2004. Neither car continued > > production with that "feature", as far as I know. > > > > > > > > Chuck > > > > > > > > > > > >> From: Jim Libecco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Reply-To: [email protected] > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [F500] Getting started in club racing > >> Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 05:59:36 -0700 (PDT) > >> > >> Don't count out running both autox and club races!!! > >> We have done back to back > >> weekends. > >> > >> National competetive road racing and last years solo champion. > >> What changes? > >> I used to change from 18 to 19.5 inch tires, but now would just > >> change the fronts and leave the tall rears on all of the time to > >> simplify. > >> Just Short/Wide fronts. (10 min) > >> Switch brake pads (five minutes). > >> I used to > >> switch gears but might just leave them the same. Won and > >> invitational autox > >> shootout for money with road race gears in. (LOVE CVT's!!!). > >> Reset toe and > >> camber. > >> > >> That is it. > >> Oh yeah, that extra 40lbs of ballast to be bolted into > >> the car due to the 493 penalty in club racing....grrrrr. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original > >> Message----- > > [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type text/x-vcard which had a name of > jwhit.vcf] ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________
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