I have news for you, if you change the spring rates, it will totally screw up the dampening.. Especially the rebound, the heavier the spring, the quicker the rebound. Can you say BOING! Then your forced with changing shock angles and Bellcrank ratios, it's a mess, your better off with a regular rebuildable tunable race shock. and it will be cheaper in the long run... CR
John Whitling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks for the link, Eric. It's interesting and worth considering how they got around expensive shocks with their shock rule. I advise everyone to read the shock rule for these inexpensive cars so I'm pasting it below .. The *COILON*Ó units consist of a Dodge Dakota Gabriel rear shock (gas bag type), a 3/8 rod end (which screws onto the pin end of the shock), the shock washers provided with the shock, spacer washers, one industrial die spring and two industrial die spring cups. The result is a compact inexpensive unit (a spring ON top of a coil) that rivals the big guys in performance and beats the heck out of all of them in terms of price. Industrial die springs are available from any number of industrial supply and mail order shops in rates from 70 to 700 pounds and can be mixed and matched to fine tune your racer between $5 and $20 each. The only real drawback here is the lack of adjustable compression and rebound rates available in all-out racing shocks. Eric Dean wrote: >http://www.formulaindyracing.com/Predator01.htm > >Interesting reading > >EWD > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce >Kapraszewski >Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 9:35 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [F500] Puck vs Shocks ad nauseam > >Nothing wrong with wings Ed. In fact, I like winged things. Take Mini-Indy >for >example. Mini-Indy cars are modified F5 cars that have wings. In fact, one >could buy a Predator Mini-Indy car in kit form for under $10k. Just add a >600cc motorcycle engine with car kit and you'd have a F5 car with wings, >coil >over shocks, and ARB for less than the cost of a ready-to-race F5 car. >...How'd dey doo dat? > > >----- Original Message ---- >From: edward capullo > >To: [email protected] >Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 >8:25:52 PM >Subject: Re: [F500] Puck vs Shocks ad nauseam > > >Bruce >My F33A Beech >Bonanza could land at 52mph (good for those slow corners) and >had a straight >line speed of 170KTs (195.5mph) which is a hell of a lot >faster than any F500 >or S2000 I've ever driven. >What's wrong with wings..as a matter of fact we can >now buy those soon to be >worthless F1000 >homebuilts (read non-Stohr) put our >494/493 Rotaxes in them and be >................F500!!!! >Captain Eddie > > >>From: Bruce Kapraszewski >>Reply-To: [email protected] >>To: >> >> >[email protected] > > >>Subject: Re: [F500] Puck vs Shocks ad nauseam >>Date: Mon, 30 >> >> >Oct 2006 16:44:51 -0800 (PST) > > >>You're always looking for new ways to use >> >> >that pilots license, aren't you? > > >>;-) >>----- Original Message ---- >>From: >> >> >edward capullo > > >>To: >>[email protected] >>Sent: Monday, >> >> >October 30, 2006 3:42:45 PM > > >>Subject: RE: [F500] >>Puck vs Shocks ad nauseam >> >> >>Mark >> >>You forgot Wings so we can run with all the >>other seven wings and >> >> >things > > >>classes and confuse every newcomer who attends >>the races. >>Ed C. >> >> >> >> >>>From: "Lindsey, Mark" >>>Reply-To: >>> >>> >>[email protected] >> >> >>>To: >>>Subject: RE: [F500] Puck vs Shocks ad >>> >>> >>nauseam >> >>Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:24:06 -0500 >> >> >>>While we are at it, can we >>> >>> >>also >> >> >add the following? > > >>>Sway bars? (Makes sense as almost all other >>> >>> >>shocked cars have them.) >> >> >>>Floating rear axle with differential? (Just to >>> >>> >make > > >>it easier to push >> >> >>>on asphalt.) >>>Traction control? (Need it for all >>> >>> >the > > >>additional speed we are going to >> >> >>>have.) >>>Diesel version motor? >>> >>> >(Works for > > >>the ALMS TDI cars. It's different >> >> >>>just like the 2 stroke.) >>> >>> >>Fuel injection- >>(no more jetting!) >> >> >>>Mark S. Lindsey, AIA >>> >>> >>Principal >> >> >>>Baskervill >>>architecture + engineering + interior design >>> >>> >> >> >>>804 343 1010 P.O. Box >>> >>> >>400 Ship to or visit >> >> >>>fax 343 0909 >>> >>> >Richmond, VA 101 S 15th > > >>St >> >> >>>baskervill.com 23218 . 0400 >>> >>> >Ste 200 . 23219 > > >>>ask + listen + >>> >>> >>create [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type text/x-vcard which had a name of jwhit.vcf] --------------------------------- Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. ________________________________ 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 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
