Is our suspension setup correctly by aftermarket strut MFR's? Is the bias correct?

[Unlogic]

Awesome pics!

Also like the hood, may I ask where you got it from?

[HLxDrummer]

184MPH!? That is fast..

Also, what is the thing sticking out of your hood?

[anyonebutme]

184MPH!? That is fast..

Also, what is the thing sticking out of your hood?

Thats the tow hook

[Erron Spalsbury]

184MPH!? That is fast..

Also, what is the thing sticking out of your hood?

To be fair, it's a loooong straight. I was just able to carry more speed through T3 which lead to the faster straight time.
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Yes, that's the tow hook. The kind that poke out of the front of the car is pretty much a spear should you T-bone someone. There's even talks of someday banning them. I personally didn't want to ever spear someone I went that route instead.

[Erron Spalsbury]

The hood came from Chaser Aerodynamics from about 3 year ago? Something like that...

[Unlogic]

The hood came from Chaser Aerodynamics from about 3 year ago? Something like that...

Thanks for information, I have to get a quote from them.

Have you had to reinforce the hood in any way in order for it to stay in one piece at 184 mph

I've seen a few stories of CF/fiberglass hoods not being stable at high speed.

[Erron Spalsbury]

I haven't. I also don't use the stock latch but dual OMP hood pins.

[J. Fast]

Yo E, what did you collect for tire data? What were your inside and outside temps on the corners? Dam you pushed that tire like mad. Haha, you totally killed it! I was hoping to see you and Hal go at it on the straightway. Good times man! Looks like you only have a few lil bugs left. You coming back out on Sunday?

[Erron Spalsbury]

16 degrees higher on the outside edge with the point and shoot IR. Not really the correct way to measure temp but I didn't have access to a probe. They didn't really go over temp, I just didn't have enough camber dialed in. No bluing on the tire so that's good. I think these tires were just about done anyway. I just pressed too hard down in Danny's Lesson to feel the load out on the heavy side of the car and lap after lap took it's toll. I'll dial in more camber and have at it again. I thought about running the cam bolts but I think I'll just hoggle out the pillow ball mount and tilt the whole enchilada. I think I'll even drop the car another inch or so as I never even came close to hitting the fender with the tire.

[J. Fast]

Want to see something crazy familiar?



The pic above is from a 14k front and a 10k rear. The alignment is good. I put in a bump steer to correct the shouldering . Look how bad I was pushing the tire. There's a ton of understeer bias. . I changed the rear spring rate to match the front so 14k front and rears. I shifted the bias to neutral and stopped pushing the tire. You can see it in the tire wear. I also even'd out the tire temp across the tire. I changed the tire wear issue in the suspension alone. Here's a pic of the same type of tire on the same corner with a 14k front and rear with a dual 200lb helper 1" from bind.