Double Adjustable Shocks | Coilover Tuning | Suspension Help
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- Double Adjustable Shocks and Coilover Tuning Suspension Help for the hit!
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12 Basic Questions to ask when needing suspension help to tune your cars front and rear coilovers for the best 60 foot times. Drag Race Suspension & Drag Racing shock adjustments, Tuning double adjustable shocks, aka coilovers, to help eliminate tire shake and launching a drag car do not have to be mysterious. Critical to this process is knowing what shocks and springs you have, scaling the race car, ensuring installed height of the shocks and making sure you have the right spring compression for stored energy. Corner weights help you setup preload to launch and go straight and wheelie bars are critical in wheel speed and helping steer the car if it wheelies. Tuning your drag car suspension is fun and not black magic so learn how to do coilover tuning on your car!
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Don't let the suspension side of your drag car confuse or intimidate you! I want to help racers understand these parts so they can get the most out of their drag car and even more importantly, be safe! i could be in the lane next to you, so let's understand how to keep our cars fast, straight and safe! Years and years ago, people would just add more and more pinion angle to try to get more bite. While pinion angle is important, you don't need so much pinion angle as racers thought years ago. 2.5 to 3 degrees will do it, if you have the combination of other things working together. Take the time to understand these details covered here so you can be more comfortable making small, incremental changes. Go Fast! Go Straight! Be Safe!
It's really awesome you are providing this information on here. Especially because your'e doing it for free. People have to spend hours learning the hard way (partially how i have learned) adjusting up and down pass after pass. So, thank you man, i appreciate the info.
kirk juan thanks so much for your comments! You are welcomed!! Go fast, go straight! Be Safe!
I learned more in the first 20 minutes of this video, than I've learned in years!!! You are an amazing teacher!! Thank you!
Patrick M. thanks so much for your comments and compliment! Go fast, go straight! Be Safe!!
Kevin, Thanks for taking the time to educate guys like me. I have a great deal to learn and your videos are a huge help. I want to go to coilovers and had no clue what I needed but am beginning to understand. Keep up the videos, your knowledge and willingness to share is like finding gold. Thanks
radregal thanks so much for your comments and encouragement! More videos on the way. Go fast, go straight! Be Safe!
Wisdom with service.. Great job Kevin...
J C thanks so much for your comments! Go fast, go straight! Be Safe!!
The video's are great Kevin. I know they take a lot of time and effort but they are very helpful. Thank you!!!
Scott Nettell thanks so much for your comments and the compliment! I do enjoy sharing what I have learned to hopefully keep growing the sport of drag racing and chassis tuning. Go fast, go straight! Be Safe!
outstanding explanations, thank your for sharing your knowledge and breaking down the basics!
Glampstron Zartonalbee thanks so much for your comments! Appreciate your kind remarks! Go fast, go straight! Be Safe!!
I really liked the way you explained the wheelstand and front end travel. It makes all the sense you need to know when you can put that extra weight per say on the front earlier it slows the momentum of the wheelstand. It's like having a headstart at something with two different lengths of chain or rope. You got less chance for a dog to break loose from his chain if he can't get going before it tightens up. Something like that. I like watching your videos keep it up. I've learned alot in the last couple of months taking notes like crazy I'm in the beginning of a build myself n I'm gonna have alot more to learn thanks man keep it up
Ron Lemon thanks so much for your comments and support of the channel! Go fast, go straight! Be Safe!!
Great video. I like the down to earth basic description of stuff.
Chuck Tersolo thanks so much for your comments! I am doing all I can to take the mystery out of this stuff. More videos coming and I will have one out tomorrow afternoon on 4 Link Bar angles and AntiSquat lines with Center of Gravity demystified. Stay tuned! Go fast, go straight! Be safe!
Great videos. 👍 thankyou for making these informative opportunities
Thank you so much for helping me understand why drag cars take off so fast. You make it very easy to understand what the car is doing. Hope someday I get to meet you. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
You're welcome! Thanks George so much for commenting! Go fast, go straight! Be SAFE!!
another great very informative video Kevin has totally turned my car around and put the fun back into racing for me!
Andrew Thorpe thanks so much for your comments! I am so glad I have been able to give you some info to help you. I love our sport and working on understanding suspension and all things drag racing. Keep me posted on your progress. Go fast, go straight! Stay safe!
Under spring vs on top of the spring👍
First time to the track 2020 with a four link. Lots of great things ta do, thanks.
supercharged6771 thanks so much for your comments! Go fast, go straight! Be Safe!!
This guys info is gold
Thomas Mann thanks so much for your comments and support! Hope the videos continue to help you with drag racing suspension videos. Go fast, go straight! Be Safe!!
Man! I am so looking forward to getting my car going again! I have ladder bars. Kevin is the only person I have found that has knowledge of on the subject. I’m looking forward to doing business with him in the future.
Layton Turpin thanks so much for your comments! Look forward to helping you more when you are ready! Go fast, go straight! Be Safe!!
@@KevinWilsonSBC thank you for showing up in my life when I’ve needed you the most! I’m in the process of upgrading to a blower engine in my car and I’ll need you more than ever. Take care, and I’ll stay in touch through the winter. Go fast, go straight, and be safe!
Enjoyed the video, got some measurements to go take!
Fred G thanks so much for your comments! You will not regret taking the time to measure your car and plot your numbers. It absolutely makes a difference when you see the visual picture of your car. Go fast, go straight! Be Safe!
Very cool I am running a camaro convertible
Thanks Kevin I am just starting to build my drag car it's a 77 Datsun 810 super rare and cool car. I am putting a 9" with 4link in it at the moment and this has its challenges I have been watching your videos getting a better perspective of what I'm doing cuz this is my first 4 link ever and it being a unibody car has its challenges and your info is getting me ready to do this the right way the first time. I most likely will be getting in touch with you in the near future thanks for your time
Subaru Scott Henry thanks so much for your comments! That absolutely sounds like a cool car!!! Keep me posted as you go. Go fast, go straight! Be Safe!!
Kevin you bet I'll be keeping you posted as I know I'll have tons of questions to come so thanks for taking your time to answer are questions be safe out there
WOW! Just found this.........Awesome, Would love to discuss this
Sweet as ya Nana. More good info.
Thanks for watching! Go fast, go straight! Be SAFE!!
GREAT VIDEO!!
Ben Burden thanks so much for your comments! Go fast, go straight! Be Safe!!
Just found your channel but . From your videos ima switch my v 6 springs in bk to coilovers. All the way around we use v 6 springs couse we thought they was softer for hooking but this me again I run 2000 z28 ls stock suspension car with everything in stock location. But I do street racing also . An its very important to hook. Theses videos are helping me thanks.
John Salary thanks so much for your comments! I know many people using V6 springs successfully. I do still prefer coilovers as you just have more tuning and adjustability. Go fast, go straight! Be Safe!!
@@KevinWilsonSBC oh so we wasn't totally wrong thanks look forward to the upcoming videos.
Great Video. New To The Sport, We Kept Spinning The Tires Last Time Out. This Info Will Really Help. Thank You!!!
Rover Do thanks so much for your comments! Hang in there and don't give up! Go fast, go straight! Stay Safe!
Hey there Kevin... "GREAT VIDEOS".. I'm learning alot, and really starting to get a handle on many issues... my question is this.. whose chassis scale would you recommend ? I'm interested in purchasing my own set
tqservices2000 thanks so much for your comments and question on the scales! I am not sponsored by these guys at all, but we have used the hang out of these scales for sure: www.longacreracing.com/products.aspx?itemid=1785&prodid=7143&pagetitle=Computerscales%c2%ae-AccuSet-II%e2%84%a2-Basic-System I do prefer the wired scales, for no specific reason, just old school I guess and we have a large security company next door with some massive wireless cameras and surveillance equipment that can make wireless stuff fun. I calibrate these before every use with the same weight for the past 7 years and these scales just repeatedly are dead consistent. Also, after each use, all batteries come out of the unit just to be safe from any acid leaking in it. Hope this helps! Go fast, go straight! Be Safe!
Kevin I know you deal alot with race car setup, my question is how important is engine placement for an occasional track mostly street driven car i.e. setback/forward of center line of straight axle
Great video, is a “ flat” a full turn or just a quarter to the next flat of nut?
Max Wedgie thanks so much for your comment &question! It is the flat of a nut or about a quarter of a turn. Go fast, go straight! Be Safe!!
Thank you for your informational videos. How do I acquire 2 to 2 1/2 degrees negative pinion angle when my drive shaft angle is negative 2.80 and my pinion is .65 positive? I understand how to use the upper control arms to tip the rear end up and down to achieve a negative pinion angle of 2.5 but I can't figure out how to achieve this when I have a positive number at the pinion and a negative number at the drive shaft.
Denise Cremard thanks so much for your comments! Shoot me an email. Go fast, go straight! Be Safe!!
No hablo ingles pero no tendra algun libro para comprarselo soy de panama tengo un plymouth duster y estor armando un AE86 SR TOYOTA CON 2JZ Y 4LINK
I have a 98 camaro 434lsx turbo 3650lbs with me in it I have q1a coil overs in the back double adjustable 32 click 150lbs springs 29 12 15 hossier slicks spohn adjustable panhard , lower control arms and anti sway bar with a bar torque arm strange s60 rearend with welded lower control arm relocation brackets all spherical rod ends. At ride height my shocks are 1.75 inches from bottom they have a 6 5/8 travel my shocks are compressed 41% 720 lbs per spring since there compressed 4.8 inches on a 12 inch long spring. So what I'm wonder is in order for me to have a 25-30% comprssion ratio I would need 200- 240 lbs springs. Or if I went with a longer spring 16inch with the same spring rate I have now I could get to 30% but all my energy would still be stored in the 4.8 inches the spring would compress. So my question is is there a distance in inches rather than by percentage that you want your spring to compress. I'm set up right now with about a inch of seperation on a hard hit any more and I crush the slicks would a stiffer spring benefit me . On a marginal track I blow the tires off but it's my own fault for not softening the rebound in my shocks. Any help would be appreciated
Hey Kevin, great stuff. Question, would you be interested in helping with my air ride street short bed 1986 C10 that has 600HP now? A Skip White 434. TCI TH350 with a Gear Vendors overdrive. I have installed a basic Art Morrison triangular 4 link with a Quick Performance 9". The front is a Porter-Built air ride chassis. Basically a mustang 2 design with rack and pinion. The shocks are just the cheap ones that came with both kits to mainly deal with all of the travel of the air ride chassis. The air ride system is Airlift. The chassis is Porter-Built's stage 1. It's not a lay flat where the bed is all cut up, but just a standard C-Notched truck. It's limited to 3" off the ground. Art Morrison doesn't make a bolt on kit for the 4-link, so with a plasma cutter and welder I fabricated it in. I mounted the rear shocks in the center of the total chassis movement to match the center of travel of the shocks. That's all I knew to do. I set the 4 link system to be in the middle of it's total travel, (I think it's 8"), to be at ride height. So at ride height, I have 4" inches each direction. All 4 sides are bagged, but with the welder, I can change to air ride struts if needed. Do you have any cool Ideas that might help us air ride guys?
hi kevin i'm from brazil i would really like your videos to have subtitles
My apologies, but I barely have time to get out content in a timely manner so I am just not able to put time into the subtitles at this time. I do apologize, but maybe one day the channel will grow to a point where I can invest in that part more. Go fast, go straight! Be SAFE!
Hello Great Videos, Do you work with factory 4-links on 68-72 GM a-Body
gtoindy thanks so much for your question! We do work on factory 4 links on the 68-72 A body. Checkout our website at Samsonperformance.com Go fast, go straight! Be Safe!
@@KevinWilsonSBC Thanks for the reply. Working on filling out your information sheet. I have been fighting this car for years very inconsistent losing interest in racing due to it.
You still planning on doing a video on viking triple adjustable shocks?
Wormser McFrazzleweiner thanks so much for your question! Absolutely I am. I am sorry it is taking so long as I am just slammed right now. Go fast, go straight! Be Safe!!
Don't matter what's under the hood is what's out back that really counts
Looking for the chassis calculator to use?
It is listed in the description of the video.. www.baselinesuspensions.com/instant-center_general.php
What's an anti roll bar I have an anti sway bar front and rear can you show explain that
Dale Chirstopher thanks so much for your question on rear anti roll bar! It is just another name for anti sway bar so the same thing really. At the drag strip it is predominately called an anti roll bar. It is all about stopping the rear chassis/body from dipping over the right rear slick, which takes weight with it. Go fast, go straight! Be Safe!!
What's the best way to get my uni- frame 79 trans am to a racing level
I realize I have to stiffen it up from my existing frame to the rear end
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