Originally Posted by WHITEDART
My thinking here is a power Adder car has enough horsepower to separate the spring Beyond its neutral position down track on a motor car we lack down track horsepower which means the leaf spring is actually trying to pull the tire back up off the track.. this is just a theory for instance I have five and a half inches of shock travel and a leaf spring that only suspends two and a half inches from ride height.. so the car on separation actually is beginning to fight the leaf spring after two and a half inches I think ideally when I'm looking for is for the same right height and a leaf spring that will suspend five or six inches that way all of the action will be controlled by shock adjustment not the added variable of the spring


So maybe its time to call your shock guy. Most of the fast leaf spring cars are using the blue Afco's or Santuff shocks...I know the valving is key...

https://www.afcoracing.com/store.aspx?itemid=3548&pagetitle=Big-Gun

Rhodes makes it seem simple:
https://www.motortrend.com/features/leaf-spring-tips-tricks-x275-racer-ron-rhodes/

Last edited by Dragula; 03/09/23 12:34 PM.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYw6RA-k5Bk (6.25 at 108.75mph from inside car)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zQEb9uxFng (6.25 at 108mph from outside car)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCvfzsC4NgM (9.9)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Znuo3jMUXTk