Originally Posted by birdtracker
so I have the car up on stands right now and the rearend out of it. The axles and pig are out of it. The car will not 60 foot the way it was.The bars were down 9 degrees. I talked to another racer that is old school and he recommended the string from the tire to camshaft and see where that intersects. Work in progress. Birdtracker


The height of the camshaft is what is usually used when you don't take the time to calculate the center of gravity vertically for the car. It is a good estimate and I have used it a lot. Real way is to use scales and then jack up the front and use a formula with the weight change to get the real center of gravity height. Most of my experience is with 4-links, and I chased my tail one time, over 60 foot times and when all was said and done the rear spring rates were too stiff. Instant center changes would not solve the issue.