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 RodPenrose
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| posted on November 15th, 2009 at 08:32 AM |
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Circut car Corner Weights
I have purchased a set of digital scales and am adjusting the corner balance on my circut car and need some technical info to help me with the set-up
. Can someone that has some experience in this help me with some info or point me in the right direction .
I have set the car on the scales and the total weight is 749 kg's . I have scaled it as it came off the track at Wakefield park , and than adjusted
it to what I feel is good . I have all 4 corners independantly adjustable and can get an even amount of weight on each corner . The problem is that
the car looks all twisted and bent . I have gone the other way now and set the ride height to where I want it and now the corner weights are now all
unevan . I have 100 kg's of weight in the drivers seat and am now moving such things as the battery to different positions in the car to even up the
weights .
I have ended up with 48% of the total weight on the left side and 52% on the right . I now also have 37% of the total weight on the front wheels and
63% on the rear . I am happy with what I have done for now but dont know if it is the corect way of doing it . I am back at Wakefield park on the 6th
of December and if it handles like a bag of shit I know what I can adjust to transfer more weight to another part of the car . Some experienced help
would be good , thanks ROD.
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| posted on November 15th, 2009 at 11:02 AM |
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This is a lot of fun getting it right  Seriously it makes an enormous
difference once you have it correct-You can even get to make minor adjustments for different circuits as you may already do with tyre pressures , sway
bars and shocks.
Few articles here that may help.
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No more Maccas for you! 
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| posted on November 15th, 2009 at 07:53 PM |
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Rod, I've been thinking about the corner-weight readings that you have been getting. The front anti-roll bar may be influencing the figures. I know
that it cannot be dis-connected for corner-weight adjustments (normal race car practice), so David - my son - and I will try to work out a way to do
adjustments with the roll bar in the normal situation. Will be in touch after Philip Island.
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| posted on November 15th, 2009 at 08:39 PM |
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Sway bars should be off for initial set up, then fitted and rechecked. The bars should not influence the corner weights for a base setup IMO.
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| posted on November 15th, 2009 at 09:54 PM |
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Is the ground dead level ?
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| posted on November 16th, 2009 at 03:46 AM |
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good stuff rod when i was ayoung fella working on sport sedans corner weighting was one of the best tuning tools we had, we made great gains. make
sure your body double is basicly the same shape as you as this does make a diffrence also your not gunna get close to 50/50 without adding weight most
70's race porsche had about 40/60 front to rear, have you moved the gearbox forward any? do you remember what your tyre temps were from wakefield
cause if the fronts are getting hot enough you may want to make very small adjustments as not to undo what is a good baseline to work from. ill ring
ya this week some time and get some parts and have a chat!
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| posted on November 16th, 2009 at 11:45 AM |
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Hi
Is the body double before or after lunch? As Greg said the front swaybar will be playing a part in all this, maybe adjust the front springs like a
valve spring so that each is equal side to side, then do all the adjusting on the back end.
Ok just had a thought, maybe unworkable. On the front corner weight a solid fixed point each side of the car so that you get the car balanced side 2
side, then with those two fixed points corner weight the rear end, as I said this maybe unworkable.
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Good day Rod-settled back to normal yet.Geez missing Dennys.Could you send me Michaels email and phone number when you get a chance.The Mustang and my
parts left Able Cargo last Friday.
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| posted on November 17th, 2009 at 05:33 AM |
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I played with corner weights on my tube framed car and found that the anti roll bar was the biggest influence.
Although mine was only on the rear.
I disconnected the anti roll bar link at first.
I used the coil over shock 'spring base' to set the car level with me in the seat,
and then any drastic error was improved with slight preload of the anti roll bar.
Trying to make it perfect in a static situation was no good, with engine torque unloading the rear suspension,
but moving weight around made the bst improvements,(30kg ballast, 10kg battery and 20kg fue tank).
If the ground is not level that will make a huge difference.
All the books I have claim the corner weight should be set with anti roll bars disconnected
and adjust them at the track.
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| posted on November 17th, 2009 at 05:47 PM |
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corner weights
gday Rod dont forget to check that your rear torsion bars are set at the same height jack the front of the car up in the centre ,then measure the rear
at the torsion mounts to the ground if these are different, must be set first otherwise big weight transfer problems,will upset all your readings,
cheers Rudi
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| posted on November 19th, 2009 at 06:29 PM |
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Thanks for the reply's . I have done all what you have suggested with the exception of the front sway bar disconnection . This is a little tricky as
it holds the front suspension in the correct place , so I will try to mount the front sway bar in the centre and see if this makes a difference . I
also like the idea of the tripod theory if I can get a mount directly in the centre of the front . This is only a starting point for me and I need a
base line in which to start from and improve it from there . I am also toying with the idea of removing the 26mm torsion bar from the right hand side
only and replace it with a 27mm bar to compensate for the driver { before lunch } . I also have 275lb springs in the front and may go up to a 300 lb
on the drivers side as well . I will scale it up again this weekend and see what it will do . I will also alter the thickness of the spacers on the
wheels as this will alter the weights , but will also alter the track , ROD.
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| posted on November 19th, 2009 at 10:44 PM |
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Rod, go back to a zero adjustment....u need to take one wheel of at a time
adjust small amounts......
u will need to do this all for corners until right....
no adjustment on ur coilovers will be the same.....
swaybars disconnect!!
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| posted on November 23rd, 2009 at 05:59 AM |
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rod why not make up 2 drag links that u can replace the sway bar with, then just tie up your sway bar in the approx place till you've finnished. make
the links the same weight then subtract the percentage change from front to rear bias.
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| posted on December 22nd, 2009 at 07:15 AM |
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Did you make it to Wakefield on the 6th Rod?
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Daimo , I made it to the MX5 day and killed the engine on the first run . I had reset the suspension on the corner jacks and changed the oil to a
heavier grade to boost the low oil pressure at the end of each run . I was concerned about the 10 psi of pressure at 115 degrees and decided to go for
a heavier , thicker oil to prevent the oil breakdown .
On the first outing the oil temp was around 80 deg C as I left the pits , and after the 2nd lap I switched the fan on to operate the external cooler
as the temp had got to 120 deg. . By lap 3 the oil was pushing 135 deg. and half way around the 4th lap it reached 150 deg. . I decided to back off
and drove around at 3000 rpm's as this was the last lap . By the time I arrived back in the pits the engine developed a knocking sound . After
letting the engine cool down , the crank pulley was wobbling all over the place and I thought that I had broken the crank .
I have stripped the engine and the # 2 conrod bearing is no longer there . The engine and cooler system holds almost 6 litres of oil and there was no
issue with oil surging . I also have 1mm of sideways clearance across the lifter bores and 3mm of vertical clearance . I think that the engine was so
hot that the magnesium has soften and gone all out of shape . The crank, rods , case and piston/barells are all stuffed . I have now built a 2276cc
engine with all new components , the same fk46 cam and lifters , raised the comp. to 10.4 and changed to a set of superflo's and some 48mm IDA's . I
will dyno this combo on Thurs/Fri this week and will run the car this weekend at Marulan with all of the other vw's , ROD.
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| posted on January 26th, 2010 at 02:13 PM |
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too much compression Rod I run 9.1 comp & a big oil pump + straight 40 grade oil..
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Heavy grade oil can cause over-heating, as I found out at Winton a couple of years ago Rod. As you will be at Marulan on Saturday, I'll explain why a
lighter oil reduced the oil temp. Is your engine dry-sumped? If so, this can also cause high crankcase temps. See you on Saturday.
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| posted on January 26th, 2010 at 05:15 PM |
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Hope the new combo goes well for you Rod.
I had also heard the same thing about heavier grade oil not cooling as well.
Look forward to hearing of it all.
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I ran my 1998 11/1 well past 140c 7500rpm for three seasons everythings still fine, floged out lifters and bores possible too hi valve seat
pressures.what type of oil you using, a good 15w/40 turbo oil should be fine,have heard of cam follower bores flogging out before on mag cases,dont
muck around use an alloy case, Also check condition of camshaft thrustbearings,have had a few of these look pretty ordinary as well may have lost
drive on oil pump.How many are heading to Marulan on the weekend.
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| posted on January 27th, 2010 at 05:59 PM |
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I'll be there Rudi!
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Which car u running Greg
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Taking the '59 Beetle and the Turbo L bug! Can't have TOO MUCH fun, can you?
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| posted on January 28th, 2010 at 09:28 AM |
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What a bummer. What grade oil did you change to?
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Daimo , I made it to the MX5 day and killed the engine on the first run . I had reset the suspension on the corner jacks and changed the oil to a
heavier grade to boost the low oil pressure at the end of each run . I was concerned about the 10 psi of pressure at 115 degrees and decided to go for
a heavier , thicker oil to prevent the oil breakdown .
On the first outing the oil temp was around 80 deg C as I left the pits , and after the 2nd lap I switched the fan on to operate the external cooler
as the temp had got to 120 deg. . By lap 3 the oil was pushing 135 deg. and half way around the 4th lap it reached 150 deg. . I decided to back off
and drove around at 3000 rpm's as this was the last lap . By the time I arrived back in the pits the engine developed a knocking sound . After
letting the engine cool down , the crank pulley was wobbling all over the place and I thought that I had broken the crank .
I have stripped the engine and the # 2 conrod bearing is no longer there . The engine and cooler system holds almost 6 litres of oil and there was no
issue with oil surging . I also have 1mm of sideways clearance across the lifter bores and 3mm of vertical clearance . I think that the engine was so
hot that the magnesium has soften and gone all out of shape . The crank, rods , case and piston/barells are all stuffed . I have now built a 2276cc
engine with all new components , the same fk46 cam and lifters , riased the comp. to 10.4 and changed to a set of superflo's and some 48mm IDA's . I
will dyno this combo on Thurs/Fri this week and will run the car this weekend at Marulan with all of the other vw's , ROD.
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posted by RodPenrose
Daimo , I made it to the MX5 day and killed the engine on the first run . I had reset the suspension on the corner jacks and changed the oil to a
heavier grade to boost the low oil pressure at the end of each run . I was concerned about the 10 psi of pressure at 115 degrees and decided to go for
a heavier , thicker oil to prevent the oil breakdown .
On the first outing the oil temp was around 80 deg C as I left the pits , and after the 2nd lap I switched the fan on to operate the external cooler
as the temp had got to 120 deg. . By lap 3 the oil was pushing 135 deg. and half way around the 4th lap it reached 150 deg. . I decided to back off
and drove around at 3000 rpm's as this was the last lap . By the time I arrived back in the pits the engine developed a knocking sound . After
letting the engine cool down , the crank pulley was wobbling all over the place and I thought that I had broken the crank .
I have stripped the engine and the # 2 conrod bearing is no longer there . The engine and cooler system holds almost 6 litres of oil and there was no
issue with oil surging . I also have 1mm of sideways clearance across the lifter bores and 3mm of vertical clearance . I think that the engine was so
hot that the magnesium has soften and gone all out of shape . The crank, rods , case and piston/barells are all stuffed . I have now built a 2276cc
engine with all new components , the same fk46 cam and lifters , riased the comp. to 10.4 and changed to a set of superflo's and some 48mm IDA's . I
will dyno this combo on Thurs/Fri this week and will run the car this weekend at Marulan with all of the other vw's , ROD.
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So how did the "new" 2276 go ?
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| posted on February 1st, 2010 at 03:42 PM |
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You dont wanna know, Rod had to leave early which is very dissapointing.
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faulty oil pump ???
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i dunno what it was but was not good thats for sure.
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so any updates on the 2276 failure ?
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| posted on February 27th, 2010 at 12:37 AM |
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faulty oil pump, BOOM.....OH WELL, i think it made over 130 wheel horsepower and shit load more torque...
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