10-07-2007, 09:22 AM
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heavy hauler
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Bakersfield,CA.,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: Shell Valley stroked 342
Posts: 248
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Jeff,
You will get far greater results by focusing on:
1. Driving the line consistently and smoothly.
2. Steering, brake, shifting, and throttle control.
3. Seat time, seat time, and more seat time.
4. While practicing the above three, get your spring rates, dampers, castor / camber, tires, and alignment understood and dialed in.
5. Don’t drive over your head. Proper seat, harness, fire suppression, and a roll bar that is at least 3” above the driver’s helmet ( I can go on and on)
If this is a street car, you will have to make considerable compromises in chassis setup. If you don’t mind the hassle, have a set of coil-overs and tires for the track, and a set for the street. If you really want to play, get one cobra for the track and another for the street. 50 or 100 pounds won’t make a hill of beans difference as compared to the driver’s ability and a reasonable chassis setup.
To answer your question in a nutshell, adding weight to the front will change the dynamics / weight transfer of the car under, braking, turn-in, entering thru exiting a turn, but if there is no real basis or baseline, of this hypothetical car / question, to compare to, who knows, it may even help how the car handles. It’s all just lip service until you see how your car behaves on the track with you at the wheel.
Be safe and have fun!
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Jeff
the first thing I would do is take the car to the track and drive it, and if you're really interested, go to a driving school, the more seat time you get the better, as you learn what the car is doing you can adjust you're driving style to compensate, and or , change the setup, springs , shocks, tires, even different tire pressure adjustments will make a difference, but for any change you make to the car to work the first 1st is to be smooth, I learned that years ago racing karts,if you hopped the kart going into the corner or slid sideways it took a long time to make up the time you lost
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