Alterkation or HemiDenny

Hey Wracks71...since you are the factory road racer...can I ask you?

for auto X or whatever it is called (roadracing).... what makes a coilover car any better than a torsion bar car? not a trick question or anything, but looking at your race car I see a wider/lower stance..wide, low profile tires....big brakes...no doubt, big sway bars. All stuff I can do without ANYONES coilover conversion. I have seen many race cars with front torsion bars...keeping the weight spread out and low on the car.


the big improvement for road racing (for me) would be to trash the leaf springs and go to a rear 4-bar set-up w/ locator and sway bar...adjust the bars to get in to plant...plus jack the weight where it fits the track.

my experience with the Mustang II front spindle is while it is a great affordable front steer spindle...it does not have the ackerman that the factory rear steer set up provides...the Mustang II is more of what I would call neutral ackerman...both turn about the same. I would think ackerman would be good for road racing/turning corners....but maybe you are sporting some "trick" race parts and not the over the counter spindles???

and since I don't think it is the secret to the nuclear bomb and you are the only A-body road racer I know... I have another question ....the RMS uses a modified steering arm on the spindle to correct (I assume) bumpsteer and it also appears to be lengthened a tad...does the added lenght slow down the steering and/or affect the turning radius where it is noticeable.

just askin' the expert


sorry for the late reply,been working! number one,there is a big difference between road course and auto-x. i am leaning more toward auto-x because road racing is definetly harder on the car. before we installed the new suspension i could berely out run a standard new vette in an auto-x. i the american streetcar series events i was finishing generally around 29-35th out of about 60 cars,so mid field. after the install,on shot tires,at run to hills last year i finished 12th. that's the difference. no bump steer. nothing goofy even with no rear swaybar,yet. i am now running 275-35-18's on 18x9 wheels front and rear. we will be hitting a bunch of goodguys events this year after i get it back after having a run in with a deer. the whole plan is to run with the DSE,Hotchkis cars,etc and hopefully kick a little but. we will be at the face off at road america also. i wish there were some more mopars out there running with all the brand-x stuff that is dominating.