I see...I think I've seen photos of your Mono-leaf spring set-up...sweet indeed. That's a big weight handicap though with 60+lbs of ballast. I added a new secondary (meant for pick-up trucks) to the old leaf springs and it's really stiffened up the rear...barely bearable on the road. Without the ballast, did your roadster snap-oversteer because it was too stiff and too light? Thanks for the inputs!
Ron's roadster has a much different rear suspension than I do. He is running a panhard rod with traction bars and stock leaf springs. I'm running a very rare (in north america) set of Mono-leaf springs. 190# spring rate, 12lbs each. The downfall with my setup is that I had to add 60+lbs of lead to the trunk and run a full tank of fuel to get the car to stick. I removed 54lbs of unsprung weight from the back end, but added it all back to regain traction.
Awesome video Will! Thank you for sharing! :) Your roadster is faster at the corners. I think the roadster in front of you has softer rear leaf springs. Anyways, looking forward to more race videos!
Great perspective of the track and of Ron's car. Well driven Will!
DJV1650 2 months ago
I see...I think I've seen photos of your Mono-leaf spring set-up...sweet indeed. That's a big weight handicap though with 60+lbs of ballast. I added a new secondary (meant for pick-up trucks) to the old leaf springs and it's really stiffened up the rear...barely bearable on the road. Without the ballast, did your roadster snap-oversteer because it was too stiff and too light? Thanks for the inputs!
stevenflor 8 months ago
Ron's roadster has a much different rear suspension than I do. He is running a panhard rod with traction bars and stock leaf springs. I'm running a very rare (in north america) set of Mono-leaf springs. 190# spring rate, 12lbs each. The downfall with my setup is that I had to add 60+lbs of lead to the trunk and run a full tank of fuel to get the car to stick. I removed 54lbs of unsprung weight from the back end, but added it all back to regain traction.
RAD2LTR 8 months ago
Awesome video Will! Thank you for sharing! :) Your roadster is faster at the corners. I think the roadster in front of you has softer rear leaf springs. Anyways, looking forward to more race videos!
stevenflor 8 months ago
You drove very well Will. Thanks for posting. :-)
avidtest 9 months ago