Sunday 18 August 2013

Sold on Racing



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Let’s spending a minute getting on the same page in reference to squaring race cars. For the sake of clarity of this blog targeted late model styles cars. But the recommendations apply to many race cars types. For the purposes of this blogs we are assuming that the housing is perfectly straight and your frame is in factory condition. 

If you identify your goal before starting, it helps in the end result.  Common knowledge start that the rear and must be square. However, the question at hand is square to what? Referring to the drawing below will help keep things clear as you read the recommendations. To have a rear end and installed must correctly we must square the housing to something. But square to what? The common answer is that we need to be square to the frame rail. If your frame rails are perfectly straight the good result can be gained from utilizing the  frame rail as a reference point. 

The reality is that the frame rails are not  straight. Race car frame rail are made from mid steel that is simply pulled from a rack. The steel is not that straight to begin with and welding helps to destroy it further. My opinion is that the frame rail is hard to rely too consistently.  Really our goal is to "square" the rear end housing to the front end versus the frame rails. The steel is along for the ride. The front suspension pivot points are the true reference points. By embracing this concept the frame can have some normal bends and bows and you can still be assured a square rear end. My recommendations involve squaring to the front pivot points as this will provide the most consistency. We provided our customer different types of racing cars available in latest module.