Akina's build

[largeorangefont]

Thanks Eric, forgot you listed the part numbers above. Very interested to see how this does. What actually excited me most is the adjustability.

I suspect you'll need a revalve. I do in the rear after dropping 100 lbs on the spring rates. You'll  know if you are going in the right direction at least

[AKINA FC]

Thanks Eric, forgot you listed the part numbers above. Very interested to see how this does. What actually excited me most is the adjustability.

I suspect you'll need a revalve. I do in the rear after dropping 100 lbs on the spring rates. You'll  know if you are going in the right direction at least

You and me both! Hastings on the 13/14th is going to be interesting. I suspect your right on the re-valve, I figure when i get back I'll take them off and send them in, hopefully have them back before High plains on labor day weekend.

[AKINA FC]

Some shots of the brake cooling






New oil cooler done as well, started out with a afco double pass deck unit and made ducting/brackets to fit in the same spot as my other unit, this should help temp wise quite a bit I think.

[Supe]

Thanks, looks great!  Any shots of the ducts mounted to the hub?

[largeorangefont]

Do the tires hit the brake ducting? I love the extra clearance with the speedway bar... I think I am going to spend some money this next season.

Are you running 7 inch springs up front? I switched to 6 inch springs up front for extra tire and wheel clearance.

[AKINA FC]

Do the tires hit the brake ducting? I love the extra clearance with the speedway bar... I think I am going to spend some money this next season.

Are you running 7 inch springs up front? I switched to 6 inch springs up front for extra tire and wheel clearance.

They would but I made shields out of 4" aluminum .125" wall tube that bolt to the body, cut the tube in half so it has a nice pre made curve and welded tabs on them, the tires would rub on full lock otherwise.
I thought about going to a smaller spring but after doing the math and figuring that the front springs are going to compress 1.33" at static ride height and with 3.5" of usable stroke I would stay with the longer spring to not possibly get into bind, especially since I have a ton of room between the tire/wheel and the spring.

Thanks, looks great!  Any shots of the ducts mounted to the hub?

I'll get a pic of the shields mounted on the spindle this weekend.

[largeorangefont]

Nice. As an FYI my 6 inch PAC springs have slightly more travel than the 7 inch Fortune springs I replaced.

[AKINA FC]

Well things worked out pretty good this past weekend, I finally have a car i can drive again. Second gear accelleration is great when tires are hot, rough surfaces are not a issue any more, car transitions well, tons of rear grip - I am in love with that.
Things to work on - car has a good deal of push mid corner and corner exit unless I over power it. I can set the front end under braking and turns in great but then it goes away. Rear braking has definetely deteriorated some due to increased weight transfer, I feel some of that is also from the valving not being correct in the shocks for the softer springs.
So after getting pressures dialed in after the first couple runs I worked the absorbers some, got a little improvement from that. Rear bar is still disconnected and front bar set in the middle setting. Now I know you guys are wondering why I didn't start adjusting bars like crazy, which I wanted to do but I felt it was better for me as a driver to work on myself first since the whole car was basically new again, for the second time haha which I'm glad I did do but also it ruined my weekend a little sooner than I hoped as I corded the fronts from drving through the understeer. Now one other thing to note is these tires were old and the fronts were definetely older than the rears so some of the push was part of the tires. I didnt want to throw on fresh tires until I felt the car was somewhat in the ballpark.
I got one vid as friend wanted to ride along on the second session on saturday and brought his camera which I'm he did, showed me how far my line was off on some of the corners     You'll also hear me mentioning braking issues as at end of the video as I lost pretty much all the front brake pressure due to air in the lines, pedal went pretty much to the floor but the rears still functioned thankfully. It was kinda mushy going through that whole session but once I started to pick up some speed it just went completely away    Thought I had it bled pretty well but once I got back in the pits and bled them again they had a loooot of air in them front and rear, pedal felt great the rest of the weekend afterwards. So enjoy the vid!

https://youtu.be/TEqIMcfCZuc

[digitalsolo]

I'm very admittedly not a road racer (at least not yet) but that looks like a hell of a lot of fun.

[bikedad]

I'm very admittedly not a road racer (at least not yet) but that looks like a hell of a lot of fun.

Once you get bit by the track bug you're hooked. It is so much fun out there. 

[largeorangefont]

The car looks killer out there. I am certain you can get the push tuned out from mid corner to exit. I had the same problem last year.

I agree with not making a ton of adjustments after a big change like this, as the whole attitude and platform of the car is going to be different.

I am interested what will happen if you hook up the rear bar. It might help corner mid-exit but I am wondering if it will free up your entry too much.

[AKINA FC]

I'm very admittedly not a road racer (at least not yet) but that looks like a hell of a lot of fun.

Puts a smile on my face every time! and apparently everyone else as it seems i have a line of people every race wanting to go on ride along's.

I'm very admittedly not a road racer (at least not yet) but that looks like a hell of a lot of fun.

Once you get bit by the track bug you're hooked. It is so much fun out there. 

You are not kidding!! I think a drug habit would be far cheaper.

The car looks killer out there. I am certain you can get the push tuned out from mid corner to exit. I had the same problem last year.

I agree with not making a ton of adjustments after a big change like this, as the whole attitude and platform of the car is going to be different.

I am interested what will happen if you hook up the rear bar. It might help corner mid-exit but I am wondering if it will free up your entry too much.

I thought about rear bar first as that was my initial reaction but the more I dwell on it I think increasing front camber and then adjusting the front bar first is the way to go as I really dont want to decrease or alter rear grip. I am at 3.5 right now and I think 4 to 4.5 is what it wants judging by temps as it was about 20* hotter on the outsides, rears at 1.7 static are about perfect. I know some of the temp on the outside fronts is from sliding but it was rolling the tire over as well which you can see on the sidewall.

[largeorangefont]

Yea. My thought would be to not mess with the rear bar unless you have to. I am very happy without it. Is the car rolling over more in the corner?

Is this the first time you've had Hoosiers on the car?

[AKINA FC]

Yea. My thought would be to not mess with the rear bar unless you have to. I am very happy without it. Is the car rolling over more in the corner?

Is this the first time you've had Hoosiers on the car?

It has a lot more roll than the old suspension for sure. This is the second time out I have had Hoosiers on the car, first time with hoosiers was the last event and I couldn't get any real heat in them as the car was horrible but I also didn't get much time in the car due to other problems   So I would say this is the first time haha

[wickedrx7]

Car is looking great!