> Should you have Rear Sway bars? The pump runs on 12volts and will pump plenty of fuel. Pobst begins by going over the differences between rear-, front-, and all-wheel drive. The hardened track condition may only occur for one heat or so. FRONT WHEEL DRIVE RULES. > When weighing the car where you can read the weight of each wheel,,. Be sure to look under the car and check for rust. And the one thing about these cars today is they need to be driven just about like they are on the blacktop. The front wheels do everything, turning, braking, and accelerating whilst the majority of the car's weight is over the front wheels. We can move the Panhard bar over to the left side of the chassis with the heights at 11 inches left and 9 inches right. Reinforcing of wheels recommended. When you are driving on course you are rarely over 10 degrees of steering angle and usually under 5. ENGINE COMPARTMENT: Engine and radiator must be OEM, in OEM location for year, make and model of car used. Most conversations about front-wheel drive suspension engineering revolve around camber and shock adjustments, with little to no mention of caster. LM: We will want to soften the setup a little more while the track is transitioning through this phase, and we need to reverse-split the front springs. Dirt track racing is the single most common form of auto racing in the United States. But any modern car is going to say whoa, hey, what are you thinking? No transmission coolers in driver compartment. The rear springs don't need to be stiff at all since they are carrying very little weight. 1. But a lot of times if you had that guy's setup you probably wouldn't be that good anyway because it doesn't fit your driving style. No torque dividing final drive. ACP: Its kind of an open secret that they do that with the rear brakes on the Focus ST. TIRES AND WHEELS: OEM DOT 13, 14, 15 or 16-inch passenger tires only. Normally there are lots of used seats available you just have to look around. The whole challenge of a front-wheel drive car is the tires friction circle. WARNING: This is a big web page, about 180 posts, over 600K. Frankly, the advice that was given regarding front-to-rear weight distribution and spring selection for a FWD car is questionable at best. For example, if a tire is using 80 percent of its maximum available grip for cornering, it can only use 20 percent for acceleration. Just aim for the gritty spots, and that can help keep the tires from glazing over. 18. No re-caps, softening, conditioning, siping or grooving allowed. ) In our journey through a full day of dirt track racing at "Anywhere Speedway," we have purposely left out a number of setup variables such as fifth and sixth coil adjustments, gear changes, birdcage indexing, rear spring placement (front or rear of the axle tube), the decision to clamp or not to clamp, and others. Just ask the parts store for a frame mounted external fuel pump for an 89 F-150. At Circle Track we are all about helping racers find success on the race track. Aluminum high-back racing seat required. If you can learn to pilot a FWD car fast, you can drive anything. We might want to anticipate the dry and slicker conditions coming now for lack of time later. The surface has not come apart just yet, and passing is a bit more manageable because the entire width of the track is uniform in grip. Look for some grit; just aim for places where it's not really shiny. We need to maintain the downforce our car produces for corner speed, while providing some kind of bite off the corners. Soft driving seems slow, but the alternative is always slower. This transfer of weight to the front of the car should allow the rear to lose enough grip to have some rotation into the corner, thus allowing the driver to open the wheel much more at exit for better grip and acceleration. No speeding, no passing, no bumping; just drive around. More importantly, it increases spring rate at the point of contact with the road. > Front Sway bars, do you use them? GIFT CARDS. That being said, if your car is suffering from terminal understeer, getting rid of the front bar will definitely help. Flywheel, flexplate, clutch assembly and torque converter must be unaltered, OEM for year, make and model of car used. About 2-4 degrees of positive camber works in the LF. In autocross, additional caster does lead to valid camber gain as the steering inputs are much greater on smaller, tighter course. There is only one way to stop a severe pushy or loose car, and that is to lift off the throttle. Driver must be sealed off from track, engine, transmission and fuel cell/tank. (See, now you wish you hadnt skimmed over that whole trail-braking section). But in the Crate cars the corners just don't come at you as quick, so you've got more time to think and maneuver. It's best to purchase your first racecar already put together. HS: With the track going to full dry and slick conditions, we need to get more radical in our setup. Must be securely mounted using 0.375-inch bolts. As someone who spent 20 years driving as "right wheel drive" purist, having recently started driving/racing a fwd car, I will admit that I was wrong and completely agree with the opening of the article. 13. The first is that the car is rotating enough that it should be better pointed down the next straightaway, allowing us to open up the steering wheel and decrease the amount of grip the tires need to steer the car and allow more to be used for acceleration. Someone else can chime in about the other cars. Minimum three-inch wide five point safety belt assembly required (Y-type shoulder harness not allowed) must be mounted securely to roll cage, recommended to be no more than one year old. The primary goal of the diff in a front-wheel drive application is to apply power efficiently to both wheels, without excessive wheel spin from the less loaded, inside front wheel. Or, the softer the front sway bar needs to be. cars. No convertibles or two seat sports cars allowed. Civic, D15B2 1.5 16VSOHC PGM-FI 1493 92hp@6000rpm 89tq@4500rpm 88-91 Civic DX/LX, D15B6 1.5 8V SOHC PGM-FI 1493 62hp@4500rpm 83tq@3000rpm 88-89 Civic/CRX HF, D15B6 1.5 8V SOHC PGM-FI 1493 70hp@4500rpm 83tq@3000rpm 90-91 Civic/CRX HF, D15B7 1.5 16VSOHC PGM-FI 1493 102hp@5900rpm 98tq@5000rpm 92-95 Civic DX/LX, D15B8 1.5 8V SOHC PGM-FI 1493 70hp@4500rpm 83tq@3000rpm 92-95 Civic CX, D15Z1 1.5 16VSOHC VTEC-E PGM-FI 1493 92hp@5500rpm 97tq@4500rpm 92-95 Civic VX, D16A6 1.6 16VSOHC PGM-FI 1590 108hp@6000rpm 100tq@5000rpm 88-91 Civic/CRX Si, D16A8/9 1.6 16VDOHC PGM-FI 1595 137hp@6800rpm 108tq@5700rpm 88-91 Civic/CRX/Integra LS, D16Y5 1.6 16VSOHC VTEC-E PGM-FI 1590 115hp@6200rpm 104tq@5400rpm 96-00 Civic HX, D16Y7 1.6 16VSOHC PGM-FI 1590 106hp@6200rpm 103tq@4600rpm 96-00 Civic CX/DX/LX, D16Y8 1.6 16VSOHC VTECII PGM-FI 1590 127hp@6600rpm 107tq@5500rpm 96-00 Civic EX (USA), D16Z6 1.6 16VSOHC VTEC PGM-FI 1590 125hp@6600rpm 106tq@5200rpm 92-95 Civic EX/Si/Del Sol, D17A1 1.7 16VSOHC PGM-FI 1668 115hp@6100rpm 110tq@4500rpm 01-02 Civic DX/LX, D17A2 1.7 16VSOHC VTECII PGM-FI 1668 127hp@6300rpm 114tq@4800rpm 01-02 Civic EX. Replace the engine accessory drive belts. Dash may be removed, but can remain. 19. . Any item deemed as ballast will be required to be fixed. But you have to be careful because tracks that looks dry/slick aren't all the same. JalopRecs | 'Tommy Boy' Is One of the Best Car Comedies of the '90s, Rainn Wilson is Tired of Tesla and its Yoke, Racing Tech | How F1 Sanctions Wind Tunnel Testing for Close Racing. Sometimes you can try to drag your brakes a little bit to help keep your car underneath you in the corner, but really, there's not a lot you can do from the cockpit. When finding a company to install the cage ask if they will be bending the tube or buying a kit form. Select spring sets lower car as noted. If we had nothing to learn, we may as well go golfing-not. However, very little common knowledge info exists for front drives. The track has now dried up and the black is mostly gone. His was setup so most pressure was on the driver side of the vehicle and the lesser pressure on the passenger side, this was to help pitch it. Franklin: You've got to keep it loaded on the springs more. The goal in removing or disconnecting the front bar is to load the outside front going into a corner as much as possible by allowing better weight transfer during trail-braking. If you have a choice, run tires with large grooves such as the all-terrain types for mud and snow. I run with a touring series called the Texas ProSedans and we run only asphalt. Honda Civic stick shift tranny gear ratios,,, from the honda civic forum,,,, http://www.hondacivicforum.com/m_45588/tm.htm, Transmission Name Engine Counter Part 1st Gear 2nd Gear 3rd Gear 4th Gear 5th Gear Reverse Final Drive, L3 88-91 HF 3.250 1.650 1.033 0.823 0.694 2.954 (3.250 Cali) 3.880, L3 88-91 DX 3.250 1.894 1.259 0.937 0.771 3.153 3.880, L3 88-91 Si 3.250 1.894 1.259 0.937 0.771 3.153 4.25, L3 JDM Integra ZXi 3.250 1.894 1.346 1.033 0.771 3.153 4.437, L3 JDM DOHC ZC 3.250 1.944 1.250 0.909 0.878 3.153 3.880, L3 USDM D16A1 Integra 3.181 1.944 1.347 1.033 0.823 3.153 4.216, http://www.hondacivicforum.com/m_45186/tm.htm, http://www.hondacivicforum.com/m_45184/tm.htm, D13A2 1.3 8V SOHC 2bbl Carb 1342 60hp@5500rpm 73tq@3500rpm 87 Civic/CRX 1.3, D15A2 1.5 8V SOHC 2bbl Carb 1488 76hp@6000rpm 84tq@3500rpm 87 Civic/CRX 1.5, D15A2 1.5 8V SOHC 2bbl Carb 1488 58hp@4500rpm 80tq@2500rpm 87 Civic/CRX HF, D15A3 1.5 8V SOHC PGM-FI 1488 91hp@5500rpm 93tq@4500rpm 87 Civic/CRX Si, D15B1 1.5 8V SOHC PGM-FI 1493 70hp@5500rpm 83tq@3000rpm 88-?? Because the weight is all in the bowl of the spoon, where your fingers dragging it down, and its dragging the rest of the car with it. I got two control inputs coming into the computer here, I got throttle angle and I got brake pressure, and itll cut you to limp mode.. Must have 1.25-inch minimum O.D. No mini clutches or couplers. Changing camber with caster adjustments is like shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic, technically you are making a change but we're talking a tenth of a degree or so. Plan your. This makes plate diffs the clear winner when used for a full-time, dedicated front-wheel drive track car. I'm racing a front wheel drive hatchback.. Its about 160bhp, weighs 900kilo's, uses Coilovers with only bump rate (no rebound), corner weights left to right are perfect, front to back is about 65/35, using a controlled 15" slick tyre! All cars must remain strictly OEM. 3. But heres a professional stunt driver, racer and rally expert who says differently. I've auto-crossed FWD for decades and the most SOTP effect with more (positive) caster is steering feel as it relates to the self-centering effect, if both sides are equal. ENGINE: 3 or 4 cylinder in-line engines only. I really enjoy my R53 as a daily runabout and occasional track car, but RWD will always be my go to for toys. ?? Gas tanks ahead of rear axle allowed but must install shield under it. To be able to control the car, we need much stiffer springs and a more balanced setup front to rear. Look for a car that has been taken care of and not rusted out. This term is widely used when describing a 4-link dirt modified left rear or left front shock. FUEL SYSTEM: Must have complete, unaltered, OEM fuel system for year, make and model of car used. I would use a 1997 car and engine, install pistons from a 1998 2.2, to raise the compression ratio, OR have a 1998 2.2 and install the 1997 head and intake,,, either one will raise your compression ratio! Almost always, that means bringing you information about how to build a better--and safer--race car and set it up for best performance. Or if you are a three-wheel braking, you go to four-wheel brake. DOOR BARS: Minimum three horizontal door bars on driver side and two horizontal door bars on passenger side. Five years ago wed be able to pull a few fuses or sensors and be able to override it, but its gotten to the point where its extremely hard, and all the cars now are CAN-BUS wired. These rebound adjustable performance Struts will improve the handling and performance of your Neon. We could continue to move weight up and to the right in the car to raise the CG about 1 inch and further decrease the left-side weight percentage. Passing becomes difficult because of the one-groove nature of the track. Properly executed trail-braking shifts weight from the rear of the car to the front, increasing grip on turn-in. 14. You're essentially shortening a leg of a table(outside front) and lengthening another (inside front). Given I was never exposed to anything other than sloppy econo-boxes, (nothing wrong with econo-boxes), I had a strong bias based on things I believed to be true, but never experienced firsthand. There are two main types of diffs used in front-wheel drive applications: gear and plate. The problem with this weight transfer is that it takes weight off the inside tires, which is exactly what we are looking for in the rear but exactly the opposite of what we need in the front. 2. All flammable material, radio and air bags must be removed. Whether or not the show gets picked up for more episodes remains to be seen, but what I do know is that Comrie-Picard can drive. This can vary due to car and driver preferences. The .91 ratio transfer gears are needed along with the 2.86 ring and pinion gears. Good tires will make the difference in the way your car handles. But in terms of street cars, trying to drive it fast, youre going to be relying (mostly) on two things: A really good tire, and really good OEM electronics. As the car rotates, it develops an aero force that acts like added traction. Likewise, the heavier the front of the car is, the softer the front springs should be, especially the right front spring. You want to soften the roll in the front and stiffen the roll in the rear. Dirt track cars run the gambit from stock car-style Late Models to hybridized Modifieds to open-wheel Karts, midgets, dwarfs, winged and non-winged Sprint cars. This is where a limited-slip differential comes into play. . You can only buy 1 car per night. http://spartanspeedway.com/OldBoardStuff/PeedSecrets.html. thick or thin ones? Don't buy used belts, as all belts are dated and must be replaced every 3 years. This is true however it also jacks the chassis in a bad way by moving the outside tire upwards and the inside tire downwards which results in more body roll. In the case of a rear-wheel drive car, you get those two rear tires, those two rear palm-prints, they always get to push you forward, and the front tires only have to turn you side to side, and usually stop you, too, because thats where most of the braking force happens of course.