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01-08-2012, 02:44 PM | #1 | ||
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Hi Guys,
I took my Car ( TC Cortina) out to Eastern Creek on Sunday . First time I raced the car with MT Street ET's.They definately make the car hook up. On take off the car twists badly. A guy watching, told me later that even the rear pasenger side lifted, way more than normal. I could definately feel it in the car. It's characteristic of these cars to do this. Does anyone have any suggestions how I can overcome this. One suggestion is that I go to a heavy spring on the drivers side rear with an air bag. The car has coil springs on the rear. Any advice would be appreciated. Cheers |
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01-08-2012, 02:57 PM | #2 | ||
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A big fat rear sway bar will stop it from twisting off the line. This will work well if you have a locked rear diff. If you have an open wheeler diff, let it twist away as long as you are not spinning up a tyre
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01-08-2012, 03:00 PM | #3 | ||
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anti roll bar
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01-08-2012, 04:56 PM | #4 | ||
Hmmmmm Mulberry....
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All Cortina's do it.. anti roll bar is the go
This is what I knocked up for the back of mine. works a treat. You can buy them off the shelf from a few performance places. My userid picture is a "before" pic.. Last edited by naughts; 01-08-2012 at 05:05 PM. |
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01-08-2012, 06:22 PM | #5 | ||
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Thought of welding in some chassis connectors under floor ??
Yep sway bar ... I've seen them with rippled roof... In extreme cases.. I guess your not interested in some sort of cage ??
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03-08-2012, 01:37 PM | #6 | ||
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Thanks for the advice everyone. I want to avoid going to a cage. Looks like the anti roll bar it is. By the way, I have heard that these cars some times rip in the floor. Is this something I should worry about?
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03-08-2012, 03:53 PM | #7 | |||
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XA coupe 8.8sec @ 150mph http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthr...coupe+drag+car BA GT-P for the shed Mustang GT for the other half E3 chubsport - fully fat (and slow), sitting there waiting for me to get sick of it and sell it. BA XR6T for a daily NT Pajero for the bush XB 4 door project- swallows a BF xr6 turbo My dad is a generous bloke. He gave away his dead car batteries free of charge.... |
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