Foxbody suspension single adj with slicks
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Foxbody suspension single adj with slicks
Currently have strange singles up front on setting 3
and qa1 rears on setting 3
both single adjustable
i leave at 4k and have air at 13lbs in my slicks
i have never yet played around with the shocks as it had worked slowing the car up . I feel the front pops up and it squats and lunges forward almost like it doesnt hold the front up and keep rear tires planted
video is not the best but sometimes front tires come up an inch and come right back down , just feels like i should be on the rear tires a little more
and qa1 rears on setting 3
both single adjustable
i leave at 4k and have air at 13lbs in my slicks
i have never yet played around with the shocks as it had worked slowing the car up . I feel the front pops up and it squats and lunges forward almost like it doesnt hold the front up and keep rear tires planted
video is not the best but sometimes front tires come up an inch and come right back down , just feels like i should be on the rear tires a little more
5pointslow- Posts : 1401
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Re: Foxbody suspension single adj with slicks
any suggestions ?
if i tighten rear shocks does the keep it planted long in the rear ?
if i tighten rear shocks does the keep it planted long in the rear ?
5pointslow- Posts : 1401
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Re: Foxbody suspension single adj with slicks
Have you tried lower tire pressures?
stanger68- Posts : 492
Join date : 2015-12-05
Location : Birmingham, Al
Re: Foxbody suspension single adj with slicks
yes played around with
12-14 range never less though
12-14 range never less though
5pointslow- Posts : 1401
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Re: Foxbody suspension single adj with slicks
Apparently some cars like really low pressures. I have a friend who swears he runs his down as low as 6-7 depending on temperature. I ran mine down to 9 one time just to see if it liked it. It did not, but that car and his car are about as apples and oranges of comparison as you could get so I wasn’t really surprised.
Go down to 10-11 and see what happens.
Go down to 10-11 and see what happens.
stanger68- Posts : 492
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Location : Birmingham, Al
Re: Foxbody suspension single adj with slicks
5pointslow wrote:Currently have strange singles up front on setting 3
and qa1 rears on setting 3
both single adjustable
i leave at 4k and have air at 13lbs in my slicks
i have never yet played around with the shocks as it had worked slowing the car up . I feel the front pops up and it squats and lunges forward almost like it doesnt hold the front up and keep rear tires planted
video is not the best but sometimes front tires come up an inch and come right back down , just feels like i should be on the rear tires a little more
Just a suggestion if you haven't already done so.... Just above your thread in the 'Sticky Section' is a link in the Suspension tuning. http://www.baselinesuspensions.com/kits/ford.htm. If you go to that link, towards the top of the page is a click on write up "Launching a Drag Car". Might be worth a read for you. I know it is theoretical but it might help you understand why your Fairmont is acting the way it does. You would know how it feels better than anyone else. I know nothing, but I thought the read might give you some good ideas on the direction you need to be headed in.
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Colt Macara- Posts : 132
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Re: Foxbody suspension single adj with slicks
I run 8psi in mine on my ranger and works good I also leave on transbrake at 4200 try adjusting to shocks
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