suspension??

can you p*** tech with just solid mounted suspension front and back?? I know a few scta guys run on the flats with everything just solid mounted no springs nothin just rigid. is this even safe i know it beats the **** out of you but its cheap and i'm poor thanks guys

 

Our car(Ram Rods) have no front or rear suspension,its been working fine.

 

Speed Merchants and a few others run no suspension. No problems.

 

I'm running front Model A spring and no rear suspension.
Some of the tracks down here in Florida are not real smooth, and I was worried about bouncing around at 100mph. I have run it on several "rough" tracks and had no problems.

 

Hey Elwood.. You don't need any stinkin suspension.. I have a spring on my car, But the leaves are bolted together (No suspension) But it looks like a early style front end...Nothing on the rear...

 

Any aussies have solid front end?, I would like to see pics of the ones that are already done.

 

Put it in 1st gear and let out the clutch. I believe that's how you would do it.

We're planning on having the rear solid mounted and the front sprung with some kind of buggy spring across the front. Just seems like the proper way to me. I know a lot of the new cars run both ends rigid, but I guess I have come back enough return roads dodging chuckholes, that I will feel better taking a bit of the flex load out of the ch***is, and I like being able to adjust the ride height easily.

 

Actually, I think it has to do with their ability to shift gears efficiently. Just a guess.

 

I recently changed to only using 2nd and hi. It has nothing to do with a rigid rear or my ability to shift gears. Rather it has to do with keeping the car under power as much as possible. making 2 shifts takes power away from the ground twice as long as making one shift. When I went to a 4.62 rear end it removed the need for low gear for the launch. And as far as my car is concerned it removed almost a full second off of each p***.

 

Makes sense, with the weight of these cars and the 6" tire, the tire can act like a slipper clutch for the launch and an extra shift takes time.

Then again, going back many years to the early A/FX cars, many ran four speed boxes and beat the automatic trans cars, so the extra shifts have an advantage if you can get the tires to hook.

 

No doubt. And just like those early guys we just gotta continue to try different things till we figure out what works best. That is the fun of this cl***. Now, someone buy my car so they/it can continue to have fun.

 

Here in Oz, all 14 cars that I know of have front suspension, and whilst there is a weight saving in making them rigid at the front, I expect that they will continue to be suspended (at the front).

Probably half of the cars here are rigid rear, with zero performance difference illustrated at this point of time. As speeds increase there may be a benifit to having the rear suspended, but at this stage it has done nothing other than add weight and complexity to these cars.

Cheers,

Drewfus