Getting Started with first LSR Car - help requested

[power58]

Congrats Wheels777 glad you found your dream car. Please list your progress in the build diary section. Studes Rock.  Think a Lark would turn 200 ?

[wheels777]

Congrats Wheels777 glad you found your dream car. Please list your progress in the build diary section. Studes Rock.  Think a Lark would turn 200 ?

No progress yet.  We just got finished racing at the Grassroots Motorsports Challenge.  It is a race where you buy, build and race a car that costs $2007 (this year0 or less.  I am currently working on our $2008 Challenge car.  I hope to run it at Maxton in April.  The Stude will be started around February.  I will pull the drivetrain and try to sell it at the York Pa show.  That will be the capital to start work with.  In the mean time I am trying to get the best info and locate parts.  I already have the Engine, Trans, rear, and roll cage material.  I need fenders and front end parts.  Them its WOT.

[836dstr]

"Wheels",

One thing I forgot to mention (maybe too obvious) but for a dual purpose car setting up the car's suspension using coil-over Shocks would give you a lot of adjustability between valving and spring rates. After a race it would be pretty easy to swap out springs, or whole shock units.

On my LSR Street Roadster I used Aldan's front and back. At Bonneville I found that I needed to stiffen up springs to counter the rocking motion caused by the side wind gusts. This has not been a problem at El Mirage since we usually have a tail wind. Any significant side wind and it's too dusty to see so we get shut down.

Adjustability is a good thing!

Tom

[interested bystander]

With not enough roll stiffness don't forget anti roll bars work-especially if you're trying to maintain grip on a rough surface.

Right, Rex?

[wheels777]

What about modifying the original lower to accept a ball joint and installing a Camaro strut?  Is the ~12 degrees caster the same recommendation for strut and other suspensions?