I found this thread via Google. Had no idea Ken bumped it 5 days ago.
I'm curious about several things LEFT SIDE%. But as I read this I got different questions than what I came here looking for. From the stands it looks like to me that we need more LEFT SIDE %.
For discussion sake here are our numbers on our Evolve.
Stock Medium 350 lbs
Nose 46.5%
Left 58%
Cross 63%
LF 73 lbs RF 90 lbs
LR 132 lbs RR 58 lbs
I know, tires are everything. But, I'm wondering about going from Dry Slick track A to Bit up track B. The above numbers are basically what we've ran for the last year. On tracks that have zero bite, dusty hard dry slick it seems that we need to be able to rotate in the center of the corners better. Would this be a condition that our left should be 61% vs 58%? Conversely on a track that bites up really well, would that be scenario where we need to be 56~58%?
As dad that has never been in the seat, What is the best way to know your left side is being under or over worked? Measuring tire temps as you leave the track? looking at the graining on the tires?
(.....Yes, I know and recall tires, tires, tires did I say tires??)
Lastly, (Al would have a field day with this next question but I'm going to send it anyway)
Recently we exceeded -2.0 G's at the Apex of a corner. This was the largest G-Force we've ever seen.
In theory, at the apex of a corner with a maximum G-force, what should the weights be on each REAR? I'm talking about a snapshot of the dynamic weight when transferred left to right?
What rear weight distribution (left to Right) would maximize grip? Even? 95 lbs on each wheel? maybe 90 LR and 100 RR?
As for tires, I know tires are king but it seems to me that he better our setup is, the larger our tire window becomes. Therefore, I want to focus on both.
R.I.P. Al Nunley