Dick; my road rod, Boogie Woogie (the "infamous '31 1/2 A-bone Coup'e) has
5 degrees on a 4 inch I beam axle, and a 104.5 wheelbase it's real nice onna
highway up to an' over 85-90....BUT if it were me, I'd problay be thinkin'
10-12 degrees.... -right group? How does anyone else out there call it?
Good luck on the project Dick. Been following it and wish I could come
along as "crew chief" -note I didn't say "bottlewasher" HA HA
go gettim' Dick! -"Dirty Doug" in uppastate New Yawk
....home of H,H, and H!
>From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
>To: saltracer@awwwsome.com
>CC: Land Speed <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Solid Beam Axle Caster & Toe In
>Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 09:51:21 -0700 (PDT)
>
>I stopped by a local drag shop the other day with
>my roadster on the trailer, and the guy who
>drives their 200 mph alcohol small block Chev
>dragster commented that my roadster was going to
>be a "lot of fun" (pun intended) to drive because
>it had so little caster. I mounted the front
>Ford truck beam solid at 5 degrees. He said they
>run 25 degrees on the dragster, and 15 - 18
>degrees on pro stockers that they build. I'm
>only looking at 125mph (if Im lucky) and the
>wheelbase is about 97 inches. Last month I
>visited Don Garlits drag museum in Florida, and I
>did notice that nearly all of the old-timer drag
>cars he had there were running extraordinary
>caster on beam axles. A couple looked like they
>may have had the axle tilted to 30 - 40 degrees.
>I mean, those suckers were really canted back. I
>searched through our list and got figures from
>1.5 degrees to 12 degrees. What kind of guidance
>can you guys who have run beam axles give me.
>Should I re-mount my axle before I even leave for
>the track (Maxton) the first time or do you think
>it will be driveable with 5 degrees?
>
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>..........Dick J.............
>......(In East Texas)........
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