Stetting up a hardtail chassis
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2014 12:33 pm
I have a Neil and Parks altered chassis from the 80's It has been modified over the years. WB shortened, engine moved forward. Horsepower dropped from 700+ to 500. C-4 instead of a glide.
Chassis was shortened about 10 inches when it as changed form a solid strut type front to a torsion solid axle.. Engine was moved forward about 8 inches to accommodate new engine trans combo . The car came with a parachute and wheelie bars. But I have never even got close to pulling the front. The car is not fast but very easy to drive as it currently sits. Biggest problem is that it is difficult to launch without tire shake.. My thought is it is all out of whack on where the weight is placed and I am not getting weight transfer on launch.. How should I go about getting the thing to work like it was designed? How do you determine where Engine should be in reference to front and rear axles?
Chassis was shortened about 10 inches when it as changed form a solid strut type front to a torsion solid axle.. Engine was moved forward about 8 inches to accommodate new engine trans combo . The car came with a parachute and wheelie bars. But I have never even got close to pulling the front. The car is not fast but very easy to drive as it currently sits. Biggest problem is that it is difficult to launch without tire shake.. My thought is it is all out of whack on where the weight is placed and I am not getting weight transfer on launch.. How should I go about getting the thing to work like it was designed? How do you determine where Engine should be in reference to front and rear axles?