Right Front tire

Well, last night my "hot" new setup for Martinsville earned 2nd in Qual and several laps as leader against stiff competetion. But, as the tires got hot I got slower and slower and one by one the other racers got by. Eventually RIGHT FRONT got so HOT it blew out!! I have problems on other tracks too. Building a setup that is fast but does'nt chew up the ***. If you have any suggestions on what I might try I'd sure appreciate them. ( Include your Hawaii name and I'll move over and let you by, ONCE <G> ) Larry Linthicum Kimshew "on hawaii"

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>Well, last night my "hot" new setup for Martinsville earned 2nd >in Qual and several laps as leader against stiff competetion. But, as >the tires got hot I got slower and slower and one by one the other >racers got by. Eventually RIGHT FRONT got so HOT it blew out!! > I have problems on other tracks too. Building a setup that is >fast but does'nt chew up the ***. > If you have any suggestions on what I might try I'd sure >appreciate them. ( Include your Hawaii name and I'll move over and let >you by, ONCE <G> ) > Larry Linthicum > Kimshew "on hawaii"

You didn't say how many laps it took for your RF to blow. With my current Martinsville setup, I can run about 50 laps of 98's with a few 99's and 100's sprinkled in if I push it. After that it kind of settles into the high 97's and low 98's for another 30 laps. After about 95 laps or so, I need new right side "tars". Out of amu***t, I once drove until the RR blew out at about 105 laps. I don't know of anyone who doesn't run out of tar before they run out of fuel (but if someone has a setup that will last on tars, I'd love to swap with you <G>). In any case, it sounds like either your setup is pushing or you're driving too hard into the corners. If the car is not loose getting off the corners, try taking out some wedge or moving some weight forward. If the car starts to feel loose coming off the corner, try softening the RF shock or stiffening the LR shock. Dave "davids" Sparks Sequoia Motorsports

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> Well, last night my "hot" new setup for Martinsville earned 2nd > in Qual and several laps as leader against stiff competetion. But, as > the tires got hot I got slower and slower and one by one the other > racers got by. Eventually RIGHT FRONT got so HOT it blew out!! > I have problems on other tracks too. Building a setup that is > fast but does'nt chew up the ***. > If you have any suggestions on what I might try I'd sure > appreciate them. ( Include your Hawaii name and I'll move over and let > you by, ONCE <G> ) > Larry Linthicum > Kimshew "on hawaii"

Could you enlighten me as to what kind of lap times you are running? I have a reasonable qual. and race setup for Martinsville. I'll e-mail them to you if you think they are worthy. Tires last 80-100 laps in race setup. Qual. setup gets me 94-96 mph. Race setup has turned a lap at over 98mph. Steve