wow, a lot of great information guys, this is very helpful indeed
as long as it does not rain this Thursday, I will be heading back to the track, but unfortunately the scales are only open on race night, and our season start is still a month away, trying to find an alternative right now to the track scales, no one I know seems to have access to any currently, I know getting it scaled is going to be the most important thing for my setup, until then I am just running in the dark, so to speak
I have changed my rear springs and replaced the front springs with taller springs, albeit unknown rates at least it freed the suspension travel up, same goes for the rear except I know the rates as I mentioned, also have my stagger gauge now so I can check that Thursday
pretty sure the car is going to be light, I have lead from another metric car that was running at this track, I weigh more than its driver but he ran an automatic, manuals have to weigh 200lbs more, so I think its probably around 100/150lbs light
I am not sure the actual length of this track, it says 1/4 mile but I have no idea how they measured that, no one runs the inside groove on this track, you can sort of see the rubber marks in that photo exiting the turn, that is the groove we run, inside through the turn and head straight for the wall exiting, hope the car holds and you don't hit it
anyway, getting back to the car, we are not actually allowed to run adjustable shocks but everyone does, I will probably try one adjustable and one standard racing shock for now, I suppose one on the right rear is better than none? probably going to buy a 200# rear spring as well when I buy the fronts, any suggestions or educated guesses on spring lengths for the front? all stock front suspension, tires are 26.9" tall
the front sway-bar has not been changed, and I do not have a rear.. no rules that say we cannot run it as far as I know, since these cars did come with a rear sway-bar I could get a factory mounting setup correct? that should be legal, but I assumed with a solid rear axle a sway-bar would be mostly useless, is this not the case?
sorry if I missed any questions, kind of in and out right now