Hello all,
I'm new to the sprint world and I have a few questions. My background is Dirt Late Models since I was 16. I raced karts for 10 years, worked on DLM's for 30 years and worked for Carrera Racing Shocks from 98'-04'. Recently the major DLM sanctions, in reaction to one driver winning several races decided to change the suspension rules. I've spent the last 30 years designing, developing and perfecting different rear suspension and chassis designs for these cars and now with a few key strokes from the sanctions all my work has been rendered unusable. During the off season I discovered the "Dirty 30" show on lucas oil tv and instantly was amazed by the Non-wing Sprints. Wow, they are exciting! I'm in Georgia and sprints aren't part of the scene, occasionally a regional Winged 360 tour will come thru, but never the Non-wing cars. Anyway I've been surfing the web ever since trying to learn what I can and I want to try and get something like the 602 Wingless cars started down here. Anyway here are my newb questions:
1) What is a "Wedge" chassis and what makes it different?
2) What is a "5 Bar" car or a "4 Bar"?
3) What is a "Big Max" Maxim car versus a regular car?
4) I see in ads people listing 86/40, 87/40, 86.5/40, I'm assuming these are wheelbase references, which is better or most popular for non-wing?
5) Front axle width, I see Maxim std is 50"x2-1/2, but the 602 wingless come with a 53", what does wider do?
I'm sure I'll come up with more questions later, but this should kick things off.
Thanks,
Aces&Eights
