- C4.1 Centro mid-motor conversion - Minty - Chadderton - 20.11.2011 -

struggling for rear end traction, any advice?

Try lowering the inner camberlink ballstud on the rear tower, this will make the back feel more locked in and stable.
In my experience the lower the link the easier the car is to drive but not as quick as moving the ballstud up which gives more rotation.

Richard Lowe



Looking at your set up, there are a few things you could try to help with your rear grip issues.

The way you have the shocks set at the moment, you will be getting a lot of weight shift forward - you have the front of the car set pretty soft and in addition, with no limiters in your rear shocks you have a lot of rear droop so when coming off power (corner entry) all the weight is coming forward and making the rear go light and break away. I would do the following:

Move bottom of front shocks to outside hole on wishbone

Go to a slightly heavier front oil - 32.5wt maybe 35wt.

Put 1, possibly 2 x 0.030 limiters in your rear shocks

Med wheelbase (with long, you are taking even more weight off the back).

Go back to trailing axles once you had done the above - I run my axles up as I like having the extra exit steering.

Use 0deg rear hubs - 0.5deg hubs do give better traction but can also make the back end break away quicker.

Tom Yardy