A few years ago, I recall an article in Rod and Custom about how you can make a hot rod handle well, with mostly traditional suspension parts. Does any one recall that issue, and what year and month it was? Thanks.
I do remember it (but would have guessed it was in SR not R&C) and have it saved in a paper file some place. But I can't help you now as it's buried in crap I've piled up as part of some renovation right now. Sorry. Gary
Maybe it was in another magazine, though for some reason I thought it was R&C. Anyone else remember it? I'm just trying to figure which issue to hunt down. Thanks.
I remember that Street Rodder ran a series of articles in the '90s, in which a number of cars were put through the whole road-test routine that the mainstream magazines do. I remember being seriously surprised at the figures a rather tidy pro-street-prepared '27 T produced. It ran lowish-profile radials on the front, on a straight tube axle which rode across the front of the radiator. I'd had a growing intuition that solid axles had more to offer than popular perceptions would suggest, and this confirmed it.
^^ If not, that article is still a good read. Gary http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/chassis-suspension/0504sr-street-rod-suspension-chassis-upgrades/
Thanks, guys. Let me give that article a read. Beyond these articles, does anyone have resources they suggest for thinking more deeply about making a traditional suspension handle well? I'm aware that there are just limitations inherent in our hobby and the era we choose to emulate, but with that in mind, what do you suggest? For reference, I'm working with a Model A frame, 4" dropped A axle, reverse eye slider front spring, and Model T rear crossmember and spring. I'm open to slightly non-traditional improvements, within reason and within these parameters (e.g., no coil overs, etc.). Ideas?
Perhaps this from R&C? DEC03 P58 SOLID AXLE FRONT SUSPENSION HOW IT WORKS http://hotrodindex.150m.com/USRCTfront-susp.txt
===== I sure like articles with some test results. Small point, I believe the explanation of why a stiff anti roll bar causes understeer (front) or oversteer (rear) is a little too simplified, but makes the concept more understandable
The Jalopy Journal
