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Paved Track Big Bar Soft Spring Setups

  • #S295...$17.00
    By Steve Smith
    The complete story on how this new emerging technology works. Get more grip and harder acceleration with the BBSS setup. Complete information on:
  • What it is and what it does
  • What spring rates to use
  • The role of shock rebound damping
  • What the stiff sway bar does
  • How to put the total package together
  • Front suspension modifications required
  • The setup differences for various sized tracks
  • The extremes of spring rates and shock damping
  • Complete setup specs
    This is a 24-page, 8½ x 11 book that focuses only on this advanced technology, with tips on how to make it work for your car and track.
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    Paved Track Stock Car Technology

  • #S239...$35.00
    By Steve Smith
    A complete informative guide to preparing a stock car for paved track racing.
    Make your car more competitive with expert knowledge.
      
  • Front suspension and steering   
  • How proper front roll centers & geometry make the chassis work
  • Complete suspension setup & alignment
  • Selecting springs & shocks
  • Rear suspension & drivetrain
  • Adjusting the car to track conditions
  • Chassis tuning with shock absorbers
  • Scaling the car & adjusting the weight
  • Competitive braking systems
  • Reading tire temperatures
  • Includes pavement IMCA modifieds

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    Stock Car Chassis Performance Handling Basics

    #S301... $22.00
    By Steve Smith
    This book helps the racer understand the fundamentals of race car setup and suspension function to make chassis tuning easier. Includes:
  • Weight transfer functions
  • The effects of spring rates on handling
  • Oversteer and understeer
  • Weight jacking
  • Cross weight
  • Proper suspension geometry
  • Roll couple
  • Front and rear roll centers
  • Tire slip angles
  • Camber curves
  • Bump steer
  • Shock absorbers It also includes an overview of the chassis adjustment tools available to change a car's handling balance: stagger, spring rates, shocks, cross weight, tire pressure, toe-out, brake bias, and wheel offset. NOTE: This book replaces item #S101, Stock Car Racing Chassis: Design, Theory, Construction.
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    Street Stock Chassis Technology

  • #S192...$35.00
    By Steve Smith
    Everything you need to know to build, set-up and race a Street Stock competitively. Includes: Performance handling basics
  • chassis & roll cage fabrication
  • front suspension alignment
  • changing the roll center and camber curve
  • rear suspensions
  • springs and shocks
  • tires (bias and radial)
  • stagger
  • gearing
  • basic chassis set-up for asphalt and dirt tracks
  • weight adjustments
  • tuning the car to track conditions, and more!
  • 160 pages, 243 photos and drawings
  • For dirt and asphalt tracks.


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    Dirt Late Model Chassis Technology

  • #S298...$35.00
    By Joe Garrison & Steve Smith
    A complete guide to setting up and adjusting the Dirt Late Model and 4-link suspension. Includes:
  • front suspension and steering
  • rear suspension
  • adjusting the 4-link for all conditions
  • panhard bar adjustment
  • using a dummy shock
  • clamp brackets
  • right rear double spring setup
  • tuning with 5th and 6th coils
  • tires – selecting and grooving
  • DLM handling dynamics
  • chassis tuning with shocks
  • chassis setup and alignment
  • scaling the car
  • setups for all track conditions
  • track tuning and adjustment
  • adjustments for common handling problemsand much more


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    Track Side Chassis Tuning Guide

  • #S283...$22.00
    By Steve Smith
    This handy booklet is a concise, indexed guide to analyzing and correcting handling problems for oval track race cars. Section A is organized by problem (such as corner entry understeer, loose under power, etc.) with proven solutions. Section B tells what will happen if you make specific changes. Almost every solution to every chassis tuning problem is contained. This book is toolbox-sized at 3½“ x7½“. For all oval track applications, both paved and dirt tracks.
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    Stock Car Dirt Track Technology

  • #S196...$35.00
    By Steve Smith
    Practical information you can use to make your car faster, more reliable and more competitive. Easy to read and understand. Full of bold graphics and explicit drawings, along with over 300 photos and illustrations. 144 pages. Useful for every class of stock car, from hobby stock to sportsman to late models.
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    Engineer To Win

  • #S137...$45.00
    By Carroll Smith
    Covers all forms of racing cars.
    Includes a thorough analysis of: