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The design and evolution of the backbone of any race car its chassis is covered here in thorough detail. In that time, chasssiworks has refined the process of manufacturing and distributing tubeframe, dragrace chassis kits, to minimize the amount of time and effort required by the builder. Modified racing technology by steve smith, stock car dirt track technology, paved track stock car technology, stock car chassis. It contains a wealth of knowledge not available from any other source. Theres more to racing a car than the vehicles horsepower, torque and top speed. The rick jones chassis tuning guide, second edition. There is a somewhat negative tone about sprint car chassis design throughout the book, pretty much everything you shouldnt do when designing a chassis for. Jerry bickel race cars gives racers the technology to win. Chassis engineering restarting complete racecar construction.
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Hundreds of photos and illustrations illustrate what it takes to design, build, and tune the ultimate chassis for maximum cornering power on and off the track. The best chassis shop for drag racing books and drag racing software to help with your race car setup and suspension tunning. This was the third book i bought after id decided to build three lotus seven type sports cars. Chassis kits driver area accessories drivetrain mounts exhaust systems, components frame clips, front bolton frame clips, front weldin strut clips weldin aarm clip, 158 weldin aarm clip, 3x2 weld in aarm clip, 4x2 weldin frame clips, rear frames, complete weldin, custom rear end housings. Chassis builder andy mccoy race cars pick and choose. Just a clear overview of the history and current state of the art of race car chassis design. Spitzer also manufactures and sells a variety of race car components, including rear end housings 4link and solid mount, fuel tanks, pedals, steering wheels, and a huge assortment of brackets, tabs, tube adapters, weldin clevises and hardware. The chassis book is the number one resource for door slammer tuning and building. Steve smith books include midget chassis technology, quarter midget chassis technology, sprint car chassis technology, mini sprint micro midget chassis technology, dirt late model chassis technology, i. Antiroll systems rear swaybars custombuilt for your car. Reviewed in the united states on december 11, 1999. Home andy mccoy race cars and high performance racing parts.
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