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i need help tuning my chassis? i drag race and i have a +6 swingarm and im 230lb rider. also im running a srtut in the rear. im hitting the wheeliebar too hard so hard that the whole banshee comes off the ground. as soon as i get it out about 15ft it rides awseome i ride the bar most of the way down the track. any ideas thanks

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Shocks or strut in front? How high is the bar? How long is the bar? How many rails is the bar? What is the tire on the bar made of? Picture is worth a thousand words!

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i need help tuning my chassis? i drag race and i have a +6 swingarm and im 230lb rider. also im running a srtut in the rear. im hitting the wheeliebar too hard so hard that the whole banshee comes off the ground. as soon as i get it out about 15ft it rides awseome i ride the bar most of the way down the track. any ideas thanks

 

Gary you need a longer swing arm. thats why is to hard to control out of the hole.

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Shocks or strut in front? How high is the bar? How long is the bar? How many rails is the bar? What is the tire on the bar made of? Picture is worth a thousand words!

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Shocks or strut in front? How high is the bar? How long is the bar? How many rails is the bar? What is the tire on the bar made of? Picture is worth a thousand words!

 

lol he has a strut on the rear. The bar is a single tube going up. no braces or anything. the wheel sits anywhere from 3-6 inchs off the ground depending where he has it set. chromoloy for the bar I think.

the bar is like 5ft. he needs a longer swing arm

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Golf cart tire? I'm not sure what your power plant is, but the 6 over arm is probably a bit shy. You can mask some of that with bar design. IMO, your bar is to short, I would make it closer to 7' and a 4 bar system. If a bar is rigid it will do just as your describing. It's gotta be able to flex a little and absorb some of the impact. Also your tire is too far off the ground especially with it being that short, a pop can height is a good place to start, maybe lower if you keep that super short bar. Also be sure that your Marvin arent pushing up when you are staged, they will just increase how fast its gonna come up. And lastly, run little air in your tire so it also can absorb some of the hit.Again this is all just my opinion and as most will tell you, I don't know shit

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I like the bar to be about the same length as the wheelbase on a ridgid. On a strutted stock chassis I think I ran about a 6' bar, but with a +8 swingarm. On the stocker, I'd ride up towards the tank and it would pick up the front and carry it for over half track (if not over 200 ft).

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