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Roll oversteer feels twitchy. There are lots of "rules of thumb" about what should be parallel or pointing up or down. Mostly it's all bunk. Just do the calculations and design a geometry for the handling characteristics you want. Some adjustability is always a good thing as well.
Rickybop ALLIANCE MEMBER from the thumb of Michigan Wow. Cool. I've got a thing for the old Mopar coupes. Love the '33 '34s. I think that's a Dana 60 rear end. 5 lug even. In fact, probably the same rear axle I just bought for my '31 from a '60s Ford truck.
a good rule of thumb is, whatever you can add going from 1.5 to 1.65 rockers, i.e. around 10% more lift, you can generally grind into the cam itself for hydro flat tappet. then if you run the same 1.65 rockers, you can add that much more again with rocker ratio. so...in case of a Pontiac V8, a .470" lift cam can become a .510" lift cam, then ...
Rickybop ALLIANCE MEMBER from the thumb of Michigan If you've ever witnessed anyone used to riding foreign-made motorcycles attempt to ride a Harley for the first time... they very often rev the engine too high and let the clutch out much too quickly. If you haven't seen it, I'm sure you can imagine what might happen. And you'd be right.
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