1982 Cordoba Stock Car.

No. Think triangulation. Go from the frame where the J bar connects back to the main upright that your door bars are welded to. The A piller bar on the right side. If you can; weld in 2. One from the bottom of the A piller bar where the lowest door bar is welded and one from the dash bar A piller bar intersection down to the j bar frame intersection. So you will have 3 bars total welded to eachother and the frame at one point the other ends welded to the a piller bar. One at the lowest door bar and one at the dashbar a piller bar intersection.
 
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Your idea will suport the j bar but wont help the fram rail much. Its hard to tell from the picture if the bottom bar on your right side will be much of an angle.The left front of the car is going to see lots of load going into and through the turns. Tieing it into the cage will help the car handle consistantly.
 
Oh I see what your saying. Is that center windshield bar even necessary then? Other then safety I guess, same as the main hoop center bar running front to back.

Yeah that rocker panel bar is about the same height as the mounting point for the J bar, if I went to it, it would be almost level.


So something like this then? I added the other right side door bars.
 

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I tried using the brakes and I found it to be counter productive. You can get around the corners just by letting off the throttle.
 
It's not about getting around the corners, it's about using the corners to your advantage. Simply put, if your exit speeds from Turn 2 and Turn 4 are lower or equal to your entry speeds on Turns 1 & 3, you're doing it incorrectly.

I wish I still had that old Car and Driver that explained left-foot braking in racing.
 
I don't drive automatics using both feet but I've only dirt-tracked once, when I was in PA. I was in the "license plate" class, meaning if your car was in the parking lot and you signed on the dotted line, you could race the last run of the night. I didn't have to worry about trail-braking or any of that; I had skinny front tires that dug well in the turns, M+S rated tires out back, and a 440 Six Pack. I had so much fun that when the engine blew, I wanted to build a new engine and make it a dedicated dirt-track car. Sadly, it never happened.

I would never two-foot in daily traffic, though.
 
I've been driving two-footed since I got my driver's license. Almost failed my driving test because of it. :)
Years of jockying ill-running piece-of-shit cars around bodyshops means using both feet unless you want to push someone's car into the spray booth.


Two footing on a circe track can work really well. Get good at it and you can set the front end just as you're entering the corner... means less time waiting for the suspension to work on it's own and much more predictability through the center of the corner. Practice it, it's not hard.
 
restoman said:
I've been driving two-footed since I got my driver's license. Almost failed my driving test because of it. :)
Years of jockying ill-running piece-of-shit cars around bodyshops means using both feet unless you want to push someone's car into the spray booth.


Two footing on a circe track can work really well. Get good at it and you can set the front end just as you're entering the corner... means less time waiting for the suspension to work on it's own and much more predictability through the center of the corner. Practice it, it's not hard.
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It's something that almost needs to be taught, I'm not quite sure when or where to brake. :doh:
 
Diplomat_Wagon said:
It's something that almost needs to be taught, I'm not quite sure when or where to brake. :doh:
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The first advantage is not having the time lapse while you are moving your foot. Secondly, as you're exiting a turn you can keep your RPM's higher and more useful, you won't waste time waiting for the torque converter and you won't "shock" the drive-train going from decel to accel. :huh:
 
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The first advantage is not having the time lapse while you are moving your foot. Secondly, as you're exiting a turn you can keep your RPM's higher and more useful, you won't waste time waiting for the torque converter and you won't "shock" the drive-train going from decel to accel. :huh:
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:hmmm:
 
We've all spent our entire driving career training our right foot learn the feel of pressure and feathering both pedals. You need to train your left foot to feel the brakes only. This has to be learned to the point that your brain no longer has to think about what your foot is doing. Practice and training can be done everyday. It is a learned skill, but it's not that hard to learn. You've already taught your right foot to do twice as much. :huh:
 
When I used to drive home from Atlanta, I'd often drape my right leg over the console and drive solely with my left foot. I've had to drive with two feet on more than one occasion because of circumstances, but I've never done it for performance or racing purposes except loading the converter on the starting line at the strip.
 
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When I used to drive home from Atlanta, I'd often drape my right leg over the console and drive solely with my left foot. I've had to drive with two feet on more than one occasion because of circumstances, but I've never done it for performance or racing purposes except loading the converter on the starting line at the strip.
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Same here, that and doing doughnuts and brake torques. :D
 
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