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@jeffgiles1599 9 күн бұрын
To your last point about adding weight even if you're over min to achieve percentages... You can always change your offset on your wheels to get there and still stay at min weight.
@DBENTLEY369ig 10 күн бұрын
Sell out EV power when equal power with 200# to place in the car. The setups that it lends itself to.
@jerseyshoredroneservices225 3 ай бұрын
Promosm? Wth is that?
@allpro55 3 ай бұрын
That wont work if the track with is different from front to rear and on most cars the front track width is wider than the rear.
@TheBaldMiddleAgedMetalHead 4 ай бұрын
If you aim to package a car with the lowest polar moment of inertia and the lowest centre if gravity. Weight distribution almost takes care of itself. But I'd say weight distribution is one of the least important things on a race car, Porsche's and Audi's have proven that time and time again.
@jerseyshoredroneservices225 3 ай бұрын
Tour type modified's running on small, banked ovals can't really be compared to Porsches and Audies. They aren't designed and engineered for this kind of a race track with this kind of tires and and a spool in the rear end.
@johnbennett6364 5 ай бұрын
Good video
@tonyhuffman5248 5 ай бұрын
Really like the info
@jahshjahsh2002 9 ай бұрын
Watching the whole video opened my eyes: The guys have such a low IQ. 1- 50% of the video he basically giving away his genius secret that took him years to learn, which is, The weight of a car is the sum of the weight measured at all 4 tyres. NO SHIFT SHERLOK! 2- His top secret recipe: Adjusting coilovers does not affect weight distribution. WAIT FOR IT.. "because you're taking away weight from one tire and adding it somewhere else" . Guys.. this is so stupid..🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 so stupid 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. And his h00d-r@t @xent. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@jahshjahsh2002 9 ай бұрын
And I'm aware of my grammar mistakes, but I wrote my comment in a hurry*
@jahshjahsh2002 9 ай бұрын
🤢🤢🤮🤮 I cannot finish the video. The way this think talks. It distorts the English language and reminds me with those on the pavement. 🤢🤢🤮🤮 Have you ever heard of a "WIGGER"? I think it has to do with wigs?🤢🤢🤮🤮
@timchilders3535 10 ай бұрын
Hi guys. Love this video, ive been out of racing for many years but recently jumped right back in. Im pretty familiar, but always learning. With that i have a question for any of you: 3/8 mile banked asphalt track, (Hickory Speedway) Street Stock / Renegade cars, metric chassis, with stock(ish) suspension components😉. My question is, how much stagger, with a full spool locker? Especially rear stagger? I know a locked rear end likes some stagger to roll free thru the middle. We had a decent run first time out, other than a carb stutter issue. Car drove pretty well. We run street radials, and its hard to get much stagger, unless you get crafty. We ran two weeks ago with all of a 1/4 inch front rear. Think it needs much more. So now, with the new tires and rims we just got, we can do 2 inches easy. Thats kinda what i felt like we needed, maybe inch and a half to two inches. Car has great adjustability built in, with front bar, shocks, and adjustable cups all four corners. I figure, two inches of stagge should free it up nicely all the way through the corner, and we should have enough chassis adjustments to tighten it up a tick if needed. Sorry for the long message, but id love to hear anyone's thoughts on stagger. Thanks!
@garrettracingteam 10 ай бұрын
Hey Tim, it’s great to hear from a local racer. Maybe I will see you someday if I make it down to Hickory with my 602 modified. But to answer your question as best as I can from my modified experience: with a fully locked rear differential using a spool I typically see 3” to 3-1/2” work, using a ratcheting locker style rear diff (the type that uses springs) typically 1-1/2” to 2” should work like you stated, and if you have one of the torque sensing diffs that use gears/clutch style such as a winters track star typically you can run less than 1” even down to 0” of stagger. I hope this helps and good luck!
@timchilders3535 10 ай бұрын
@@garrettracingteam Thank you for the info,, much appreciated! Hope to run into you one night at one of the tracks!
@CTPAYC2323 Жыл бұрын
Good info, thanks! If I need to balance my race car, and need higher percentage of the weight on the rear wheels, should I avoid moving parts or adding weight behind the rear axle? That'd be most efficient to move more weight onto the rear wheels, while stationary. But am I asking for some trouble in handling while on track with weight outside of the wheelbase?
@garrettracingteam Жыл бұрын
As a rule of thumb, I do not try and mount weight outside of the wheelbase, either behind the rear axle or in front of the front axle/spindles. For one, many rule books including the one that I have to use do not allow this, and two, once you get weight so far away from the center of the car it can create a whipping effect while cornering. It is something to play with and can be dependent on the style of racing you do (dirt vs paved, oval vs road course), but like everything else you can go too far with it. I like to keep my added weight as low and as centered as I can that allows for a maximum left side percentage (since I am oval track racing) and minimum total weight.
@CTPAYC2323 Жыл бұрын
@@garrettracingteam Thanks for the response! I'm on a paved road course, endurance racing. I'll need to get some better intuition around "whipping effect". If I need to move a lot of balance to the rear, then it makes sense to move it as far as I can. But it only makes sense while the car is stationary. I think the key would be to think how it would behave under weight transfer in cornering / trail braking / accelerating out of a corner. Then weight behind the rear axle would have significant impact on the dynamics of the weight distribution, if I make sense.
@timchilders3535 10 ай бұрын
@@garrettracingteam Yes, agreed. We often refer to lead hung behind the housing as "slinging weight".
@richkracing6014 Жыл бұрын
What nascar modified???
@kendaumen862 Жыл бұрын
jamie's 1 of the nicest guys out there.....good luck this year dude
@garrettracingteam Жыл бұрын
Thanks Ken! He sure is, I try and go to the track and help him all I can when I am not racing, awesome guy!
@garrettracingteam Жыл бұрын
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@honeybadgeractual5734 Жыл бұрын
Questions, and this may be silly but I'm doing performance and longevity mods to small engines, do you cool the fuel? The oil? Do you use self draining catch cans? Do you know if you could use a case pulse pump to move oil for added lubrication? Could possibly be a system that can be turned on/off based on electronic switches or even mechanical ones.
@biebssss4174 Жыл бұрын
Great video! .. question ..if we are at step 2, set the car up for race, psi, stagger and stuff..do we zero out the coil over/springs? And then scale it? Or I guess how to determine on where to set the coils before we do the weight?
@SRTrollinz Жыл бұрын
BADASS🔥🔥🔥🔥
@EJ2TrackRat Жыл бұрын
awesome video. any idea on which to set first? corner balance vs weight distribution? How do you isolate the effects of corner weights from coilovers when you're solely trying to change weight distribution
@jerseyshoredroneservices225 3 ай бұрын
In my personal experience we usually like to set the ride heights first then adjust the wheel wait to what we expect to be close then check the ride heights again because they'll probably change when you turn the Spring colors to make wheelway adjustments period after you go back and forth with that a few times you get it pretty close. Then check the left side weight, rear weight cross weight. etc and move ballast if necessary. Ideally all ballast would be in the center of the car but these cars are generally not designed in a way that lets you do that. To get left side weight and we're way percentages you're probably have to have most if not all of your ballast on the left side frame rail split between the area by the petals and the area behind the driver's seat. How much ballast you have to put in which particular place will vary depend on the rules, the overall weight of your car and things like the size of the fuel cell, how full you plan to run it, how far back it's mounted, etc. Some guys run a straight rear that does away with the weight and drag of the quick change gears but it's also smaller and let's you move the fuel cell forward.
@jerseyshoredroneservices225 3 ай бұрын
I didn't mention it in that other comment but before you do all that stuff you make sure the frame is straight then make sure the rear is straight in the frame (assuming that's how you plan to run it) Make sure that the right side tires are aligned unless you plan to run the right front or right rear out more than the other one. Basically the point is that you don't leave anything to chance.
@mark4m557 Жыл бұрын
I’ve learned a lot about racing in these past few years. 1 is it’s the little things that make the biggest difference, and don’t work with the rules, work around them.
@Mkj823 Жыл бұрын
Gotta get the Kyle Larson championship ring now 🤘🏼
@codydean6093 Жыл бұрын
No Blewitt bar added?
@jamieday6602 Жыл бұрын
Have you ever raced at Thompson Speedway in Connecticut!
@garrettracingteam Жыл бұрын
Hey Jamie! I have never raced at Thompson since I am based out of NC, but would love to at some point. I will be at Martinsville Speedway next Thursday night for the Whelen Modified tour helping Jamie Tomaino and his team, and should be able to get some footage from that, so stay tuned!
@brianlrayburn2576 Жыл бұрын
I learned it the hard way as well. I've asked for some direction from a few people who understood the subject thoroughly. I'd take it as far as I could and go back. This, hopefully, showed I was working for their general guidance. The subject is unbelievably deep. It's deepest levels will humble even the seasoned racer, at least it does me. You're videos will help a bunch of racers.
@garrettracingteam Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment Brian! I am trying to get some of these concepts that I have struggled with in the past out there for others to learn from. Stay tuned for more content as I have been super busy at the track lately, but have a ton of awesome footage I want to share!
@jamieday6602 Жыл бұрын
Another great video! Thank you for sharing!
@garrettracingteam Жыл бұрын
Thanks Jamie! Stay tuned as I have a ton more footage coming up. We have been super busy racing and have some awesome content coming soon!
@jamieday6602 Жыл бұрын
First time viewer! I loved how you explained everything in simple terms! Thanks for sharing!
@garrettracingteam Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the subscription Jamie, I am glad you enjoyed it!
@traceyburroughs7469 Жыл бұрын
Congratulations
@garrettracingteam Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! Be sure to subscribe to subscribe to the channel, it helps our team out a ton!
@traceyburroughs7469 Жыл бұрын
@@garrettracingteam first time I watched your video I subscribed enjoyed it very much. Look forward to watching more thank you
@garrettracingteam Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the subscription Tracey! I have been super busy lately at the track, but I have a ton of footage that I am excited to share so stay tuned!
@chrislabar22 Жыл бұрын
Hey man, new subscriber here with a question. How did you get started in Modified Racing? I’m 24 and I really want to get into it, but I’m not exactly sure how other than buy a car and enter it in a race.
@garrettracingteam Жыл бұрын
Hey Chris, thanks for the sub it really helps! Also, great question. I started racing gokarts when I was a kid, moved up to legends cars, and finally got a modified when I graduated college and started work a few years ago. What I would do if you are interested in getting into racing is to find out what car you want to race. Late models, modifieds, 4 cylinder, legends, etc. dirt, asphalt, road course? Then, go to your local track where they race them and volunteer to help on a team and learn the cars (buy a pit pass and start talking to people). Find out how much it costs to not only purchase a car, but also find out about the weekly costs to race it such as entry fees, fuel, tires, brakes, oil changes, parts, etc. That way you have a good idea of what it will take to race and if you can afford it. Then, get you a car and necessary setup tools and start practicing it some at your local track and go race. I have been thinking about doing a video on this exact topic to help answer this in more detail.
@a.e.1576 Жыл бұрын
Hey Nathan. Next time you will win the race. Keep on going. Greetings from Germany
@garrettracingteam Жыл бұрын
Thank you Ralf, we keep getting better each time it seems! I hope you are doing well in Germany!
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@abagaelshanberg9380 Жыл бұрын
pքɾօʍօʂʍ
@a.e.1576 Жыл бұрын
How great
@garrettracingteam Жыл бұрын
Thanks Ralf! I will be releasing a video of the entire race, so stay tuned!
@RaxiumETX Жыл бұрын
Good job
@garrettracingteam Жыл бұрын
Thank you, we are getting closer each week!
@gafrers 2 жыл бұрын
I was expecting a pressurized system but you explained everything well and simply 👍👍
@garrettracingteam Жыл бұрын
Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed it! The system is pretty simple, but still has to be done correctly to operate correctly, stay tuned for more!
@aaronbrink6901 2 жыл бұрын
Just wondering did you see my last comments? I think YT isn't showing notifications on replies for some reason.
@aaronbrink6901 Жыл бұрын
@@garrettracingteam Awesome thank you so much
@juniorwhelchel6337 2 жыл бұрын
I run on dirt also where are you located
@garrettracingteam Жыл бұрын
I race on Asphalt with the open wheel modified. I race at a track called ACE Speedway in Altamahaw, NC
@juniorwhelchel6337 2 жыл бұрын
I run a Monte Carlo metric chassis in pure stock class we can not run any type of weight do u have any pointers for me
@garrettracingteam Жыл бұрын
Do you have to meet a minimum weight? If so, how do you meet minimum weight if they do not allow you to add any?
@juniorwhelchel6337 Жыл бұрын
No weight limit
@garrettracingteam Жыл бұрын
@@juniorwhelchel6337 I would remove all the weight that I could then. Find parts that will work that are lighter, especially rotating weight such as wheels, hubs, brake rotors, clutch assemblies, rear end internals, transmission internals, etc. Can you run fiberglass body pieces? I run a fiberglass roof and hood that helps cut down alot of weight. You can also look at getting more left side percentage by removing weight from just the right side. Get creative and look at the car and see what is really needed and what can be removed and still be safe to race.
@garrettracingteam Жыл бұрын
Also, take a look at your competitors when you are at the track to see where they may have removed weight as well. And if you go across scales at the end of races, have someone record what the weights are for the winners. That will give you an idea of where everyone is compared to your car
@juniorwhelchel6337 Жыл бұрын
Everything is supposed to be completely stock and we can't remove any thing as far as cutting stuff off the car but I definitely appreciate you speaking with me
@aaronbrink6901 2 жыл бұрын
If Sam is available I would like to ask him some questions about his internship experience.
@garrettracingteam 2 жыл бұрын
I will reach out to him now, I am sure he would be willing to talk to you. Are you already located in the concord area?
@aaronbrink6901 2 жыл бұрын
@@garrettracingteam Unfortunately no, I'm based out California. If he has a LinkedIn profile I could communicate there or with email.
@aaronbrink6901 2 жыл бұрын
I'm trying be an intern at HMS for mechanical engineering and man this video is awesome.
@garrettracingteam 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds great Aaron, that is how Sam got started there while he was attending UNC-Charlotte’s mechanical engineering program. It has really paid off for him so far.
@kevinhuber4551 2 жыл бұрын
I just found you on yt. Garrett is a great name , that's my son's name. I used to drive late model at Thompson speedway and Stafford .I Love open wheel ,ground pounders... Keep up the good work.
@garrettracingteam 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Kevin and welcome to the channel! Be sure to stay tuned for more as I will be helping a driver this Wednesday (6/29) night at Caraway Speedway that you may know, Jamie Tomaino. I should have some onboard footage of that race with Jamie and hope to do a live stream of it!
@StoneyRidgeFarmer 2 жыл бұрын
Great vid buddy!!!
@garrettracingteam 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks man! Race footage is always the best, wish we could get more of it if the track ran more!
@a.e.1576 2 жыл бұрын
Hey Nathan. Congrats to the podium. Great view during the race. I enjoyed it.
@garrettracingteam 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ralf, it is great to have some fans in Germany watching my racing 🇩🇪 🏁
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@joeisaacs9011 2 жыл бұрын
Congratulations 🎉
@garrettracingteam 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks man!
@joeisaacs9011 2 жыл бұрын
Way to go 💪🏼👏🏼
@garrettracingteam 2 жыл бұрын
Next time hoping for the win 🏁
@Steve-ft2jl 2 жыл бұрын
Nice finish tonight!!
@garrettracingteam 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Steve, did you come to the races that night?
@Steve-ft2jl 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, it was a good time.
@garrettracingteam 2 жыл бұрын
@@Steve-ft2jl Great! Out next race will be July 8th
@joeisaacs9011 2 жыл бұрын
Very Cool 😎 Just met y’all in Eden 👍🏼✅💯
@garrettracingteam 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Joe, I appreciate y’all coming by yesterday! If y’all have time, come check us out at ACE Speedway this Friday night!
@kernsy6715 2 жыл бұрын
Have you made a video yet of how to square it the old School way? I’ve always paid to get mine square and set and they would never teach you. It gets to expensive and I wanna know how to Do it myself.
@garrettracingteam 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I will do a more detailed video of squaring a car the old school way. All you need is (2) jack stands, and good piece of neon colored builder's string, and a tape measure. What type of car are you trying to square? The reason I ask is you need to have a flat part of the car to reference from, and on our race car we have a flat frame rail that we use. Hopefully I can help get you going so you can do it yourself and save money.
@kernsy6715 2 жыл бұрын
It’s a limited late model, full tube chassis. I get so confused on how to get the rearend square with the front end. This video explained on how to get the outside tires square and in line which was awesome, getting the front end to rearend at the same distance on each side is where I struggle a lot. People have told me to plump bobs but never tell me where to put them.
@garrettracingteam 2 жыл бұрын
@@kernsy6715 I can definitely do a video on that to hopefully get what you need so you can start doing this yourself. There are (2) ways to square the rear, either using the string method as I talked about or hanging plumb bobs from the front and rear. Give me some time and I will get it filmed and uploaded.
@kernsy6715 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you I’d appreciate that
@garrettracingteam 2 жыл бұрын
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@kendaumen862 2 жыл бұрын
have you ever run a dry sump system?
@garrettracingteam 2 жыл бұрын
No, our rules dictate that we must run an oil pan and non dry sump setup. Those 18 degree dry sump engines are awesome with all that horsepower but extremely pricey compared to ours. The oil changes alone are a ton more expensive as well.
@davidholland7714 2 жыл бұрын
You use the dipstick to help work on the car lol
@garrettracingteam 2 жыл бұрын
I think I may be the dipstick lol