photo from 2009 Holbert Memorial
Autocross, Warminster Pa. Thanks
Mike
"You'll never want to go straight again.
And why should you? .
. .
. . . Go
straight? Be our guest. . . It's a great way to get
from one curve to another."
This is an
ongoing project to make the car more competive in autocross and
be enjoyable to drive on the road. The pages here will
hopefully provide some insight and reference for others with
similar goals. When I started I knew that in the mid 1960s
Scott Harvey and other engineers were road racing and rallying
Chrysler Corporation's compact cars with some backing by the
company. However much of what they learned had become
arcane; difficult to find and apply. But over
the years I got the car pretty well sorted out as a sporty multi
purpose car with help, a few books on handling, and insight from
a small network of similar enthusiasts connected by the internet
and hard experience.
It is time to update these
pages as there have been a number of changes to the car as well
as the internet. Also in the last few years there has been
a growing after market of suspension improvement products for
these cars. So the need for these pages has
shifted to the diehards who want to figure out how to make stock
based suspension work, which actually isn't that hard.
Links to other Barracuda, Challengers,
Dart, & Valiants set up for Sports Car Competition:
Hey! I Want to Play Too! Autocross & Track Event Links:
Disclaimer:
If you take advice, or copy something I have
done, you are on your own. I'm just trying to be helpful.
You need to make your own decisions, and know about or discover
the risks before barging ahead on any endevour.
Claimer:
If you steal something I have written, or a
picture I have taken or drawn, you are a thief. Plain and
simple. If you wish to quote something, you are free to do
so. All I ask for is proper credit. If you wish to
quote or copy more than a couple of lines, then you must get my
permission.
e-mail all queries to: M. Grubel
mgcuda 5/07/01; rev22 Nov. 2016