Hoosier v Goodyear baseline setup and opinions
Hello
I have my new to me FM ready to take off the jackstands and start setting up. I currently have a set of Goodyears on it but my Club Ford runs Hoosiers and we have local Hoosier dealer here in CO so I was thinking about switching over to Hoosiers for both cars.
Is there a direct replacement in the Hoosier line up for the Goodyear? I have the baseline set up from Moses that I would set the car at but didn't know if these would carry over to the Hoosiers, and frankly I have to idea what half of these measurements are (bump rubbers, packers, shock perch height, ARB, wing, wicker) I have only been on a road race track on motorcycles so I cannot imagine I will be setting very fast laps, is there a Hoosier compound that is budget friendly and soft enough for shake down laps or should I just stick with the GYs? I was told Carol Shelby Enterprises is a good vendor to order tires from if I go GY and Ontrac is good for Hoosiers here in Colorado.
Any advice is appreciated, sorry if this has been covered else where. I searched archives and only found a little info from several years ago
Baseline Setup
Goodyear 470 Compound Spec Tire
? Target hot Tire pressure 18psi front and rear. All of our set up numbers are done with this
pressure. I tune the car to maintain the same target hot temp. I have never had to stagger my
hot temp to make the car work.
? Set up with 10 gallons of fuel and a total car weight of 1410 lbs
? Ride height:
? Front 1.875"
? Rear 2.750"
? Caster
? Front 5.0-5.5
? Camber
? Front -.8 (neg)
? Rear +.4 (pos)
? Toe
? Front 3mm toe out each side 6mm total
? Rear 0
? Springs
? Front 750 lbs
? Rear 500 lbs
? Compression
? Front 7 (from soft)
? Rear 5 (from soft)
? Rebound
? Front 6 (from soft)
? Rear 4 (from soft)
? Bump Rubbers
? Front Short
? Rear Tall
? Packers
? Front 0
? Rear as many as it takes to have .375 - .500 gap between bump rubber and packer at
static. S horter gap for slower drivers
? Shock perch heights
? Front +/- .125
? Rear +/- .250
? Corner weights
? Front +/- 5 lbs
? Rear +/- 10 lbs
? ARB
? Front Full soft
? Rear baseline at 3" with Sticker tires (adjust for wear)
? Wing
? We measure without including the wicker. We start with the front and rear at the same
angle. Ranging from 6 - 10 degrees depending on track
? Wicker
? Front Tall (.750)
? Rear Short (.375)
? We ALWAYS run wickers. Even the winning car at Daytona ran wickers. The only
difference is we ran .375 front and
