Hey Herm, We just stand in the shop and verbally abuse it into runnin' better. It works as well as anything else we try. And now we have all winter to do it !
Shit, that's how the daily driver gets to staying reliable as well! Ya cant truly appreciate a hotrod unless ya been cussing the thing out till early morning finding some ghost issue. 😂😂
In a way, you're lucky to have learned through the hard knocks school of technology and smart enough to use new technology such as the chassis set up systems you showed. But, it's no wonder in the modern era that big money teams hire graduate engineers to figure set ups. Thanks for sharing your knowledge to us fans of racing.
lol I tell yah Kenny! First driver I worked for at Roush was mark last year of the Winston cup! Now I’m into F1 a little. Things have changed so much! Yet it all boils down to the same damn principles as back in the day! mechanic for dummies & driving for dummies. More technology & engineers make the car like a Cadillac!
Took me YEARS to learn this stuff. Larry Mac has an amazing book, same as Steve Smith. Once you start gettin into front end geometry…thats the crazy stuff. Can do amazing things with a oem metric chassis, a torch and some clever bending lol
Oh Great Wizard, now, tell the attentive class about the old Pogo Stick to know your corner weights at the track. I watched a great legend roll into a track after chasing points four states away the night before. He ran like a tub of shit in the qualifier - they got there late and ran the setup that was in the car from the night before. Then he did his magic. Completely put a new setup in - springs, shocks, set ride height - and then out came the Pogo Stick. 30 lap feature against the best of them and he takes down the win!
So if you have a 3 link how do you set one of them up without scales in the rear since we use sliders and not coil overs well some or us use sliders very few coil overs.
How often do you end end up tightening the rebound a click or 3 ( assuming you have the ability yo adjust rebound and compression)when you add 1/2 or full turn because it causes the shock to top out unloading the chassis?
Herm I’m 67 yrs old. I watched a guy at his garage use bathroom scales to set his dirt car up. I thought how strange this guy must be crazy. Kinda like watching The Jetsons and thinking no way now look at us doing what the Jetsons did back then! 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Herm the dot has portable scales that you slide them under the front of your wheels all you have to do is drive up on the scales and there only they weigh just like your scales .the thing is they weigh only 20 to 25 pounds get you a set of them to carry with you they carry them in there trunk of there cars if you looking for portable sales .just thought you was looking for a travling set of 4
Flashbacks to '89 or so......Helping out a local late model father n son "team" set up the car via those grain scales!! Jack it up, adjust shock, place grain scale under tire, let car down, give the car a little shake, driver sitting on door sill and see what it is. Nope, not right, repeat process. Ugggg
@KennyWallace36 NASCAR really lost my interest some years ago when they came out with just too much technology on the car. Racers is always going to be Racers whether we're racing or not. I think many of us want to come out and watch you run that dirt car, then go to a NASCAR race, no bulshit.
It’s not a new thing. Drivers have been calculating Spring loads for decades utilizing a Tape measure and math. Yes it can be done without a smasher because it’s math. A smasher is just easier. There’s still good reason to utilize scales with spring loads. In fact a car can be just as quick if you set up with scales the old way. As long as you understand the car dynamically.
can somoene explain why the left rear axal has to come out to scale a race car? i can understand the shocks but what does the left rear axal do vs th right?
I work on tour type modifieds. we pull the axle out just enough to get it free of the spine because when you roll the car forward and back after each adjustment the stagger will Bind everything up, including including the scales.
We race , but don’t have all the fancy stuff you have. I farm and am not rich!!! Enjoy your channel but unrealistic for us . We do things old school……..
love the racers that get all uptight about their setups and refuse to help anyone act like jerk offs when asked for help you get things like "get outta here, who u tryin to help? and those are the same racers that wine and complain they cant win... videos like this make those racers very mad and they are only mad at them selfs cause htey suck
Hey Herm, We just stand in the shop and verbally abuse it into runnin' better. It works as well as anything else we try. And now we have all winter to do it !
Shit, that's how the daily driver gets to staying reliable as well!
Ya cant truly appreciate a hotrod unless ya been cussing the thing out till early morning finding some ghost issue.
😂😂
Boy howdy !
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Truth!!!!!!
Damn I am old. I remember using grain scales and putting a socket on the floor jack under the center of the rearend to measure wedge.
Likewise
In a way, you're lucky to have learned through the hard knocks school of technology and smart enough to use new technology such as the chassis set up systems you showed. But, it's no wonder in the modern era that big money teams hire graduate engineers to figure set ups. Thanks for sharing your knowledge to us fans of racing.
For race fans: Load is how many beers before you get smashed
Kenny is very smart, he says he's not but that's a bunch of BS. He's learned through from the best.
Thanx for the lesson Kenny! Need more of these!
lol I tell yah Kenny! First driver I worked for at Roush was mark last year of the Winston cup! Now I’m into F1 a little. Things have changed so much! Yet it all boils down to the same damn principles as back in the day! mechanic for dummies & driving for dummies. More technology & engineers make the car like a Cadillac!
Thanks for the info, Kenny!
For the front shocks can’t you use a spring smasher to see where your front shocks are at for loads.
Took me YEARS to learn this stuff. Larry Mac has an amazing book, same as Steve Smith. Once you start gettin into front end geometry…thats the crazy stuff. Can do amazing things with a oem metric chassis, a torch and some clever bending lol
4:05 thats the oddest blue id never seent. . . . fitting for 2023
Oh Great Wizard, now, tell the attentive class about the old Pogo Stick to know your corner weights at the track.
I watched a great legend roll into a track after chasing points four states away the night before. He ran like a tub of shit in the qualifier - they got there late and ran the setup that was in the car from the night before. Then he did his magic.
Completely put a new setup in - springs, shocks, set ride height - and then out came the Pogo Stick.
30 lap feature against the best of them and he takes down the win!
Love your Show, Your Awesome and keeping it Real!
Awesome, Thanks KWallace
I enjoyed your instructional video as a racing fan and need to learn a lot more. Thanks for sharing and look forward to the next one 🏁
I just learned at great deal just listening to you. Thanks
Thanks that was very informative !
So if you have a 3 link how do you set one of them up without scales in the rear since we use sliders and not coil overs well some or us use sliders very few coil overs.
10:32 That's what she said! 😂😂😂
Could you not mount the scales in floor of the trailer somehow?
Yea thats understandable
How often do you end end up tightening the rebound a click or 3 ( assuming you have the ability yo adjust rebound and compression)when you add 1/2 or full turn because it causes the shock to top out unloading the chassis?
Race In Paradise, Mike. I miss ya, Boss.
Your amazing kenny keep up the good work!
Good show 👍
Haha, Kenny not smart... you're the most underrated driver in all of motorsports.
Herman get in here. Suppers ready 😂😂😂😂
boy I like it when people say, "Dam Wallace that Nascar money sure comes in handy!!!!"
Very good video TY so much. Gonna get me a loadstick!
interesting. thanks!
Are those rubbers just different thickness? Or is there a different compression number too?
Yes! (All of the above)
Herm I’m 67 yrs old. I watched a guy at his garage use bathroom scales to set his dirt car up. I thought how strange this guy must be crazy. Kinda like watching The Jetsons and thinking no way now look at us doing what the Jetsons did back then! 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Herm the dot has portable scales that you slide them under the front of your wheels all you have to do is drive up on the scales and there only they weigh just like your scales .the thing is they weigh only 20 to 25 pounds get you a set of them to carry with you they carry them in there trunk of there cars if you looking for portable sales .just thought you was looking for a travling set of 4
How is Jughead doing?
With out the hermanator i wouldnt be on here at all and how is franki doing
Hay Redneck Kenny Racing is a game of physic but the true key is to know the track you will race on
Flashbacks to '89 or so......Helping out a local late model father n son "team" set up the car via those grain scales!! Jack it up, adjust shock, place grain scale under tire, let car down, give the car a little shake, driver sitting on door sill and see what it is. Nope, not right, repeat process. Ugggg
Kenny what would those teachers say at Fox High School when you say you aren’t that smart!
I see a brown rubber...? Herm said blue...in the spring.
Objects in the camera are smarter than they appear to be .......
So Herman, how did Richard Petty win all those races without all these gismos???
Nobody else had them either.😂
I'm the same age as you Kenny. Technology has passed me up. This why I have stopped racing. Shock technology and and of this has passed me up.
I wonder how many people are taking down these numbers thinking the. Numbers are what Kenny is running lol
Show them the rubbers- had me laughing.
go real old school with a jack a 5/8 socket and measure inches of bite
I'm smart, Herman. I want the new rubber, not the used one 😂
haha
@KennyWallace36 NASCAR really lost my interest some years ago when they came out with just too much technology on the car. Racers is always going to be Racers whether we're racing or not. I think many of us want to come out and watch you run that dirt car, then go to a NASCAR race, no bulshit.
Wish I'd known about rubbers sooner, would've had less kids....🤣🤣🤣
most local racers don't have Toyota's money to buy all that fancy stuff lol
Oh come on I'm just got going with the scales. Which now car is so very broken and no money left for parts. Damn I hate being sponsorless.
I run a pavement midget and I block the car and then just use the scales to check!
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It’s not a new thing. Drivers have been calculating Spring loads for decades utilizing a Tape measure and math. Yes it can be done without a smasher because it’s math. A smasher is just easier. There’s still good reason to utilize scales with spring loads. In fact a car can be just as quick if you set up with scales the old way. As long as you understand the car dynamically.
Amazing how with all this 'stuff', we still screw it up...😅
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Kenny Wallace my mother passed away this morning from stage 4 lung,bone,kidney, and see
so sorry to hear that
@@KennyWallace36 Thank You
It does look like a lot of fucking work.
It's a hobby for us that hate to relax
can somoene explain why the left rear axal has to come out to scale a race car? i can understand the shocks but what does the left rear axal do vs th right?
Open wheel guys that I know don’t do that
I work on tour type modifieds. we pull the axle out just enough to get it free of the spine because when you roll the car forward and back after each adjustment the stagger will Bind everything up, including including the scales.
@@jerseyshoredroneservices225 right on... thanks.... i just learned something new
Whst a load of shit!! 😆 just breaking your balls bro . Good stuff keep'em coming and stay safe 🇺🇸 🇺🇲
Leave it to Kenny to try and make himself look like a dumbass and everyone knows he's a very smart and knowledgeable guy with plenty of wisdom. 🤣🤣🤣
If that is the right rear you just made the car loose!
We race , but don’t have all the fancy stuff you have. I farm and am not rich!!! Enjoy your channel but unrealistic for us . We do things old school……..
I have no idea what anyone sees in this guy other then as an entertainer. His presentation with regard to setup is just flakey and hard to follow.
love the racers that get all uptight about their setups and refuse to help anyone act like jerk offs when asked for help you get things like "get outta here, who u tryin to help? and those are the same racers that wine and complain they cant win... videos like this make those racers very mad and they are only mad at them selfs cause htey suck