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Analyzing Exterior and Undercarriage Modifications

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Dodge Charger Daytona Survivor Reunited With Its NASCAR Driver! (Dave Marcis' Winged Warrior)

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What happens here

The video then moves to an examination of the car's exterior and undercarriage. Dave Marcus lies on the floor to point out a 1-inch thick spacer positioned above the rear spring shackles. This modification, unique to this car at the time, was designed to increase the car's 'rake' (body angle), which was believed to improve aerodynamic performance and handling on the track. He discusses how different spring arches were used to achieve varying rake angles in other cars of that era, emphasizing the experimental nature of early race car setups.

Goal: Understand external and undercarriage modifications for aerodynamic and handling performance.

Tools and materials

  • 1-inch Spacer Custom fabricated — Increasing the car's body rake for improved aerodynamics

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the back. And that was to put more rake in the car, more body rake. Yeah. See, there's a spacer up here that's painted black now, but that's one inch thick. That raised the body of the car and put more rake in it. H. And see the the the springs in Chrysler. We we had like there would there were the springs were numbered in sets of three and the rate was the same on them, but the arch in the spring was different. Hm. Like a a a 44 spring if we had one would have been a 1 in rake and a 45 2 in of rake and a 46 would have been 3 in of arch in the spring. So I could raise the back of this body. I had to change the springs. We didn't have no screw jacks. Huh. Which springs are on here right now? Can you see the number on them? Huh? Which springs are on the car right now? Yeah. I'm not sure. Uh I cannot read the number. No. But that's how we put more rake in the in the body. Yeah. It's a good floor to roll around on. Nice and clean. Easy to slide. So, a lot of them wouldn't had that one in spacer in there. Right. What I'm trying to figure out is what happened to this car for the 30 years between Dave driving it or I guess it was like 10 or 15 between Dave driving it and you getting it to make it into a goodie show car. What was it doing?

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