To relocate the moment center,...
To relocate the moment center, we will have to change the upper control arm chassis slugs. Our moment center, according to the data, was too far to the right, so we will have to lower the left-side dive slugs and/or raise the right-side dive slugs to be able to get the moment center back to the left side of the car.
Recently, we were able to put our USARacing Pro Cup Project Car on the rig to be able to diagnose the frontend geometry problems we were having. We suspected that our moment center might be too far to the right. As you can see in the charts, we documented the trip, a very valuable trip. We spent eight hours there on a Friday and learned more about our car during that short time period than we could ever have done spending eight hours on the racetrack.
Information You Can Take With You All of the measurements taken by the DCMS are reduced to data sheets that the team can take home to analyze and evaluate. While at the facility, you can try different configurations with the geometry and then try each at the racetrack to find the most suitable combination for your driver and your racetrack. The personnel at CCI will help you with your decisions.
If you sell your car at the end of the season before building or buying a new one, you can provide the new owner with the data that shows that the car is indeed checked out and in good geometrical condition. It's like having a fresh dyno sheet on the motor. That could help not only sell the car, but may bring a higher price.
 After we have moved the slugs...  After we have moved the slugs we can now go back to measuring where everything ended up. This is the beauty of the DCMS: You make the changes you wanted to try and then you're able to see how it affected your entire frontend geometry. |  Now after a few changes and...  Now after a few changes and a couple of runs we have ended the day with these numbers. The moment center at ride height is now 3 inches to the left and 3 inches above ground. We still need to make a small change with the caster. The caster split is just a little too high. But all in all we were extremely happy with where our frontend geometry ended the day. |  Another thing that CCI can...  Another thing that CCI can do after you are on the DCMS is make 3D drawings depicting what your front suspension looks like without having the body or chassis in the way. This can help you determine if you like the angles of the front control arms and will also show you what the suspension looks like at full compression. |