2023 Crate Late Model Chassis School

2023 Crate Late Model Chassis School - Online Version

Learn the latest tips and strategies from Ben Baker, Robby Bilbrey, Matt Henderson, Steve Hendren, and Dave Hammond.

Watch - Rewind - and Watch Again

The live class took place January 28-29, 2023. The online version of the class is now ready for you to play in your shop, on your computer, or even on your phone.

Course curriculum

1. 2023 Racelogic Late Model Shocks Handout
2. 2023 Racelogic Chassis School Workbook
3. 0-1 Intros
4. 0-2 Class Overview
1. 1-1 Off Season Items to Check and Replace
2. 1-2 Wheel Bearing Maintenance
3. 1-3 Birdcage Bearing Tips
4. 1-4 Things to Know About Heims
5. 1-5 Ways to Check Rear End Straightness
6. 1-6 Heim Preferences & Maintenance
7. 1-7 Shock Ends - Fifth Arm - Lift Arm
8. 1-8 Changing Shims in Sweet Rack
9. 1-9 Grade 8 Bolts - More Heims
10. 1-10 Checking New Components
11. 1-11 Measuring Chassis & Springs
12. 1-12 Off Season Storage
13. 1-13 Storing Spare Shocks & Springs
14. 1-14 Heim Selection for Modified
15. 1-15 Protecting Shocks and Suspension Components
1. 2-1 Evaluating a Racetrack
2. 2-2 Making the Most out of a Testing Session
3. 2-3 Scuffing Tires
4. 2-4 Checking the Car Between Sessions
5. 2-5 Tips for Crew Members
6. 2-6 More Tips for Between Sessions
7. 2-7 Tire Pressure
8. 2-8 Tools at the Track - Part 1
9. 2-9 Tools at the Track - Part 2
10. 2-10 Breaking Down the Racetrack
11. 2-11 Tires - Part 1
12. 2-12 Tires - Part 2
13. 2-13 Tires Q&A
1. 3-1 Brakes from a Drivers Standpoint
2. 3-2 Brake Pedal System
3. 3-3 Master Cylinders - Bleeding Brakes & Clutches
4. 3-4 Calipers & Pistons
5. 3-5 Brake Maintenance
6. 3-6 Brake Lines
7. 3-7 Rotors
8. 3-8 Brake Pads
9. 3-9 Brakes Q&A
10. 3-10 Brake Fluid
1. 4-1 Rack & Pump
2. 4-2 Steering Wheels
3. 4-3 Steering Column
4. 4-4 Servo Selection
5. 4-5 Other Steering Components
1. 5-1 Matt's Experience Working with Steve
2. 5-2 Valve Springs & Rocker Arms
3. 5-3 Tips for Running E85
4. 5-4 Stumbling Problems
5. 5-5 Carburetor Selection
6. 5-6 Acceleration & Torque
7. 5-7 Fuels
8. 5-8 Carb Spacers
9. 5-9 Carb Adjustments
10. 5-10 Fuel Pressure
11. 5-11 Things to Check or Change When Switching to E-85
12. 5-12 Fans & Shrouds
13. 5-13 How Often to Change Valve Springs
14. 5-14 Fuel Manufacturers
15. 5-15 Dyno vs Track Testing
16. 5-16 Q&A
17. 5-17 Chassis Dyno Tips & Tricks
18. 5-18 Oil Temperature
19. 5-19 Oil Viscosity
20. 5-20 Q&A - Overheating Stories
21. 5-21 Fans & Wind Speed
22. 5-22 Exhaust - Pulleys - Air Filters
23. 5-23 Ignition
24. 5-24 Radiators
25. 5-25 Question Follow Up
26. 5-26 Radiator Issues
27. 5-27 Grounds - Wiring
28. 5-28 Accumulator Cap
29. 5-29 Follow up on Tach Issue Question
1. 6-1 Binds in the Driveline
2. 6-2 REM Polishing
3. 6-3 Front End Components
4. 6-4 Front End Settings
5. 6-5 Camber & Roll Center
6. 6-6 Tethering the Left Front
7. 6-7 Scaling
8. 6-8 Toe
9. 6-9 Caster
10. 6-10 Bump Steer
11. 6-11 Ackerman
12. 6-12 Driver Comfort
13. 6-13 Tools for Measuring Front Ends
14. 6-14 Checking Spindles
15. 6-15 Tire Wear Question
16. 6-16 Tool Tip
1. 7-1 Overview - Intro
2. 7-2 What Shocks Do
3. 7-3 Twin Tube Shocks
4. 7-4 Mono Tube Shocks
5. 7-5 Mono Tube with Base Valve
6. 7-6 Mono Tube with Canister
7. 7-7 Emulsion - Air Shocks
8. 7-8 Shocks Q&A
9. 7-9 Reading the Graphs
10. 7-10 A Five is Not a Five
11. 7-11 Shock Piston Options
12. 7-12 Types of Graphs
13. 7-13 Q&A
14. 7-14 Graphs Continued
15. 7-15 Getting Shocks Right
16. 7-16 Custom Shocks
17. 7-17 Shock Dyno Graphs
18. 7-18 Graphs Can Be Deceiving-
19. 7-19 Cavitation
20. 7-20 Hysteresis
21. 7-21 Adjusters
22. 7-22 LR with High Compression
23. 7-23 RF Examples
24. 7-24 Buying Shocks Off the Shelf
25. 7-25 Adjustments on Dirt
26. 7-26 Questions - 1
27. 7-27 Questions - 2
28. 7-28 Shock Maintenance
29. 7-29 Trends
30. 7-30 Shipping Shocks
31. 7-31 Springs - Part 1
32. 7-32 Springs - Part 2
1. 8-1 Power of Pictures
2. 8-2 Aerodynamics Intro
3. 8-3 Body Adjustments for Aero
4. 8-4 Aero Calculations
5. 8-5 Using Data
6. 8-6 Q&A
1. 9-1 Bump Stop & Engagement
2. 9-2 Short Body Long Shaft Shocks
3. 9-3 Graphs on the Machine
4. 9-4 Loading and Unloading Notes
5. 9-5 Right Front Question
6. 9-6 Stacked Springs
7. 9-7 Left Rear Shock & Extended Load
8. 9-8 Using a Manual Machine
9. 9-9 Why Remove Gas When Testing
10. 9-10 Extended Numbers
11. 9-11 Taller & Softer Springs
12. 9-12 Stacks on Left Rears
13. 9-13 Using the Machine to Check Heims
14. 9-14 Setting a Baseline & Building Your Notebook
15. 9-15 Using Weight as an Advantage
1. 10-1 Rear Suspension Adustments
2. 10-2 Severity of Adjustments
3. 10-3 Q&A
4. 10-4 Zero Indexing
5. 10-5 Shorter Links
6. 10-6 J-Bars
7. 10-7 Droop Rule Chain
8. 10-8 Torque Arms & Overtightening
9. 10-9 Progressive Spring Question
10. 10-10 Rear End Question
11. 10-11 Zero Indexing Question
12. 10-12 Gearing Question
13. 10-13 Outro - Instructor Contact Info

About this course

$349.00
158 lessons
12 hours of video content

Instructors

Ben Baker

Ben from Longacre and AFCO Racing is an expert in multiple aspects of race cars including cooling, brakes, and set up.

Robby Bilbrey

Owner-operator at Race Products Inc. Suspension Division

Matt Henderson

Matt is a winning racecar driver. He has also worked in the chassis manufacturing business and operates as a consultant assisting other racers.

Steve Hendren

Dave Hammond

Dave is the owner of Hammond Motorsports. He will be showing the latest tools to enhance your chassis set up.

Brian Littleton

Brian is the owner of Racelogic Chassis School. His passion for racing led him to develop the program holding multiple classes each year for 30 years. His school has included the best of the best instructors and he has developed classes for numerous types of cars.

What Our Viewers Are Saying

100% Worth The Money

By: Dave Goble

Just wanted to let anyone know who has never been to one of RaceLogic's chassis school/seminars I highly recommend on going to one, it is 100% worth the money and then some!! The knowledge to be gained for any racer new or veteran is amazing. The class is 100% face to face no power point, all instructors have great knowledge and will answer any question a racer may have, from a full day of shock detail as well as set up help, engine detail, areo tips, and 25+ years of a very successful on hand driving tips from Matt Henderson Racing! They would love to come back next year with a full class as the cost of having it is very expensive to put on. The amount of giveaways at the end is priceless in it self!! I would like to thank Vicki Emig for helping support all of this and CrateInsider's Kate Dillon for making it all happen! Thanks to all the instructors for a great up front experience -Steve Hendren, Matt Henderson, Dave Hammond, Robbie Bilbrey, and Ben Baker. If anyone has questions about this class contact any of the above and you will not regret going! Thanks again!

I’ll definitely attend again!

By: John McMillen

Huge thank you to all the instructors, I learned so much over the weekend and am very grateful. The instructors were more than accommodating and listened to your questions and gave awesome feed back. They took time individually to answer my questions as well. They want to come back next year- I’ll definitely attend again-you can always learn something. Thank you to Vicki Emig and all the instructors for the school!