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Old 02-11-2012, 07:10 AM
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Default V2 Steering Rack

Originally Posted by Johnny Wishbone
This is what it looks like when you flip the arms.
Myself and James Reilly tested this change thoroughly yesterday night during our race day to find this change to help a ton with consistency and smoothness of steering travel from left to right. We found we were not only able to pick up a little time per lap by the car being easier to drive, we were also able to hold our line with no problem. At the beginning of the race day with arms standard we noticed we were close to pace but lap times showed we weren't consistent. Showing 10.15 for top5 10.25 for top 10 and 10.38 for top 20 which usually neither have our averages spread that far apart. Once we made the change of flipping the arms we saw averages like 10.12 for top 5 10.19 for top 10 and 10.24 for top 20. We also have to contribute the faster times with us learning the new layout a little better and finding a better setup but no doubt in our minds that when you flip the arms it definitely helps when you want to smooth out steering and help with consistency. Honestly made the car a little easier to drive.

-Alston Kelso
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