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Old 09-27-2004, 08:10 AM
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AdrianM
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Roll Centers

With the stock chassis we are running no front riser plate. We use 1mm or 1.5mm spacers from TakeOff. The lower you go the more steering you get.

In the rear we are using 1.5mm to 2mm spacers on top of the riser plate. The higher you go the more free your rear will be. You may also mix up the spacers to get .5mm of anti-squat. This helps the rear rotate off power entering corners and really helps the car square up and exit the corner.

If you run the Teemu Chassis subtract .5mm from all the above spacers as that chassis is 2.5mm thick.

Shocks:

Whether you run Tam or Schu Shocks the best starting setup is 3 holes 40wt, AE blue front springs and AE silver rear. We have run this setup everywhere and it seems to work very well. Softer front springs cause a loss of turn in due to the front end dumping. Stiffer rear springs are a possibility but we haven't had to resort to that. Thinner oil might be a good thing. I think the Sacramento guys have had good luck with that but we haven't felt the need to change this where we have raced.

Sway Bars:

We run the stock bars front and rear everywhere. There is a new sway bar kit on the way with 1.2 and 1.5mm front and rear bars (U2728 - $8.99). We will be trying these thinner bars as soon as we get them. We should have them this week. The main reason for wanting to try these is that the car seems to be too flat in the corners. If it rolled more it would get more grip and be even easier on the tires. This would make the car better in the heat and on re-run tires.
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