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Old 03-05-2014, 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by mtveten
Adjust the center spring preloaded to set the center ride height. A stiffer spring will reduce forward bite and increase front grip under acceleration. I generally run my t-bar car @ 4.5r/4.25f with new tires and set the center spring so that the chassis and pod are in a straight line. A slight dip at the center will reduce/ slow weight shift to the rear under braking and tepe will have the opposite effect.

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Yep. My chassis is set flat with ride heights very similar to yours. But the sagging makes the middle of the car barely clear 4.0mm limit.


Originally Posted by dragonracing
yes ed, i changed just the spur. now i have dropped one tooth on the pinion and will see how that goes. not too much ratio change but it felt so much better at the last race. ill try just the gear change then swap motors out..
You will have to buy more pinion gears. When we race at Timezone we run something like 2.5 FDR
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