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Old 01-06-2011, 02:09 PM
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I curiouse about others opinions on the following...

Initially, when I started running mini's, I limited the rear shocks, so they rebounded less than the front. This made the front ride height higher than the rear. The car drove like a Cadilac, really easy to drive, really forgiving.

I then started getting more, and more into things, and set the rear ride hieght higher than the front. I think I gained a little in performance, and completely lost that Cadilac feeling.

My question being why does the majority of people set the rear ride height higher than the front? Does it translate into quicker lap times? where is the gain? Does this put more pressure on the front tires in a M03/M05 resulting in quicker excelleration?

Please let me know what you think
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