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Old 07-07-2008, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by rocketron
Alum was discontinued but the graphite ones are in stock at Horizon.

That`s just the point . The graphite ones are weak and don`t hold up .
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Old 07-07-2008, 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by rocketron
Alum was discontinued but the graphite ones are in stock at Horizon.
guess that means we need to find someone at Horizon to get these produced again Know anyone I can talk to?
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I know the 7.5 front alloy brace hasn't been available for a while--so 2 weeks ago when I broke the graphite 7.5 front I tried the alloy 5 degree I had --WOW!! Combined with the steering pivot mod the car has tons of steering now-alot more than with the 7.5 brace-it gets a bit loose sometimes but its quick that way.

This is on a pretty smooth indoor tight clay/soil track. 5 degrees is staying in the car.

Also, I have all the inner alloy braces but don't run them because guys used to say they would transmit the force to the chassis which would break in a hard hit. Have people found this to be true when running the alloy inner braces?
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All the guys I race with that have XXX-4s run the inner aluminum pivots .
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Old 07-07-2008, 09:57 PM
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Whats the Steering Pivot Mod?
Ive never herd of that one.

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Old 07-08-2008, 03:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Nitronut3
Whats the Steering Pivot Mod?
Ive never herd of that one.

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Are you talking about the CR steering rack mod ?
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Old 07-08-2008, 05:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Nitronut3
Whats the Steering Pivot Mod?
Ive never herd of that one.

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Where you move the ballstud from the stock position over to the other side of the steering bridge. It adds a bit of steering. You will need a longer steering turnbuckle depending on how far you move the ball stud.
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Old 07-08-2008, 04:36 PM
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soes any body have a left losa9670
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Old 07-08-2008, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by louis flood
soes any body have a left losa9670
nobody has had them for at least 1.5 years that I know of .
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Old 07-08-2008, 11:37 PM
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damn i really need one of thoes
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FYI - the losi team guys seem to prefer the graphite mounts... over the alum ones.
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Originally Posted by louis flood
damn i really need one of thoes
Join the club !
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Originally Posted by rocketron
FYI - the losi team guys seem to prefer the graphite mounts... over the alum ones.

I`ve chatted with a Truhe about them and some use the aluminum .

But if we all drove like a full sponsored racer , we wouldn`t need the aluminum pivots to begin with .
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Old 07-09-2008, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by rocketron
FYI - the losi team guys seem to prefer the graphite mounts... over the alum ones.
Actually "prefer", or just use them because that is what their sponsor sells?
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Old 07-09-2008, 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by ta_man
Actually "prefer", or just use them because that is what their sponsor sells?
No , their sponsor doesn`t sell them anymore . But they can still get them if they want unlike to the public.
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