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Old 02-03-2018, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by grabbem88
I値l look those up. And on the shocks since I知 using yeah racing 60mm does that matter or mean I might have to add more shims
If you have droop screws then no shims needed. Otherwise you will likely need shims.

For carpet racing, I use droop 6 front, 4 rear using the Associated droop gauge.
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Looks like I got newer chassis



It runs decent though
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Yup....just need newer arms now.
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I think prior owner bent a arm or two as well cause he was running a Tekin 2.5 in it and the car should settle better even without droop it’s kinda cockeyed the more I look at it
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I went to associated site and bought every FT stuff they had left plus arms and polished hinge pins. Stuff was cheap
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The original TC3 did not have provisions for droop screws in the suspension arms or on the chassis. Later editions did have droop screws in the arms and the chassis was revised as well to accommodate.

Sounds like you purchased after market aluminum arms and if they do not have the droop screws then you can only adjust droop my adding/removing shims from inside the shocks. It is a PITA to change droop as you must rebuild the shocks each time.
Not entirely true . If you get it close with internals you can do your fine adjustments by unscrewing the shock ends to get your change . I very rarely vary from 1.5mm over ride height to 2.5 ovh on carpet and from 2.0 ovh to 3.0 ovh on asphalt. Set the fronts at 1.5 with internal shims then you can extend to 2.0 ovh with I think one turn out of shock end .
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Originally Posted by john holmes 69
Not entirely true . If you get it close with internals you can do your fine adjustments by unscrewing the shock ends to get your change . I very rarely vary from 1.5mm over ride height to 2.5 ovh on carpet and from 2.0 ovh to 3.0 ovh on asphalt. Set the fronts at 1.5 with internal shims then you can extend to 2.0 ovh with I think one turn out of shock end .
The stock droop settings on the TC3 are 6 front / 4 rear using the droop gauge that they included in the kit. Less for asphalt racing.
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Ok got it all assembled “right” had to use some tc4 hub carriers since the tc3 were shot big time

So since I don’t have a droop gauge I just did it by making sure both wheels lift off the ground the same time.

I know that is probably wrong till I get a gauge
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