LJH

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Copy that. While I have nothing to judge against I think my track is fairly bumpy because it gets set up and broken down fairly often so the connector fingers are not always terribly smooth.

I may try the shorter mount when I have the track set up next, the one thing I do worry about is body clearance with the spur. In an attempt to get the body low I have maybe 3mm of travel before the spur hits the body and there is some very light marking showing that there has been contact....may have to ask the better half to grab my Dremel from the basement so I an do some grinding and get a touch more room.

I have the LM wheels/tires on there just for show. When I had the 787 body on the chassis I ran the LM tires and wheels for a few thousand laps, enough to get them totally flat across the tread and I just could not make it go as fast as the KS Soft rears and Med fronts I normally run. I ordered a GLR today so I needed some tires and I did get a couple sets of Super Softs. BTW, I have a set of soft F-Types I run on my GT3 and I don't think I can feel a difference between them and the normal KS tires, can you feel a difference?

Thanks for the info, next time I have the track up I will swap the mounts and see. The T-Plate holder I run in this car has an adjustable fulcrum so I will move that forward as well and see if that helps at all.

Cheers,
Jim

EMU

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The adjustable fulcrum, further rearward will provide more longitudinal stiffness, and loss of rear traction but most aggressive steering. On low traction surfaces, I omit the fulcrum altogether. High traction, I play with it sometimes, often in the long position but low preload.

LJH

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That is what I was thinking....I imagine RCP is considered fairly high bite?

Alright, something else for you. I am not sure when it happened or why but I have been running without a top shock/spring on both my LWB and SWB cars for awhile now. When you mentioned "Pre-Load" it got me thinking. I see pictures of cars both with top shock/springs and without. Thoughts on running with and without?

Cheers,
Jim

Scionara05

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when u mean top shock u mean the actual shock or the top disk and spring on a dampner disk

LJH

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EMU

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Most of my cars use a center shock, it is a tuning preference which I have. I tend to prefer a setup with a stiffer upper disc damper spring to promote squat and aid in hooking up the rear tire, however, to counteract too much squat I use a center shock which I have much more ability to control the droop and preload of the center spring to adjust the ride height of the rear pod.

On rear setups where I don't use a center shock, which is mostly due to clearance issues, i will either use similar weight springs or stiffer on the bottom disc. Generally I always use a center shock in anything above stock power.

The stiffer upper disc spring with conjunction of the center shock tends to make the pod more vertically compliant. I don't think that one method of approach is necessarily better, there are many fast racers with both styles. Since even run only the lower disc and spring with no center shock. I just prefer to have things isolated to be able to adjust as needed. My stock car that I ran at the PN national's had no center shock and green upper and lower springs.

Billy Kelly

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I ran one for a little while many years ago. I think I had -1mm rear wheels at the time. It drives surprisingly well, however its very unforgiving with the barriers.

LJH

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EMU

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if I remember correctly, it would roll a bit in contact to a wall, then pull the front tire, and could damage front suspension...

EbbTide

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I couldn't say unfortunately. I am located in the SF Bay Area so not very close to San Diego.

Billy Kelly

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belewis01

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Can somebody point me to the rules? I'd like to start out in Stock, but have no idea how stock is Stock.

Thanks

Billy Kelly

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