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Old 05-05-2012 | 07:10 PM
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zipperfoot
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Originally Posted by DirtRacer68
How did you make sure it was right on? I know with my buggy it is difficult to setup because of suspension slop, ie. worn parts. Did you use a setup board? It's important to have a certain degree of slop.
I know what you mean about slop. I drop the car several times from about 10", and check the ride height with a ride height gauge and the camber with a camber gauge. I do this and adjust until it stays in adjustment more than out, sort of an average I guess. The ride height is pretty consistant, but I recently figured out that when I change tires I need to measure again because tires come in different heights and can throw the ride height out of whack. A mm of ride height can deffinitely affect handling. As far as toe, I use a homemade set up rig to measure toe and keep it at zero. I also tried zero degree of front camber and found the car was harder to control. -1 all around works great for me. For me right on means regularly checking the settings between heats, especially if I land hard or catch a pipe.
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