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Old 01-12-2013 | 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by monkeyracing
I've found it's more often alignment than tweak that does this, unless the tweak is serious. It's possible to have what looks like a perfectly aligned car go our of whack. As GP said, getting the alignment right is preferable to feeding in a bunch of trim to correct for bad alignment. I'm usually able to eyeball my alignment within a hair and adjust sub-trim to correct if necessary. Sometimes I nail it, dead on.

The other things to watch for are, of course, the aforementioned tweak, some kind of parasitic drag on one side, or something broken. About your launch out of corners: What have you got for a diff. Most of the faster guys in WCICS are running tight, oil filled diffs or spools. (...and they're really incredible drivers. Our talent pool compares very well with any other. I'm still wearing water wings in the shallow end.)




Jim
Im running the stock gear diff stuffed with putty.
However, my car seems to have a problem after turning left or right. For example, I've noticed when I turn left and then let go of the steering wheel, the left wheel has like 3 or 4 degrees of toe out. Same with the right wheel. Im using a sanwa digital servo so I dont understand why its happening.
Also how are you guys measuring toe out/in?
Thanks
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