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Old 10-14-2014, 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by roadkill
got a used mi5 last fri,with a bunch of rear arms in their marked bags,my ? is how do you tell the difference in the amount of tow,once you take them out of the bag?
thay all look the same to me.
The arm have little bumps(pips) on the back edge of the arm. No pips ,3 degs. One pip , 2.5 degs. Two pips , 2 degs .

Originally Posted by Gino S
anyone have any thoughts on alloy chassis on carpet?
Big improvement on carpet . Stable and consistent. Car is heavy with Alum. chassis. Alum or Ti. hardware and turnbuckles are needed to bring wt. back into check.

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Originally Posted by KILDK

I seem to be finding that the alloy chassis develops under-steer on high grip, and rather surprisingly seems to work quite well on low grip as well. Have moved to 2.5 rear toe. Still under-steers.
Steers fine with 1mm roll center spacers under all arms .

[QUOTE=Gino S;13593741]
Originally Posted by KILDK

Thanks.

Did you also run the chassis braces? My car is so stiff with chassis braces and 2.5mm top decks - i'm wondering if this is over-kill?!
With Alum. chassis run strandard top deck rails and don't run middle brace .
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