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Old 04-21-2015, 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by V6Jim
Here's another wee trick I tried.

I always felt the car was a little short on front end travel - not enough front droop. So I've popped the shock shafts from the rear shocks on the PRS1 into the standard PRSB401 front shocks. They are about 4mm longer and work a treat. They do, however, bump into the shock bladder on full compression, so I've put a wee bump stop on the shaft above the spring collar to help this.

You could also run it as emulsion without the bladder go solve that problem.

The result is a lot nicer front to rear balance with the shocks.

Try picking your car up with the chassis level. Now lower it to the table keeping the chassis level. Which wheels touch first? My back ones drooped about 5mm lower than the fronts. Not any more.

You could always put spacers in the back shocks to level things off, but I like quite a lot if droop, so I prefer my idea!

I've really bonded with this car over last weekend, so forgive my ramblings!

Jimmy
Have you tried using the long shock end on the front? I did this change for my last race and it was a huge difference. Long shock end in the outside hole on the arm.
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