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Old 03-14-2017 | 02:12 PM
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LloydLoar
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I finished 4th in Mod 1/12th at ROAR Carpet Nationals this past weekend, held at 360v2 in NYC. I am working to get an actual pdf setup sheet along with some pictures of my car, but here is a brief outline of my setup:

- VD-12 with 2.3mm alu chassis (same dimensions as stock) and hi-mod carbon pod
- JFT A32 fronts, A30 rears
- 5 degrees reactive caster, 5 degrees static caster
- -0.3 degrees camber
- 0.5mm front droop ORH
- AE .020 front springs, AE Olive side springs, Destiny Yellow center spring
- Center shock has AE 500 CST
- Damper tubes have Speed Merchant heavy (feels very thick, like 30k+)
- Rear width 172mm
- Protoform AMR

The car would have been faster if I ran AE .018 front springs and lighter tube lube with stiffer side springs, but I frankly couldn't drive the car consistently with that setup for eight minutes. As such, I went back to stiffer front springs to calm the car down a bit so I wasn't sending it thru the chicane every lap.

I still have some work to do to be on-pace with the likes of Donny, Keven, and Ray, but let's be honest - that is on me and not the car.
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