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Old 01-10-2006, 11:43 PM
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odpurple
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Originally Posted by AdrianM
Putting pennies on top of your front tires and lifting the front end on the center line is a way more accurate way of setting tweak on a 1/12th car.

I have tested this several times on diffrent tweak stations from Integy, MIP and Niftech. A car can look ok on a tweak station but not be ok on the track or when tested with coins.
I agree. The coin drop method works best for me (I use nickels, not pennies, quite extravagent ). You have to be sure that there is no up and down slop in the kingpin (ie collapsed spring) for it to be accurate.
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