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Old 07-15-2006 | 01:42 AM
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Originally Posted by RAL
Yes I am ODPURPS!!!!! And the traction isn't that great...we're running green rears with purple fronts (Paragon F&R). Some people are even running .24 springs in front to calm the cars down. Very flowing high speed strack with switchbacks. Any ideas for traction??
The sealed surface at SoCal is similar to the one of our local tracks here in Ripon. It's weird that even though the track is sticky enough to pull your shoe off when you walk on it, the bite for 1/12th at Ripon is not very good. While greens or aquas worked well for stock last year, 19t doesn't seem to hook up with them this season. The best traction we've found is Wraps with Paragon or Niftech. When I ran at SoCal (once) greens were the ticket for 1/10th pan, but you should try the 2 stage for 1/12th. If you could get some bite you wouldn't need those .024s, but I know the feeling!
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