The Bulldog body for the B4.1 is so good looking, might have to switch it out from the Finnisher. They look great!

How do you like the gold balls? Are those built and never ran waiting on shocks?

I like the looks of the Bulldog body better as well. But running the bulldog body back to back with the finnisher, I think the finnisher handles better. And I could actually notice a difference. Mostly the way it jumped.

Yep. I'm thinking the BB will be avalible really soon.

I'm not a good enough of a driver to tell you whether one handles better or not. I can tell you the Durability of the finnisher is much better. Proline are made thin

Nope. "if you wanna do the crime, you gotta do the time."

There are no shortcuts to understanding suspension geometry, just as there are no shortcuts to understanding trig. I gave up. Geometry came easy to me, but trig and calculus didn't. Thus, my computer science education ended abruptly, and I went into art. Odd, then, that I took up a career in banking...

Anyway, as a never-pro driver, reading and skimming as much as I could was invaluable. Just go for it, and retain what you can. You may very well pick up more than I did.

Bottom line, get your car balanced. Make the front equal the rear, as best you can.

In the end, even if your setup isn't ideal, it comes down to your driving ability. It is kind of Luke a golf swing. Your may be mechanically crappy, but if you do it enough, you might find a way to make it work well.

Oh I wasn't looking for the easy way out, I realize there is only one way, and that's the hard way. It would just be nice if the concepts were summarized in more of a text book fashion, instead of internet forum, which usually get kind of lengthy because of the conversational elements involved. Great place to ask a question, but as a learning tool on their own, they can leave something to be desired sometimes.

You can buy or borrow from the library "Tune to Win" by Carroll Smith. It is a very good small book that covers a lot of suspension details (for real race cars but still very applicable) and it doesn't require any prior knowledge to understand it (it is very well written and concise).

You may also be interested in some of his other books but this is the best one IMHO and you can buy it for $20 at most book stores.

Awesome thanks, I have Race Car Dynamics I believe its called, kind of a tough read, very technical. I'll check out this book sounds like it'd be a bit more friendly of a place to start out.

Yeah, I have Race Car Vehicle Dynamics, which is the book I assume you are referring to and it is indeed very technical. A strong engineering or math background is definitely required to fully comprehend it.

However all of Carroll smiths books really just descibe and show with pictures what is going on and if you are into real racecars or prepping an autoX care, his books are very applicable.

Yeah that's the book. It was very hard to grasp just starting out, there was just too much new information, like if part of it was some review of concepts I already knew, things would go much easier. Thanks again for the recommendation, sounds like just what I'm looking for.

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here is my hub video I made. Is this what yours look like? This is a new car too. I race day on it.

Normal, if you were to put a setscrew in the hub that will tighten it up a bit.