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  1. Thread: rearsteer?

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    My springs are heavier. LF 600, RF 550. Tried...

    My springs are heavier. LF 600, RF 550. Tried putting 550 on LF and 500 on RF but stock was bottoming out. My right shock has 3 1/2" of shaft showing at ride height. I think I need to raise upper...
  2. Thread: rearsteer?

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    My springs are heavier. LF 600, RF 550. Tried...

    My springs are heavier. LF 600, RF 550. Tried putting 550 on LF and 500 on RF but stock was bottoming out. My right shock has 3 1/2" of shaft showing at ride height. I think I need to raise upper...
  3. Thread: rearsteer?

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    I beleive what he is trying to do is to get the...

    I beleive what he is trying to do is to get the car to rotate sooner by forcing car to pivot on left rear. I do brake thru corner while staying on gas trying to keep car up on the bars. Still...
  4. Thread: rearsteer?

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    Finally got hold of chassis builder. He told me...

    Finally got hold of chassis builder. He told me to raise the brake bar on LR floater one hole. Didn't want me to change a link bar yet, since I was real close to having car like I want it. He also...
  5. Thread: rearsteer?

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    Dry track and 4-bar both sides. I run 11.5 LF,...

    Dry track and 4-bar both sides. I run 11.5 LF, 13.5 RF, 8 LR, and 12.5 RR. All wheels 4off except 2off on RR. Have 47.9 cross, 53.7 left, 52.9 rear.
  6. Thread: rearsteer?

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    OK, I reduced LR bite down to 20#, was 35#, both...

    OK, I reduced LR bite down to 20#, was 35#, both without driver. Car was much better last night. I could actually drive the car. Was getting thru corners faster. But, I got to noticing that the...
  7. Thread: rearsteer?

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    Birdcages.

    Birdcages.
  8. Thread: rearsteer?

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    Dirtrunner, you are probably right about maybe...

    Dirtrunner, you are probably right about maybe not driving it hard enough. Still trying to adjust myself to run it into the corner like I'm trying to roll the car over. LOL. Ego, LR spring is...
  9. Thread: rearsteer?

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    I just got done checking car. Have been out of...

    I just got done checking car. Have been out of town for about a month only getting home in time to load car and go racing. My front ride heights were both 1/2" low. Brought them back up and scale...
  10. Thread: rearsteer?

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    rearsteer?

    If I'm needing a little more rearsteer but don't want to mess up forward drive, what is the first changes should I be looking at? Drive and entry is good but have a throttle push at apex. Don't...
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    Thanks for all the input, and, I sure didn't mean...

    Thanks for all the input, and, I sure didn't mean to get any arguments started. Yes, the car is pretty close to my liking just wanted to be able to get on the gas a little earlier and harder. With...
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    If I leave the change in RR and go up one hole on...

    If I leave the change in RR and go up one hole on ULR will that take some of the rearend wanting to hang out, on throttle, coming out of corner. Car enters pretty darn good and good at apex, just on...
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    Upper bar adjustments

    I went up one hole on upper on RR to loosen car up. Drove a lot better but I need about half of it back-little loose on exit. Does lowering bar on LR do the same thing or can I go up on the upper...
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    Is this a 4-bar car? If so I'm curious to some...

    Is this a 4-bar car? If so I'm curious to some of the replies. I just never heard running that much LR bite in a 4-bar. I thought most were in the 25-40 # range. I'm new to the 4-bar so waiting...
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    That's the one I have that just took a crap. ...

    That's the one I have that just took a crap. Never have pulled wreck car on trailer, car was always on rolling wheels. Never did have much power and now gave up.
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    I was having a push problem and was told I didn't...

    I was having a push problem and was told I didn't know how to drive the car yet. Never been in a 4-bar car and was getting off gas completely going into corner, which dropped car off bars and...
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    electric trailer winch

    Need a new winch. Becides, wanting a sealed wound motor, what else should I be looking for in a winch? Looking at a 8000 or 10,000 winch. Sort of leaning towards a Superwinch. Pulling 2200 lb mod...
  18. I think why they are saying to scale with shocks...

    I think why they are saying to scale with shocks unhooked is for repeatability. If you have setup sheets from chassis builder and have exact springs and shocks as he runs and says to leave shocks...
  19. Thread: %s

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    I agree with Dirtrunner. That is the only way...

    I agree with Dirtrunner. That is the only way you will know what your car wants and also what the driver wants the car to feel like with his driving style. I by no means was saying to put 53% LS on...
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    Personnaly, I would like the left side more like...

    Personnaly, I would like the left side more like 53%. Other two are good. I have ran up to 59% rear.
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    overheating problem????

    This Saturday, my temp gauge went to over 240. Was working on problem yesterday and have a question. After getting car up to 225, I shut it off and was checking with an infrared gun. At the point...
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    H$ll, Kyle has only won 1 more Sprint Cup race...

    H$ll, Kyle has only won 1 more Sprint Cup race than JR, and according to some people JR is the worse driver in Sprint Cup. At least Gordon's record of 87 races consist of 82 Sprint Cup wins. All...
  23. You forgot that if you win all three races, there...

    You forgot that if you win all three races, there is a $10,000 bonus. $30,000 , not bad for 3 days of working(what am I saying, racing's not working just good fun). Hope we get a few more cars,...
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    I finally got about 3/4". Feel alot better about...

    I finally got about 3/4". Feel alot better about it now. Thanks for everybody"s help. I get real nervous when something doesn't look right but I'm not sure what to do.
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    I meant to ask on my last post-what is a safe...

    I meant to ask on my last post-what is a safe distance between blade and radiator?
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