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    I was wondering if angle in lr lower control arm don't add bite or traction what causes these cars to hike up so much? Thanks

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    I was reading another post and someone said that the added angle in the LR lower trailing arm, does NOT add bite. In my experience, I can feel the car lift, the LR, as soon as I pick up the throttle. That tells me that the LR tire is being pushed into the track, adding weight to the contact patch. (more LR drive) Just sayin...

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    That was the idiot stock car driver. Hike is a combination of things. But why drive only the LR? There is more to the equation. I remember one year no one did this and once I did it everyone else did. Idiots didn't know what else to change either haha. Monkey see monkey do not even half of the equation it takes.

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    A lot of that "hike" in in springs and shocks and how the car is scaled. I had a car with 12 hole locations so it allowed a bunch of angles for my lowers and nothing ever made the car hike up more.
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    Oh yeah.... There is definitely more to it than just angle. Just like everything else, there is combination and a balance to good performance. The other thing on my car, was when you picked up the throttle and the car started lifting, it added rear steer. When I picked up the gas I could cut underneath other cars like it was on rails. But it took some time to get a good balance and be able to use it to it's full advantage.

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    lower trailing arms level seems to "hike" up also.... notice my RR isn't laying over buried in the ground like most 3 wheelers.


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    Quote Originally Posted by stock car driver View Post
    lower trailing arms level seems to "hike" up also.... notice my RR isn't laying over buried in the ground like most 3 wheelers.

    Jeff, I remember seeing a picture like that you posted that you said your RR spring fell out. Is that the same picture?
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    No all 4 springs are in there, just a tacky night from a lot of rain that day.

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