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Old 23-10-2011
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Hi Andy, I will put two posts up on the Durango website tommorrow for both spikes and pins at Chadderton.

One thing I learned today was that the car really reacts to set up changes.

Initially running on spikes I had a really locked in rear and push on understeer on the front, this made the car really safe to drive but lacked a bit of positivity.

I changed to 20 degree castor, 3.5 rear toe in and 6mm spacers under the rear inner ballstud and the steering ackeman link in the middle, this gave a more positive safe car,

I then changed to new pins for two heats and the final, I ran this on 25 degree castor, 3.5 rear toe in, no spacers under the rear ballstud and the steering ackerman link on the rear to cut the steering down, this gave a really positive car with a little more of a loose rear if you pushed on the throttle. The car was faster overall with this set up but it took more skill and caution on the throttle.

Overall I was pleased how it went today at Chadderton.
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