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Originally Posted by wayneski
So jimmy, how did it go?
Was at kiddy again today. Boucing quite a bit at the rear so I think it's time to try the 501 shocks.
Met Simon from stoke there (says he knows you) Jeee suus can that man drive!
Embarrassed by my ineptitude doesn't quite cover it. Top fella though.
Is there a guide or a faq somewhere that will explain to me in words of 1 syllable or less the ins and outs of setting up suspension? Like what the differences are between the inner and outer holes on the shock mounts? How thicker oil will affect steering/traction? That kind of thing.
Basically an idiots guide for a............ beginner  |
good! I was getting used to the track and the car but I went faster every round. I was in a low qualifier because I race north west now - so I was having to lap some cars and they weren't making it easy. I won all my qualifiers and qualified C6 - I think there were 8 heats of 4WD. I wasn't over joyed and wanted the B final but there was a lot of good racing and the times were close. Had the usual mare in the final - ended up last but fought back to the leaders and finished 3rd, 2 seconds behind the winner.
The car was ace - there were some 501X drivers there (and plenty of others) who were shocked how good it was. Stu Wood took a little video of one of the qualifiers so I'll put that up as soon as I can find the lead for the camera.
but yeah, over all the track was awesome and really fun to drive - the 'hop ups' I had on the car certainly helped - shocks - slipper - one way diff.
I was also running the new 501X/DB01 front wheels for the first time - the white ones. They are a really tight fit on the hexes - indeed you can't even put them on the hex by hand. I had to carefully tighten the nut in order to push the wheel on - so the hex is a lot tighter and less prone to stripping out with a one-way diff, which I've experienced a few times with the 501X and also happened at Southport last weekend on the Durga.