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dan46
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July 17, 2012, 05:08:00 pm »
This is my 3rd season racing legends on dirt. I have struggled a lot with setup and have received some bad information. I was running with my caster more positive on the left about 1 1/2 degrees. I was good going in the turns good in the middle but loose coming out. I talked too many other drivers who all said they were running more positive caster on the right ,So I changed my caster too 3 degree more positive on the left . What a nightmare now I push bad going in and through the center, but I am getting bite coming out which does not matter because I have already lost my momentum. I run a 1/4 mile medium banked dirt track that is different every week as far as traction. My Question is should I be more positive caster on the left or the right and what kind of spread?
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VMS Motorsports
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Re: caster
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July 17, 2012, 06:36:28 pm »
what kind of driving style do you have? Are you a slide em sideways guy, or more straight through the turns?
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JIM BUCHER
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dan46
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Re: caster
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July 17, 2012, 10:20:40 pm »
I like driving through the turns . I usually run my cross weight from 50 to 50.6 .my camber is about 3 on the left and 5.6 on the right
my springs are :
left right
200 185
175 150
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Re: caster
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July 17, 2012, 11:28:37 pm »
If you drive more through the turns, I would try a higher caster split.
Before I started experimenting with other set-ups, I had good experience with .5 Left and 5.5 right.
Makes the car turn left by itself, but will make counter-steering a bear
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JIM BUCHER
VMS Motorsports
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dan46
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Re: caster
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July 17, 2012, 11:31:49 pm »
do I want to stay with more positive caster on the right and just increase the split? How much of a increase ?
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VMS Motorsports
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Re: caster
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July 18, 2012, 09:26:28 am »
Positive on both. +.5 on the left, +5.5 on the right
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JIM BUCHER
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dan46
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Re: caster
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July 18, 2012, 10:45:38 pm »
thank you, Ill try that on Sunday!
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