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Offline justfreaky

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Re: Carrying LF wheel
« Reply #15 on: October 05, 2012, 10:25:54 pm »
Sure enough! Carrying the left front.

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Offline mch46

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Re: Carrying LF wheel
« Reply #16 on: October 06, 2012, 01:02:11 am »
Toting the LF is ok for a 2-3 lap qualifying run and will be really quick.  But in race conditions, the RF will start to "give up" after 6-8 laps, depending on the track and tire pressures, due to increased heat.  After this happens, the car will start to push center off, and get progressively worse as the RF builds more heat and the laps count down.  When this happens, the nose goes up the track from center - off, and driver starts putting more wheel into it, trying to make it turn left....which causes the car to "snap loose" once you have scrubbed off enough speed with the wheels turned and the RF finally "bites".     This condition is usually caused by too soft of a spring in the RR and/or too stiff on the LR.  another culprit is not enough caster on LF.  My experince over the past 6 yrs with Bando's is that this condition shows up worse on flatter tracks, as the higher banked tracks  tend to shift more weight onto the LF when cornering.  JMO, but I hopes this helps.

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Offline Billy13

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Re: Carrying LF wheel
« Reply #17 on: October 08, 2012, 09:22:47 pm »
We started the year with LF 175 RF 300, then changed to LF 100 RF 225 after talking with INEX.
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