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Brad Roberts
post Nov 14 2006, 12:29 PM
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Tiff shot a few!


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post Nov 14 2006, 12:59 PM
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How does he get the ass end of that car so low? When I move my collar down on my shocks my sport Konis bottom out. He must have shorter springs?
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post Nov 14 2006, 01:27 PM
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Yep. Short springs.


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post Nov 14 2006, 01:27 PM
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post Nov 14 2006, 01:32 PM
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That trailer looks to be less than two car lengths from the track.
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post Nov 14 2006, 01:47 PM
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I see a number of things in that last shot that trouble me.


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post Nov 14 2006, 02:01 PM
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I see a number of things in that last shot that trouble me.


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like all the cars in the back parked right next to the track. next to a high speed sweeper and a braking zone.

that is asking for *big* trouble ...
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post Nov 14 2006, 02:07 PM
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How did you take those shots? A hot air ballon?
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post Nov 14 2006, 02:10 PM
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Yep. Short springs.


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You mean shorter shocks, right? Since having a shorter spring would get you to bottom out the shock quicker. Unless there was a custom/longer threaded perch on the rear.
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post Nov 14 2006, 02:18 PM
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QUOTE(Brad Roberts @ Nov 14 2006, 12:27 PM) *

Yep. Short springs.


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You mean shorter shocks, right? Since having a shorter spring would get you to bottom out the shock quicker. Unless there was a custom/longer threaded perch on the rear.



Thats right. The shock has to be shorter too. Shorter spring will bottom out the shock just as easy. Maybe I need to raise the top shock mount?

Anyway sorry for the high jack thread. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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post Nov 14 2006, 02:46 PM
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IF I had been participating in that event there would have been some major changes made.....

Get all those damn cars and trailers away from the far end for starters....get the timing trailer back from the course.
get the grid area further from the exit

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post Nov 14 2006, 02:51 PM
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I'd get that truck out of the staging line too.
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post Nov 14 2006, 03:16 PM
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They had NO where to go. No place to park. What you cant see is the TMR people lined up right next to them. The TMR group could have done a better job and OPENED THE GARAGES..or rented them. This would have freed up some space.

The pics were taken from the backside of the grandstands.. I did take some shots from a hot air balloon a week or so back!!



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post Nov 14 2006, 03:18 PM
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If you are running 10inch springs on your Koni.. then you are out of room to go lower on the threaded perch. If you are running 8inch springs then you have plenty of room to go down. With 400+ rates.. you dont need more than 1/2 inch of shock travel.

He is not running anything special in the rear of that car. I rebuilt one side of it 2 years ago when he split the chassis. I welded on a new ear for him and aligned it.



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post Nov 14 2006, 04:54 PM
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Brad,

Thanks for taking the pics.

Yep - nothing special in the back of the #21 - just springs with height adjusters. Remember all the suspension was done about 20 years ago with technology available at that time.

As far as distances... we stayed >20 feet away from all fire lanes (back straight and curve at the far end. The Fire lanes are pretty wide and then you see the cars parked to the left, the grid and on the far side (by the 'sweeper') The trailer was also 20-25 feet away from the track and we positioned the bus stop chicane to slow folks down and allow then to gain control control prior to coming near the trailer. Overall it was a very tight fit with over 50 entrants and some DE entrant taking up our grid space on the far side toward the lunch room.

Despite the long straights, speeds were pretty tame since there were some technical sections that forced folks to slow way down. I only was able to grab 3rd for a second on the section running parrallel to the grandstands.

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post Nov 14 2006, 06:00 PM
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Steve,

It was a pleasure seeing you run. It put a big smile on my face (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I really miss the NorCal crowd!! You are one of the many reasons why I continue with 914's in AutoX. It was really cool to see you "hand" someone else the reigns and instruct her how to drive.

Thanks for all that you do. The car looks great with the Club URL on it!



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post Nov 14 2006, 07:41 PM
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there was really NO more room in the paddock for an AX; and it was a slow course. although it looks problematic from the photos, i think in reality it was a least more safe
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post Nov 14 2006, 08:37 PM
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QUOTE(Brad Roberts @ Nov 14 2006, 01:18 PM) *

If you are running 10inch springs on your Koni.. then you are out of room to go lower on the threaded perch. If you are running 8inch springs then you have plenty of room to go down. With 400+ rates.. you dont need more than 1/2 inch of shock travel.

He is not running anything special in the rear of that car. I rebuilt one side of it 2 years ago when he split the chassis. I welded on a new ear for him and aligned it.



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To highjack again...I just measured mine in the dark and they seem to be 7", I should have all the room I need. Mine have a 250# rating. I got to get busy...
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post Nov 15 2006, 12:01 PM
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Make sure your Koni clip is on the bottom and check the inside of your threaded sleeve. Some of them have a deeper lip inside on one end than they do on the other. Just depends on who you bought from. You may need to flip it over for max "down" movement of the threaded collar.


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post Nov 15 2006, 01:05 PM
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Make sure your Koni clip is on the bottom and check the inside of your threaded sleeve. Some of them have a deeper lip inside on one end than they do on the other. Just depends on who you bought from. You may need to flip it over for max "down" movement of the threaded collar.


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