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>Great picture!!!
Thank you, I was kinda impressed myself. :-)
>This is exactly what you want to do. I don't know if you would still get
>some jacking or not with a more mild setup than mine. In practice once I
>got the cable installed there was very little travel left in the system.
>Most of the travel seems to be in the downward (jacking) direction, and
>that's what you want to limit. I have driven this setup pretty hard, and
>haven't had any problems yet.
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>The main thing is without some kind of camber limiting system (straps,
>this cable setup, or the factory camber compensator that I haven't seen
>yet) you risk having the wheel jack up unexpectedly. I'm not saying this
>setup is for everybody, but it works great for auto-x. It was described
>to me by a guy who really should know about these things seeing as he
>writes a column for the SCCA's SportsCar magazine. At the very least
>it's fairly easy, totally reversible, cheap, and addresses a know design
>flaw that can be deadly. As always YMMV.
SCCA writer eh? All right, I'll probably try it then. I especially like the
adjustability and simplicity of the design. Beats the heck out of things that
work by striking the axle to prevent jacking!
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