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Old 11-23-2010, 10:22 PM
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Dave is your CR a round chassis tube or square?

Mine is square (Jag front, Falcon rear)

I have (from memory) 425lb front and 450lb rear.
My front feels too stiff (I have a sway bar) but I can sit on the guard above the front wheel and car does not move (I am 120kg fat bastard)
Where as I can sit on the back guard and suspension goes down a couple of inches.

My car weighs 550kg front and 600kg rear.
I have also moved my rear lower shock mounting point inboard approx 20 - 30mm compared to build manual (making room for wider rims)
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