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Are your setups symmetrical Doug?

Doug Arnao wrote:
> 
> Bill Mette wrote:
> 
> >   I kind soul emailed me (I'd give you credit, but I accidently hosed your
> > message) a suggestion.  Engine braking may be throwing the car sideways.
> > Try downshifting only after the engine RPM has dropped siginificantly.
> > After reading the words on the screen, I remembered that all of the
> > drivers in the included replays do this.  Get hard on the binders, let the
> > revs drop way down, then quickly bang down to the desired gear.  I'll have
> > to give this a shot when I get home tonight.
> >   I haven't had this much fun being frustrated since I was learning to
> > skate for hockey.  Of course, I still can't do that too well either! :-0
> >   Thanks all for the suggestions.
> 
> I would say this is a good bet Bill as not being able to stop straight is almost
> always a problem with the rear wheels doing more braking than than intended.  My
> brake bias settings are a tad more towards the rear than most and pretty
> balanced if you don't induce any other drive-train related rear wheel braking.
> As I brake, I am usually slightly blipping the throttle to match the rev's up to
> avoid this drive train lag and let the brakes do their job as intended.  Alison
> moves the brake bias more towards the front with every setup of mine she tries.
> She trail brakes which I don't (carrying the brakes slighty on at the entrace to
> a corner). She also considers them "loose" for her because of her style of
> throttle application........
> 
> That being said, try down shifting less aggresively, run 30 ramp angle on the
> decell side of the diff, and as a last resort, move the brake balance to 60%
> front.
> 
> And lets thank Papyrus for even modelling this stuff :)
> 
> --Doug

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