Cat se laydown or standing

[isobarik]

yeah wich is better have an se that i intend to use and was woundering wich setup is the better.

mvh isobarik


hm ...some spelling error may accure...........

[christer]

Hej! Jag tar det på engelska...

I have been driving several versions of the CAT, I have even tried laydown in front and standing at the rear :-) But I didn't have time to test it enough, actually I tested it on a race...not that brilliant.


Standing shocks:
-Made the car more forgiven to drive
-Handles sharp bumps better. It's very common that you see the rear comming up when hitting bumps on the SE/EC.
-Not that sensitive to setup

Laydown shocks:
-More agressive
-More sensitive to changes in dampersetup, the oil I used was in 2,5WT steps.
-Some more wear on the pistonrods
-Very important to set drop correctly
-Tends to stay upside down if you crashes...very frustrating.

But I would say go for laydown, they are faster in my opinion. Just a tad harder to setup, especially on bumpier tracks. Both versions seems to bottom out fairly quickly.

And if you have the stock shocks, replace them :-) I didn't like them at all!

[Chrislong]

Why don't you splash out on a brand spanking new Cat SX. They're awesome machines!!!

(and relegate your lovely Cat SE to a shelf queen)