My new Ride.

[ben]

Garry whats the hole in the rear shock tower on the right hand side for????

[Molgorain]

Originally Posted by ben

Garry whats the hole in the rear shock tower on the right hand side for????

Maybe the shock tower is 100% symmetric, and can be turned around 180.
If it break on the side holding the shock, you can always turn it around.
Without replacing the shocktower....

Just my thought, when I saw it.

Edit! Second look, the "wall2 look to thin. So I take back my comment above.

[sparrow.2]

How would you remove the shock nut of the inside shock if that hole wasnt there Penny dropped?

Originally Posted by ben

Garry whats the hole in the rear shock tower on the right hand side for????

[Lee]

It does look really nice, but to be honest i wouldn`t know what adjustment did what to begin with, its not like a conventional car

That was one thing that has put me off getting one for a while.

[Garry Driffill]

Originally Posted by sparrow.2

How would you remove the shock nut of the inside shock if that hole wasnt there Penny dropped?

That is exactly correct !

Just makes life alot easier when removing shocks, The set up for the camber and caster have all recomended starting points, so im just going to try them first i think Lee. The main reason why people say things about this car is because its not a repeated design like everything else. Its more of a "Concept Car", people may be affraid of trying somthing new like this because its soo differnt to anything else out there which is understandable and very fair.

In the back of the colour manual there is set ups offerd for differnt types of tracks, gearing and such. In there it offers some good help

Garry

[bigred5765]

on the adjustment thought,
is it possible to move the top link hight on the inside
i cant see it myself,?
or adjust the king pin hight on the front / rear wheels
i can only see camber and ride high adjustment
surely that not the limit of adjustment on this new car
also how do you adjust the anti squat ?

[Huw333]

Originally Posted by Garry Driffill

In the back of the colour manual there is set ups offerd for differnt types of tracks, gearing and such. In there it offers some good help

Garry

I like the emphasis there garry - no expense spared! I've got an XK5 manual at home in black and white (and orange)

[bigred5765]

lol i missed that
show off lol

[Garry Driffill]

Carl,

The top link height on the inside ? are we taliking front or rear ..

Regarding the king pin hight, it cant be changed i dont beleive, but if somone would like to correct this then fine.

Its awkward to say off hand, about the anti squat, just give me a min.. LOL obviously with it being new still having a good look round on curtain things but ill get back to you on that one.

ill get some pictures posted up on the areas youve said as soon as everything is finished off, not long till its all ready mate .

Garry

[Southwell]

Looks good, allbeit looking like a blinged X10 to me....

[Garry Driffill]

Originally Posted by Southwell

Looks good, allbeit looking like a blinged X10 to me....

New matirial too ! , Gotta say its abit better looking that some of the chunky cars hey carl

Garry

[XTREME RC]

Just to clear up any confusion, the X11 is the evoloution of the X10 they are different cars. They may look similar but aren't even wisbones are different and a whole lot more!

[Southwell]

O yes i understand that, just looks similar
Anyway you have done a great job with the car, i hope it goes as well as it looks.

[XTREME RC]

Thanks

[Richard Lowe]

Originally Posted by Lee

It does look really nice, but to be honest i wouldn`t know what adjustment did what to begin with, its not like a conventional car

It's exactly like a conventional car, the only thing thats different is the shocks are connected to the wishbones via rockers. All the usual camberink/caster/antisquat ect adjustments still apply

[RogerM]

Assuming that they still have a choice of lower hinge pin holes in the rear hubs you can adjust the roll centre that way.

Roll centre on the front can be adjusted by spacing the outer upper ball joint up or down.

The only thing that needs some thought with applying set-up changes to a Pred is the lever arm effect of the bell cranks / rear shock mounting blocks. Once you get your head around it then it's the same as any other car .... more lever ratio = softer ... less = stiffer

To be fair for the many years I ran Preds all I felt the need to change to dial the car into various tracks was the rear roll centre, front oil & spring and rear spring. It was one of the most simple cars to set-up I have ever driven!

Good luck with it.

[Southwell]

Originally Posted by RogerM

Assuming that they still have a choice of lower hinge pin holes in the rear hubs you can adjust the roll centre that way.

Roll centre on the front can be adjusted by spacing the outer upper ball joint up or down.

The only thing that needs some thought with applying set-up changes to a Pred is the lever arm effect of the bell cranks / rear shock mounting blocks. Once you get your head around it then it's the same as any other car .... more lever ratio = softer ... less = stiffer

I used to play with those holes all the time, i can't remember which i used now, it's been 9 years since i last drove the pred, but they are a great tuning aid for high/low grip tracks.

[Nick Goodall]

Car looks cool - i think the most important thing on the Pred was always the ride height and roll bars.

Very rarely did we ever need to adjust the Camber, Anti-Squat, Toe-in or anything, just get the shocks right and make sure it's not sat too high, then depending on how "loose" you wanted the rear end to feel just change the thickness of the roll bar - we would also run one on the front at times if it was a high bite track, but it was easy really as we rarely changed anything else!

[Richard Lowe]

Originally Posted by RogerM

The only thing that needs some thought with applying set-up changes to a Pred is the lever arm effect of the bell cranks / rear shock mounting blocks. Once you get your head around it then it's the same as any other car .... more lever ratio = softer ... less = stiffer

On the rear it's exactly the same as moving a shock in or out on a wishbone, only you move it up and down. It's ony the front thats really any different given the progressive nature of the rockers.

Originally Posted by RogerM

To be fair for the many years I ran Preds... It was one of the most simple cars to set-up I have ever driven!

Because there was almost nothing to change on the old Preds

[Garry Driffill]

Originally Posted by vader

Didn't you see the anti-squat adjustment when you built the car? Or did someone else build it for you?


What cutains does it come with? I could do with some new ones in out downstairs toilet.

G

I Built the car...

Ive seen some of the posts this user has done previuosly moderators... nothing going to be done ?
HEY NORTHY !!!!!