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Old 01-20-2015, 09:55 AM   #257
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Originally Posted by The Radium King View Post
the turn-in benefits you are seeing are not from a square setup per se, but because you went wider in the front. now you've got the front locked-in and you can carry a lot more speed into corners but the back is now feeling loose with power on. what about 265 or even 275 in th rear to get it to stick a bit better.? if you like the square setup for tire longevity, what about softening your rear bar?
Softening the rear is the secret sauce. He can't go wider in the rear due to spec rules.

I will be very interested in Tom's lap times this year running square. I gathered a lot of data in my car running both square and staggered over 5 years. I was faster at Streets and AX but not WSIR, BW, SM, or AAA Speedway running square. Our cars are different though with his stripped, caged, and 300 lbs lighter. Square results in awesome braking and turn-in but I saw lower speeds at the end of long straights in my car. Everything is a tradeoff.
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