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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 08:24 PM
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I was under the impression that squat was mainly cured with the IC setup properly, and untill I had adjustable rear stuff I was suposed to have it squat with the IC set at the stock location for best results...
Old Aug 28, 2007 | 08:48 PM
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Let me look for my buddy's car, we have pix of it launching on the stock stuff just like you with those same shocks on loose setting. BAD squat, changed the shocks to a stock set and a slightly larger rear sway bar (I will try to find out which one) and it picked up a ton in 60'.
That's me. I had the Comp Engineering drag shocks and they were way too soft. After switching back to a stock set of deCarbons, it dropped my 60' by .12. Then I added a 21mm rear sway bar and set of 4.10's and dropped another .15 in the 60'. Don't really have any numbers to compare what the sway bar did by itself, but the car leveled out on the launch. My 60's were only in the 1.68 range--the car still needed to lose some more weight before going any further. It also was still on stock manifolds and dual cats. The first pic below is the launch with the stock deCarbons and stock sway bar. The later pic is with the 21mm sway bar. Hard to tell from that angle, but the car stopped squatting so hard on the passenger side after the sway bar went in.


Old Aug 28, 2007 | 09:04 PM
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Yeah I have the swaybar, 1" (25mm) Solid 4140 Rear Sway Bar
from Spohn, and it does launch more level, and I did the rear shocks at the same time...

But it looks like that car is squating pretty good too...

Oh, and you may want to mod the last pic so your plate isn't showing...
Old Aug 28, 2007 | 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by 1SlowFormula
Yeah I have the swaybar, 1" (25mm) Solid 4140 Rear Sway Bar
from Spohn, and it does launch more level, and I did the rear shocks at the same time...

But it looks like that car is squating pretty good too...

Oh, and you may want to mod the last pic so your plate isn't showing...
I didn't have any launch pics with the Comp Engineering shocks, but it was much worse.

Saw the plate showing, but the car is gone now and the plate is retired anyway... Need to update my sig!
Old Aug 28, 2007 | 09:12 PM
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Luckily the photographers got a shot of the front and rear of my launch here they are...

Old Aug 28, 2007 | 09:22 PM
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I love that car!!!!
Old Aug 28, 2007 | 09:26 PM
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whats your TA set at, i believe it should be set at about 2* IIRC
Old Aug 28, 2007 | 09:29 PM
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whats your TA set at, i believe it should be set at about 2* IIRC
STOCK...
Old Aug 28, 2007 | 09:39 PM
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STOCK...
get an adjustable, that'll help quite a bit too
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