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Old 06-09-2009, 10:49 PM
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nice Jay, I thought I had a lot of neg but I'm only at -2.5*
My guy likes a lot of angle on a nitrous stick car. I was a bit surprised by it though.
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Old 06-09-2009, 10:50 PM
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oh gotchya. did you notice anything from the battery relocation, do you have the trunk mounted kill switch?

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OK, the pinion angle was set to -3.9 after some calculations on weight bias, horsepower/torque, tires and tire size and transmission/gearing. I had moved the battery to the trunk and removed some other weight from the car so I thought a professional could tweek things from my original set-up I did myself.

bud lites better....it has drinkability haha

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Fueled tonight by Miller Lite...... lol
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Old 06-09-2009, 10:56 PM
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how much of a PITA was the batt reloc? Let me know how the pinion angle works out for you.
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Originally Posted by JJ03MustangGT
oh gotchya. did you notice anything from the battery relocation, do you have the trunk mounted kill switch?




bud lites better....it has drinkability haha
The battery relocation moved a lot of weight in the right direction (off the front and on the rear wheels). I have the switch going through the license plate.

bud light = mule ****
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Old 06-09-2009, 10:58 PM
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Originally Posted by JayC
The battery relocation moved a lot of weight in the right direction (off the front and on the rear wheels). I have the switch going through the license plate.

bud light = mule ****
pics of switch? im going to be moving my battery also
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Old 06-09-2009, 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by 01GT4.6
how much of a PITA was the batt reloc? Let me know how the pinion angle works out for you.
There was a lot more to the relocation than meets the eye. Of course if you don't care how it looks it's a lot easier. I thought long and hard before cutting a hole in my car for the switch...lol

I should know how the set-up works this Saturday.
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Old 06-09-2009, 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by JayC
The battery relocation moved a lot of weight in the right direction (off the front and on the rear wheels). I have the switch going through the license plate.

bud light = mule ****
bud light is horrible!!! i prefer sam adams

i wanna see a pic of where you mounted the switch. i really dont want to drill a hole in my sail panel, so im looking for other options.
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Old 06-09-2009, 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by 99BlackPonyGT
pics of switch? im going to be moving my battery also
K, I'll add some pics soon, probably tomorrow.
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Old 06-10-2009, 12:06 AM
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I weighed mine last week on a truck scale, since we were weighing a uhaul, to see how much weight she gained. 3324lbs with me in itand half tank of gas which is almost 300lbs gain :O.

-3.9 pinion angle? Do you still have all rubber bushings?
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Old 06-10-2009, 08:52 AM
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Wow that's a lot of negative angle...with solid upr CAs I would have thought 1 to 1.5 degrees max!
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