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Old Jun 9, 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.
Old Jun 9, 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
Old Jun 9, 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.
Old Jun 9, 2009 | 10:56 PM
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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 ****
Old Jun 9, 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
Old Jun 9, 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.
Old Jun 9, 2009 | 11:01 PM
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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.
Old Jun 9, 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.
Old Jun 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?
Old Jun 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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