Sean's crossweights thread

[priapism]

Trying to scale the SE30.

Before:



Okay, so lower = lighter, right? So I put a 7.5mm spring pad in the right rear. Should weight that corner better, right?

After:


20lbs lighter. Huh?

[jlevie]

To correct the cross error you want to raise the right rear corner, which would mean thicker spring pads on that corner. On the rear wheels you can stack spring pads.

[priapism]

Right, that's what I did. And it got LIGHTER.

[jlevie]

That could happen because you did not also put a thicker pad in the left front. Usually you work the wheels on both ends of the light diagonal. You might also remove all the pads on the other diagonal.

[priapism]

I have pads in both front corners. I have to add to both corners? The LF has always been very heavy.

It's such a pain to get those front ones in and out though. Should I just cut the RF one out?

[jlevie]

I'd remove the pads from the RF to LR diagonal and add pads to the LF to RR diagonal. If this is a race car that is carrying ballast, I'd put that ballast next to the RR shock tower.

[TobyB]

...and I'd check the scale wiring, too... because I made that mistake once,
and it does, in fact, drive you insane.

Yeah, +1, remove spacers from heavy wheels, add spacers to light wheels....

Threaded collars make life so much better... if they're legal. Not in sE30, tho, right?

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