“O” plate V`s roll/friction shocks

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- September 14, 2004 at 7:49 pm #12334
  Jay-Z
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  my car is skipping all over the place, i know it`s cheaper to just put an O-plate on the back but does this compare performance wise to the shock set ups? ..and are the roll/friction shocks working with compression & rebound or just compression??
  
  Edited by – Aaron on 19 September 2004 00:37:27
- September 14, 2004 at 7:56 pm #55488
  dgs73
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  why do you ask me anything? You come here and get the same answer anyway. Every time. It aint cheaper to do an o plate, take it from someone who’s done both. You gotta get em first… Abit of both, to answer your question (again), but at that size not much of a difference. Mainly compression.
  
  Edited by – dgs73 on 14 September 2004 15:58:39
- September 14, 2004 at 11:06 pm #55493
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  well dave, i guess it`s a combination of getting my count up (& i`m sure you understand that one) and getting other peoples point of view. that`s how you find information without having to buy and trial every different combination. i thought that was the point of a forum.
- September 14, 2004 at 11:59 pm #55494
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  jay man
  
  use an o-plate if you can get em plus a friction shock that set up is the bomb!
  
  plus try to get some wide wheels…….would mean an end to the rexie.
- September 15, 2004 at 2:18 am #55497
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  wide rims, sticky (<40deg) tyres. two small things that made an INSANE amount of difference in handling…..
- September 15, 2004 at 2:00 pm #55513
  bithed
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  ..Ph2T is right…wide wheels, sticky tires AND an ‘O’ plate…Ok i am seriously considering do a run of these…DGS PLEASE send me an injured one PLUS i would like to ask for ideas / designs to IMPROVE on the design…Lets get the ball rolling on this…
- September 17, 2004 at 1:27 pm #55556
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  i need two more dood… got no injured O plates at the mo, but give it time…:D email me
- September 30, 2004 at 1:56 pm #55809
  Jay-Z
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  if you want a broken O plate, someone sell a good one to focca & just wait till sunday, lol!!
- September 30, 2004 at 4:08 pm #55814
  dgs73
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  like anyone’s gonna part with one
- September 30, 2004 at 5:44 pm #55817
  peteWah
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  Id like to see him break 1 just for the Foc of it:smiley2:
- September 30, 2004 at 6:36 pm #55821
  Jay-Z
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  me too! ..and lets face it, if anyone`s going to break one focca`s the man:clown:
- September 30, 2004 at 6:53 pm #55826
  kevsta
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  I think focca’s car needs its handling sorted. I could’ve sworn that his car rolled the most last Sunday, every time I looked at it, he was either running over the top of hoses or rolling or in an accident of some sort and I don’t think it’s the high center of gravity of the z8 shell, because by comparison it’s as high as the skyline shell.
- October 1, 2004 at 1:16 am #55848
  TallduDe
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  focca’s car has no rear suspension basicailly. only just a thin h-plate could compare it to a kyhoso soft h-plate.
  
  its still got a stock diff aswell!
  
  he let me “drive” it and thats one tail happy sucker. its got an x-speed with a 8 or 9 t pinon.
  
  plus that high body aint helping matters much either.
  
  he really needs some rear suspension a diff and maybe a different body.
  
  but i guess his happywith jumper the fucker so it dont matter much :dead:
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