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Old June 2nd 2009, 11:04
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There are only 4 customer cars that are not drag racers. The overriding majority are strip cars.
As I said there were a few, sorry you didn't like what you saw.

I went to Stoner park at the weekend and met Simon from Red9, had a proper look at the wishbone front end. I am no expert but it is well made and the guy certainly talks a good game. It was also good to see how all the adjustments (there are quite a few!) are made.

Just so happened whilst I was there a customer who had been up for a test drive and put his money where his mouth is came over, he really rated it. It was nice to hear the opinions of someone who had experienced it first hand.

I think I am going to take the plunge and get one myself as soon as I can afford it, I'll let you know what the verdict is when I do.
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Old June 2nd 2009, 15:56
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As I said there were a few, sorry you didn't like what you saw.

I went to Stoner park at the weekend and met Simon from Red9, had a proper look at the wishbone front end. I am no expert but it is well made and the guy certainly talks a good game. It was also good to see how all the adjustments (there are quite a few!) are made.

Just so happened whilst I was there a customer who had been up for a test drive and put his money where his mouth is came over, he really rated it. It was nice to hear the opinions of someone who had experienced it first hand.

I think I am going to take the plunge and get one myself as soon as I can afford it, I'll let you know what the verdict is when I do.
Sweet!!! Keep us posted.

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WOW, Just found this...not bolt on, but they are working on a Type 1 version apparently. I suggested they make it bolt on, if you feel this might be up your alley let Kevin know.



Mendeola S2 Chassis

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Old August 6th 2009, 07:56
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Now, that looks like a properly designed system!

My only observation is that the bottom of the coilovers looks vulnerable so its a track/smooth highway vehicle only. However, it ought not to be too difficult to move the whole unit up with shorter coil overs (if available) or even use a rocker and put the units inboard......... It could also do with some nice rose/heim/spherical joints to replace the squidgy poly bushes for some real control.

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Old August 26th 2009, 14:11
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UBR DUB saw its first autocross this weekend. She was a bit of a handful, as you can see LOTS of roll, plus without LSD, the inner rear wheel would spin really easily on exits. I'm going to bolt up the stock Golf II sway bar and see what that does, then go bigger from there, and finally add a front bar.



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Nice! So besides the wheelspin and body roll how'd you do?
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Old August 26th 2009, 20:48
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Kind of in the middle. The fastest car was a Super 7 knockoff with 12" Avon slicks and a V8, one of the slowest a VW New Beetle.

There was a guy who competes there regularily with a Chrysler Crossfire with sticky tires, and I think we had the same time. I ended up with a best run of 46.8s, the slick guys were 42-44s, and many in the 48-51s.

For street tires and it's first outing, I was pretty impress. Tire temps were even accross, let out a little more air, she's sitting right at 1990 lbs now, so with 205s up front and 255s in the rear, I was down to about 27psi.

I need to get the rear swaybar on and see how that affects things.

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