...... she's a turd alright! I've owned similar in the past - mostly bought off FleaBay sight unseen. They were a little less expensive than this one... LOL
There is so much more "wrong" here - that doesn't meet the litmus test.
#1 - Blowing oil out of the breather (same issue from June T&T day)
#2 - Blowing oil out of the valve cover (same issue from June T&T day)
#3 - Overheating/possible hurt cylinder already (30 laps?)
#4 - Various and many electrical issues
#5 - Safety concerns of Sutton designed "Taco" Lower control arms
#6 - Safety concerns over catastrophic failure of various links in De-coupled Three link
#7 - Body fit and finish (possibly unsalvageable)
I now have come to the conclusion that the ONLY REASON FOR A DECOUPLED THREE LINK REAR --- is to create DEPENDENCY on Ron Sutton for set up - for advice going forward - and for an escape route for him - when sh!t happens with it -- he can simply claim "you must have done something wrong".
I'm having a friend that built many chassis and raced Trans Am cars and many other types... take a look at trying to understand the pluses and minuses of this style rear. So far --- and these are not new folks, they've been around for a long time in various versions --- the prevailing view is "WHY?" -- it's been described as "BUSY" -- "adds complication and parts without any advantages" -- "failure of the acell and decel links causes catastrophic failure when the pinion is free to rotate to the sky".... in other words -- it's more SUTTON SECRET SAUCE that is mostly hype/bullsh!t and dependence building (on him).
So -- when you take your crap to the track -- look around -- see what others are running -- you WILL NOT find ANYONE running J hook LCA's and you won't find anyone else with a decoupled 3 link..... Which means -- you can't walk over to the guy 3 trailers down and discuss set up or nuances. NOPE -- you're going to have to call mister Secret Sauce -- and maybe he gets back to you and maybe he just opens his mouth and more salesman sauce oozes out. The Instructions - which just finally came out this week (people have waited months or a year + for these) -- and my guy says -- "For what it's worth, from my point of view I see a lot of vagueness in the explanation of how it actually affects the instant centers and a lot of steps that need to be tuned by "feel"."
Can you all hear that giant sucking sound??? Sorry for all of you that are in this together. We shall live and learn.
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