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Kendall Burleson · #**101** 10-20-2009, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve1968LS2

Hey, I'm not the "optima police".. jeesh.. you can hire Dale Jr if you want.. none of my business.

Hug?

Steve you are the king and I'm trying to buy a Penny shirt. I love to have a little fun with my Hero went I grow up I want to be as cool as you are.Oh the car is cool too.

Thomo5150 · #**102** 10-20-2009, 11:03 PM

Hi Russell, luv the truck. Can I ask with the the C6 suspension what did you set your castor angles for the hubs both front and rear?

Cheers Tim

**Steve1968LS2** · #**103** 10-20-2009, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Kendall Burleson

Steve you are the king and I'm trying to buy a Penny shirt. I love to have a little fun with my Hero went I grow up I want to be as cool as you are.Oh the car is cool too.

Sarcasm? Really?

I didn't mean to strike a nerve.. hmm, I guess this is where you find people's true character. Thanks for sharing!

Kendall Burleson · #**104** 10-20-2009, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve1968LS2

Sarcasm? Really?

I didn't mean to strike a nerve.. hmm, I guess this is where you find people's true character. Thanks for sharing!

The car people from TEXAS still love you Steve! I'll paid for the beer at SEMA do you have to be 21 to buy BEER in vegas?

**Steve1968LS2** · #**105** 10-20-2009, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Kendall Burleson

The car people from TEXAS still love you Steve! I'll paid for the beer at SEMA do you have to be 21 to buy BEER in vegas?

I think at 18 your good for both Strippers AND Beer..

So the beer sounds like a fine idea.

But seriously.. that post of yours.. that stuff just get's old. Maybe if you guys win than people can hate one you for no other reason than you won and they are pissed about it.

That's a odd reward for working your ass off and trying to do something for the hobby, huh?

rat_rod_russell · #**106** 10-20-2009, 11:49 PM

Will you both shut up.

Sorry Steve, I was being sarcastic and we all know how hard that is to convey here on the internet. Kendall, go to sleep I need to see you here in the morning. We arn't running yet so unless we plan to push this thing faster than the penny we're screwed.

Thanks Steve, Ben did a hell of a job taking my buddy's knapkin drawing and making in uber cool. We're going to do it all as a sticker so I can play with the design a little in the future if I feel like it.

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Originally Posted by Thomo5150

Hi Russell, luv the truck. Can I ask with the the C6 suspension what did you set your castor angles for the hubs both front and rear?

Cheers Tim

Tim

I keep the 7 degrees caster on the front and the the 8.5 degrees of king pin angle using the .25 cast in camber. I'll probably run no more than 1.5 degrees of negative camber on the front when its all said and done. Now I just need to make sure my models will work in real life.

-Russell

**Steve1968LS2** · #**107** 10-20-2009, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by rat_rod_russell

Will you both shut up.

Sorry Steve, I was being sarcastic and we all know how hard that is to convey here on the internet. Kendall, go to sleep I need to see you here in the morning. We arn't running yet so unless we plan to push this thing faster than the penny we're screwed.

Thanks Steve, Ben did a hell of a job taking my buddy's knapkin drawing and making in uber cool. We're going to do it all as a sticker so I can play with the design a little in the future if I feel like it.

-Russell

Damn.. I need people to draw stuff like that for me on a napkin.. absolutly my favorite paint scheme ever.. who doesn't love a giant painted mouth with f'ing sharp teeth?!?!? lol

Hell, anyone can win.. I didn't plan on winning last year either.. just run hard and hope the racing gods are with you.

Sleep? what the hell are you talking about.. you have a truck to finish!

Kendall Burleson · #**108** 10-20-2009, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve1968LS2

I think at 18 your good for both Strippers AND Beer..

So the beer sounds like a fine idea.

But seriously.. that post of yours.. that stuff just get's old. Maybe if you guys win than people can hate one you for no other reason than you won and they are pissed about it.

That's a odd reward for working your ass off and trying to do something for the hobby, huh?

You are so Right on that. I have been helping on the truck since AUG welding Fab work what every it take to get it done. at 120 mile a day round trip to help get the Truck done.We are work our ass off on this truck it was done because that kid is thinking outside of the box and I think with the concept and design it was somthing I had to be part of. Went he show me the concept of the frame I told him let do it. The race came up later as I wanted to do Pike Peak and the Texas Mile but Russell love the road racing and autocross.The guys at HRJ throw every thing they had at it(money ect and a lot of red bull I should have bought stock in that stuff becaues they are walking around the shop with Red Bull IVs

Thomo5150 · #**109** 10-21-2009, 12:08 AM

Thanks Russell I was going to set my front castor at 6.5. Not sure how much difference there is between the Corvette C5 and C6 settings. Is your rack location close to factory spec's to stop any bump steer.

Cheers Tim

rat_rod_russell · #**110** 10-21-2009, 12:14 AM

Thanks Kendall and Steve for the kind words.

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Originally Posted by Thomo5150

Thanks Russell I was going to set my front castor at 6.5. Not sure how much difference there is between the Corvette C5 and C6 settings. Is your rack location close to factory spec's to stop any bump steer.

Cheers Tim

C5 and C6 are the same geometrically. I built a custom steering arm that allowed me to lower the rack, use the narrower inside pivots of the C4 corvette rack and pinion and gives me a bump steer adjustment and I'm only seeing .05 degrees of ackerman misalignment all the way though 30 degrees of steering pivot.

-R^3