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Old 12-24-2006, 11:46 PM   #9
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no not really. just need to make sure everything fits, requires careful alignment and measuring to be sure of no rubbing when the suspension is fully loaded and rack is at full lock.

one negative is you will cook the ps fluid if you dont run a cooler. once you put a cooler though it runs colder than stock. also tie rod ends need to be up to snuff to handle the extra rubber. then again if you are road racing there wont be as much load on the rack as there is in drifting when you go back and forth lock to lock multiple times in succession.

at one point i was running 265/35 front 275/35 rear, crap compounds on front and rear, like cooper summer tires, and the grip was nothing short of retarded. i could fuck up so bad and it was all gravy. this was on like street racing curvy backroads and such. and the rear 18x12 with 275 tire weighs less than stock 350z 17s with 225s so unsprung weight, while people like to bitch about it with calculator and physics book in hand, in reality is not really an issue. maybe if you want to set records then yeah whatever but if that was the case you need a new platform.
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