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Originally posted by klayfish
I think you're right that the 3 link doesn't increase the speed of the car. But what it does do is increase the confidence of the driver, which allowed me to take the corners faster. Why was the original spec racer so hard to drive? Did they have handling problems?
Steve
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Right. The 3-link gives you warning that the rear end will come around. That way you can decide to continue with the right foot and spin, or lift a bit and continue gently through the corner. :-)
The original suspension didn't do that. It gave very little warning and would just snap around. When the car is twitchy like that you don't want to push it to the edge. Great drivers like Bryan Dobyns and Chris Cobetto are used to driving on the edge so it didn't affect them, but mortals like myself benefit from the feedback loop in order to get closer to 10/10.
Some of the people who drove the early cars spent a fair amount of time spinning them and I think some got scared. The cars work fine, but I really think the 3-link lets you learn the limits faster and really applaud FFR for making them a base part of the kit.