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range control; tighter feel Suspension bottoming: 11— good balance Confidence: 8 harsh; rear end kick—rebound predictable; minimal darting Control: N/A
Control: 11—felt good none evident; wasn’t really an Confidence: 10.5 Control: 8 control; no issue Steering feel: 8—decent turn-in Steering feel: N/A
Steering feel: 11—good on- issue; didn’t hit hard Steering feel: 11—good turn; Steering feel: 8—better on-
center turn-in easy correction center; went away due to body lean
Edelbrock Body lean: 8.5-lots of vehicle roll Comfort: 10-had decent ride; Body lean: 10.5-good in corners; Body lean: 12-not an issue Comfort: 9-poor balance, but Body lean: 12-not an issue Body lean: 11-soft on turn-in Comfort: 9.5-little on the stiff Body lean: 11.5-little more roll
Performer IAS Brake dive: 10.5-ABS saves it soft; too much compression on lots of body roll Brake dive: 8-not an issue soaks it up Comfort: 10.5-OK on flat; Brake dive: 11-little on spike side at speed with steering input
Comfort: 10-too much body roll hard hit Comfort: 11-body shake; nice (total of two judges) Confidence: 9.5 rebound feels right; compression Comfort: 11.5 Confidence: 10 Comfort: 10.5-stiff
Confidence: loose, but controlled Confidence: 10-handled them, on the flat Comfort: 10- rear is OK; front Suspension bottoming: 11.5- is heavy Confidence: 11 Suspension bottoming: 11.5- Confidence: 10
Control: 10-lots of inertia, but but with lots of motion Confidence: 12.5 "pops up" too easy; needs balance no severe bottoming or topping Confidence: 11 Control: 11-goes where you put it no hard bottoming or topping; Suspension feel: 10.5-too soft
contollable Suspension bottoming: 11- Steering feel: 10.5-soft turn-in; Confidence: 10.5 Steering feel: 9-vague Steering feel: 10.5-better only on the big stuff on turn-in
Steering feel: 10—decent, but no hard bottoming or topping shake Control: 10.5—poor on-center; on center
soft on turn-in compression feels hard; rebound OK
Steering feel: 10—requires big input


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