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Old 01-18-2018, 12:10 AM   #119 (permalink)
Daschicken
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Brake drag reduction springs

Fabbed me up some brake drag reducing springs from our member here arcosine's instructions. Took an old bicycle wheel and stole as many of its spokes out as I had the patience for. Spins real nice.

I pretty much summed it up in this video:



Haven't tried them out yet cause there is some weird white powder on the ground. Haven't got the lab test results back yet, so I don't want to risk it.

EDIT: Got to drive it, I am gonna say I think it rolls better at a stop after letting off the brake, no idea on gas mileage yet. HOWEVER, I can feel a difference in the brake pedal which I DO NOT like. The first little bit of pedal is nice and squishy and does pretty much nothing. I can assume the brakes would still be able to get the wheels to lock up, but I really don't like having no initial bite with the brakes.

The clips I made were very strong, so I'm going to go back in there and bend them some more so they don't push back as hard. If my campus is closed again tomorrow, then I will do it then, otherwise they will live through one highway commute and hopefully I will see a difference in the mileage.
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Best tank in V6: 46.0
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