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To cant or not to cant, that is the question? - 5/31/2004 9:59:17 PM   
WonderWheels



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Status: offline 		Which do you guys prefer to use? cants or no cants?

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RE: To cant or not to cant, that is the question? - 5/31/2004 11:06:39 PM   
Element



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RE: To cant or not to cant, that is the question? - 6/30/2004 3:34:07 AM   
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Status: offline 		what are cants?? and what do they do?


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RE: To cant or not to cant, that is the question? - 7/4/2004 8:48:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		I believe, although I might be wrong, that cants are Cantilevers, or the little triangular doohickies that convert vertical movement of the suspension to a horizontal shock.
I would suppose that by changing hte geometry of the cants you can increase/decrease the amount of suspension travel on your truck, and gain travel longer than your shocks would allow.

I suppose that this would have a knock on effect on the perceved spring rate, but other than that I cant see any disadvantages...


^all of the above is an educated guess.... I am just curious what the disadvantages of cants might be now....

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RE: To cant or not to cant, that is the question? - 7/4/2004 9:00:05 PM   
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I posted a picture of how they work but I cant find it anymore on this forum

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RE: To cant or not to cant, that is the question? - 7/4/2004 9:35:50 PM   
Ahab



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Status: offline 		I guess it must all be pythagoras and ratios and maths and stuff......

so what are the disadvantages of cants?

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RE: To cant or not to cant, that is the question? - 7/4/2004 10:29:16 PM   
mtrchamp


 

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Status: offline 		I don't know of any... I think it would be more of a positive thing... unless you get too much force on it and it you warp it or something like that.... It all depends on angles I guess, if you aren't good at math, don't use 'em unless you have someone who is pretty good at it.... I know I'm not.... (I'm 15 and I got a 69.8% in my Geometry Class)


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RE: To cant or not to cant, that is the question? - 7/5/2004 12:04:42 AM   
Element



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Status: offline 		I'm pretty sure the only dissadvantage is you loose some scale points

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RE: To cant or not to cant, that is the question? - 7/16/2004 11:00:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		i think they can give you a lot more travel but they can add quite a bit of slop unless you have decent bearings in them. i would use savage shocks instead.

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RE: To cant or not to cant, that is the question? - 7/16/2004 5:33:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		I'm going to be using savage or maxx shocks in my 1/10 scale crawler....


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