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Re: To sway or not to sway?	Thu, 16 May 2002 02:23

Ok, I think some points have to be made here, GT... firstly I'm not the type to go round hooning in my RAV. Those days are long gone, and so are the chances to do it. Secondly, the wheelbase and track are a tad longer and wider than you would think - it's not like I'm riding around in a Daihatsu Terios or anything (shit on wheels, with the ride height ridiculously high, and yes these are more prone to tipping at high speeds than any RAV would be). I'm a member of the rav4world.com forum, and I haven't heard of anyone in the WORLD tipping over a RAV. Remember this RAV is lowered, and right now it quite happily takes long sweepers at 100km/h and it hardly moves in the lateral sense. The idea here is to make the chassis stiffer so it can utilise the suspension it's just been given for a more practical purpose, such as quarter mile runs. Don't knock it till you try it - the RAV doesn't sit that high off the ground, even as stock. The wheelbase and track are very comparable to a full-size 4WD, except the RAV is a compact version of this. This isn't a car to sit there and flog the crap out of, and it just won't happen. I intend to take very good care of my RAV4 and present it at shows and such, but the ONLY time I'd be doing anything like sinister to it is on a drag, and that wouldn't be that often anyway. This project is more a cruiser than a V8 beater (even though it would eat V8's for brekky, when all the mods are completed). I'm going down the street to have a yarn to someone who might be able to help me out with this in a more practical fashion. As Gladiator once said "the time for half-measures and talk is over", and I just want to take this ugly bag of snakes and have them laid out straight for me. Thanks for all your help and advice guys, appreciated.. and GT, lighten up on the concern bro... I know this vehicle isn't like a normal car, and in no way handles like one either. I'm just after a suspension setup that will best suit the purposes that this RAV will endure. I'll be back on later to report what the local guy says about it. Cheers. [Report message to a moderator]

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