Weir 12-plate for Evo VIII/IX review & info.

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Jun 11, 2018, 06:36 PM

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I installed the Weir 12 plate a while back on my 9 track car and it was good for a while.
Upon disassembly the driving edges of the plates were pretty beat up.
Sent it off to John at Team Rip for his 12 plate (actually had him give it the full treatment) and 1.5 way. Never looked back.Completely transformed the car and was as good in the 5th season as the Weir was on day one.

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I'm hoping to be as happy with my new setup! Considering how long the car's been acting up, it should feel night/day.

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Jun 12, 2018, 10:20 AM

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https://m.imgur.com/gallery/MYx68My

someone snapped a pic a couple weekends ago - 8/10 ohlins, tanabe fsb and wl 24mm on fill stiff. rear off the ground

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Jun 12, 2018, 11:42 AM

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https://m.imgur.com/gallery/MYx68My

someone snapped a pic a couple weekends ago - 8/10 ohlins, tanabe fsb and wl 24mm on fill stiff. rear off the ground

Link no worky. But I did co-drive a stock Evo 8 on Hoosiers, once.

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Jun 12, 2018, 11:50 AM

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Jun 12, 2018, 11:51 AM

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^ that should work. on track, street tires 265s. still lift, aka tripoding still relevant for me for track

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Jun 12, 2018, 12:20 PM

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^ that should work. on track, street tires 265s. still lift, aka tripoding still relevant for me for track

Yep. Every suspension and tire combination I've used = tripod. Even stock, I'd assume. A few non-Evo people I know can't, for the life of them, figure out why we can't/don't/won't tune that out.

It makes no sense to them why we would be okay with it.

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Jun 12, 2018, 04:29 PM

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Link no worky. But I did co-drive a stock Evo 8 on Hoosiers, once.

Holy crap! What a dive!

I guess it does make sense that our cars should stick with the clutch type rear diffs. Now I wonder, at what point do we start to bend control arms and bolts by driving like that?

Would the car have to flip before that happens?

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Jun 14, 2018, 01:10 AM

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Holy crap! What a dive!

Looks like late braking into a turn. The transition from one side to the next turn is causing the tripoding of the suspension. Some have had luck tuning it out with a smaller sway rear bar or using adjustable end links. If you run a high enough spring rate in the rear then might as well disconnect the rear sway bar to see if that makes any change.