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    Quote Originally Posted by ChainSaw
    ok, lets start with suspension setup on the front wheels alone. .5-2 degrees of caster and .75-1.5 degrees of negative camber. with a toe adjustable between 1 and 2 mm toe out. and a rear suspension setting so loose you can't even begin to tell how much you can improve the setting. this alone tells me that this is a terrible platform to start any kind of build on because it would never be stable over 90 mph and wheel grip wouldn't be cabable to corner more than .6 g's tops for too long before the tires wore down to nothing and understeered into a tree.

    shall I continue?
    Now that I will say is a very good reason for thinking....but let me ask, do you seriously believe that the platform cannot be upgraded to correct the poor starting platform? Although, certainly not the most popular to start upgrading, it is by no means incapable of such improvements. Let's just say that having a vehicle that stands out from the crowd is something that appeals to me and if you are truly curious about the handling capability of a beretta that has almost no stock suspension pieces, I would be more than willing to give you a personal demonstration. I can personally attest to it's abilities over 90 mph and have certainly pulled more than .6 g's.

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    Quote Originally Posted by joecoolfreak
    Now that I will say is a very good reason for thinking....but let me ask, do you seriously believe that the platform cannot be upgraded to correct the poor starting platform? Although, certainly not the most popular to start upgrading, it is by no means incapable of such improvements. Let's just say that having a vehicle that stands out from the crowd is something that appeals to me and if you are truly curious about the handling capability of a beretta that has almost no stock suspension pieces, I would be more than willing to give you a personal demonstration. I can personally attest to it's abilities over 90 mph and have certainly pulled more than .6 g's.
    well anything is possible with a Tig welder and an angle grinder. I will say that if there was one thing that would be worth cutting up and re-engineering it would be something like a beretta. just because you could re-engineer the suspension to mimic that of a sports car, it would be cheap, theres an unlimited supply of used parts I could use in the process, and it would be funny to wax a viper on the track with handling ability alone.




    but that being said, the entire platform would have to be re-engineered. It just currently doesn't offer enough stability to be competative on the track.

    I will admit that your going the right direction though. Most people would slap on a CAI and a big fat muffler and call it a day.

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