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One thing i am happy to report is that the Tow Rig was awesome! This was the first chance we had to test it out... We were worried the 35s may cause an issue and a few other things but it was faultless, we hooked up the hire trailer which looks like crap but tows amazing, was SO easy to load and unload too being a tilt trailer, basically drove out of the driveway and pulled the car around town to check it out, was really good... Plenty of torque and nice and stable, only time it felt a bit sketchy was hitting standing water on the highway when it was pissing down rain but even then i dropped back to 90 and it was stable az.....

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The cruiser wasnt just the tow rig on the track day, i ended up getting stuck with double duties and had to be the recovery vehicle as well... Not ideal when you are trying to enjoy a track day but what can you do, at least the first lap on the track was in a turbo vehicle lol -

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Oh and another interesting thing, i had been complaining about traction issues.... The wheel alignment showed i had 2.2 deg neg camber in the rear so we dialled that out and it was MUCH better... You can see the rear wheels standing upright now! Amazing what a difference it made!

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Looking good bro!

Why did the cruiser have to double as a recovery vehicle?

Not sure, SMSP didnt want to use the fire truck as a recovery vehicle i guess which is odd as it had the 2 tow straps already fitted too it :/ anyway, no big deal... Just know to plan ahead for the next one so i dont have to do it! In saying that it went out on track twice as the guys were all really well behaved and mostly recovered themselves!

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