No Crust Racing

Are you talking 1mm out and 1mm in total or each side?

Added 6kg to squats for 66, I have such weak leaks. I felt this, I didn't super struggle but I felt it and can feel it today between the top of my quads and my hip bones but some of that is DL too. Successfully benched 96 last night not sure why I thought I wouldn't make it before. Added 4.5kg to DL for 58.5 Started out rowing 54 as I was trying to get lower as per the last session. then went 58.5 then 60kg while maintaining that lower stance. Left chin ups at 4.5kg. Stuffed up my first set of dips with 7kg on, stopped at 8 reps out of habit instead of 10, so added some more weight and did 2 more sets of 10 @ 9kg. Progress all round.

I thought as much - no drama though Leeroy, as you said it is personal preference. I'm running RS-Rs harry so thought -3 might be enough for those. As for rear camber, -1.5 enough? Car only has 200rwkw's and it's a CA so that 200 is slower than something that actually makes torque as well.

Looks like rear neg camber to me on this one too. http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/V8+Supercars+Round+7+Practice+EJ3dV1iAcq8l.jpg Where did you get the advice of no rear camber?

MX-5 guys, almost every setup includes rear neg camber, http://mx5cartalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=15398

Hmm, OK I'm happy to hear thoughts, I've just always been under the impression that "some" rear neg camber was a good thing in a grip setup. I got my original settings from DMS and he seems to know his stuff. (http://www.dmshocks.com/) A quick example, this grip based S13 -2 rear camber. http://www.nissansilvia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=522196

I should've clarified when I said -3deg. I meant at the front, aiming the rear is currently -1 and i wouldn't go any less, if anything more.

0 rear camber?

After putting some new toe arms in and getting the rear toe finally evened out I was thinking. Firstly, what's the relationship between toe and camber? As in, if I increase the amount of neg camber in the rear, I'm assuming it will add a touch more toe in or is that backwards? That said, which would you do first? camber or toe knowing they affect each other. Further to this. Currently my car has the following setup. Front: -2.5 camber about 1mm toe in on the pass side which I will be fixing - 0 on the driver side. Castor unsure, assume around 5 or so deg, whatever the factory arms can give. Haven't looked or measured. Rear: About -1 deg camber 1mm toe in (that's on each side so total 2mm toe in). I set this under the assumption some rear toe in is good for grip and stability. I was thinking I might add some rear camber and possible some at the front if also, maybe 3deg? Tyre wear hasn't been too bad on the current settings, I'm just going through the process of evening everything out. I realise handling is a personal choice but is there a generic setup that's good for S13s? I've got stock sway bars and BC BR coilovers F8kg/R6kg) So also see a lot of people put a touch of toe out up front, say 1mm each side? What are your thoughts?

Looking forward to that

Yeah Pendlay are too low and hard on my back at the moment. As it was, in that vid it was harder than normal for me as I'd normally be straighter maybe 50-55, so if that lean is a good lean in the vid then I'll have to maybe lower the weight and re-set form in that exercise, which is fine. I'd be inclined to say that even after only 3 sessions of trying to DL from the floor, my SIJ discomfort has lessened, could be a coincidence but we'll see. Nice work Troz!

Tried benching at the 96-97, pussied out on the final rep as I wasn't sure I'd make it, did a half rep Did DL from blocks, much easier. Fiddled with row, see vid for height testing. Got 7kg in my pocket for dips and did sets of 10 with short breaks and managed that. http://youtu.be/uf_XgacRYE0

Did my full sets fiddling with heigts then thought I'd do a few more reps at the end and record. This is probs where I felt most comfy, I was initially standing straighter. Thoughts? http://youtu.be/uf_XgacRYE0

Thoughts on this? http://stronglifts.com/how-to-master-barbell-row-technique/ Follows to this http://stronglifts.com/how-to-perform-the-pendlay-row-with-correct-technique/ They are rowing from the floor each rep, I have not been doing this.

Hmm OK, I don't feel it in the upper shoulders/neck area though. Rowing to chest or waist?

Bar will clear my Neck TTT, just.. What's everyone doing Rows wise here, how far are you bending, for me 45deg seems comfy enough but I see plenty around about how it shoudl be 80-90deg instead. I guess it depends on what's being targeted? For me I do the row as it's supposed to be good for your shoulders and back, anything more specific than that I couldn't tell you.

Small win, got 2 extra barbell hooks coming.

I'm gonna have a semi rant here because I think the above shows some of what's wrong with forums sometimes. I'll use 2pees example but I'm directing this at anyone who does this sort of thing. 2pee, Brad has been very generous with his time in this thread, not to mention looking after me and another member on pricing for 2 cages. Beyond that, he's got a lot of very satisfied customers so in reality he doesn't really need to defend himself and I'm glad he edited his post and took out the 3rd line from his reply. I'm not having a go at you, but I would genuinely ask, what was the point of that post other than to try and discredit the work? If you were genuinely concerned about the safety of the cage, you could've contacted Roy or Brad directly and said something like "Hey mate, just saw some pics of your cage, I noticed there's a bit of an undercut on one of the welds in this pic, It might be worth getting it looked at just to make sure it's safe." Swap roles for a moment, if you'd done that weld on a cage, would you be happy with it or would you do the whole thing again, my guess is you would think it was good enough and leave it be, so try and keep that in mind when posting. I often see comments like yours thrown around and for apparently no good reason than to try and point out flaws (and to be honest, for all we know you could be an apprentice at TAFE who has just learned what an undercut is and how to identify one - I know I had to google it before posting lol). There's absolutely nothing wrong with honest discussion, but I think it should be phrased in a way that is as non-combative and confrontational as possible, because it encourages everyone to get involved and share opinions without worrying about having to defend themselves, their reputation, their work etc. Members will vote with their wallets so I think the quality of Brad's work has already been well established in that regard. Anyway, just my random thoughts, take it with a grain of salt. Chances are you didn't mean anything by it but for whatever reason I've chosen this moment to have a bit of a forum rant

Invoice paid, just waiting for Josh to make his payment and we're good.

A mate of mine has a contact with the local Sparco Rep, I'm hitting him up for some mates rates, see how I go.

Quick search found this so there's a bit of a difference. 25-20kg -these are 20cm bar height when loaded 15kg- these are 16cm 10kg- these are 11.5cm

I'm wondering if it might just be easier to get some 20kg plates, at least 2, I will need some more weight down the track anyway. Do they come in standard hole size 25mm or only Olympic?

Yeah 10kg plates, should I pop a block under the ends to get it up a bit higher?

Had a decent session last night. Squatted 60kg Bench felt weird and lopsided for the first 2 sets, checked bench location, grips etc, realised I'd left 1x 3kg plate off one side... so added that back on and added another 4.5kg for a good 96kg+ and got that set out so was happy. Had another go at DL, still only 54kg, but it felt better. Also tried mixed grip and that felt good too. Rowed at 60kg - with this, are you guys rowing from the floor with your back parallel? I see a lot of talk about what is the right way. I am doing them at 45 deg to the waist. Chucked 4.5kg into my pockets for chins and managed to get those out. Kept that in my pockets while doing lunges, so carrying around 28kg on those now. Kept the weights in my pockets for dips and did 3x 10 instead with shorter breaks and had no issues. Might get a dipping belt.

Any rules on mixed grip? I just tried it first time with right hand underhand, felt good and better than both hands overhand.