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What is Kickup?
Kickup describes the angle of the front of a chassis. It can also be described as another form of Caster.
Cars with a flat chassis have 0° of Kickup (inner hinge pins flat with the chassis) while those with a angled chassis (up front) have a specified amount of Kickup (based on the actual angle of the chassis).
Kickup also affects Caster. For instance, if you have 2° of Kickup and 2° of Caster, you would essentially have 4° of total Caster. 0° Kickup and 2° of Caster would give you 2° of total Caster, and so on.
The effects of Kickup are the same as those with Caster.
See also: Caster, Suspension Mounts
Tuning with Kickup
Less Kickup
• Quicker steering inputs
• Less stable on the straights and through bumps
• More off-power steering entering corners
More Kickup
• Easier to drive
• More stable on the straights and through bumps
• More on-power steering exiting corners
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