What track condiction do you guys prefer to run on with 1/8 Truggy or Buggy ?
#1
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What track condiction do you guys prefer to run on with 1/8 Truggy or Buggy ?
Im curious about it because 1/8 electric seems to excel much better when a track has good grip . I seem to run much better when a track has moisture on it than when its dry and with my E-Truggy. Now it might be because i need to tune more when a track gets dry to get more side bite or it could be the way i drive or because i run Sensorless.
1/8 electric seems much easyier to be fast with and likes when a track has more grip.
1/8 electric seems much easyier to be fast with and likes when a track has more grip.
#3
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Outdoor. I like loose dirt but if your using lets say 3000k in a rear diff it can be a handfull if you like to drift around corners i guess i could just try to change my driving style just braking and steering/not as hard into the throttle when dry.
#5
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Theres no blue grove at my track more like just stay out of where the loose dirt is really. Now when its moist and cool out with no sun theres is grove lines but not blue grove.
Oh yea im still tweaking on things and finding the right tires though out the day.
One tricky thing with the 1/8 E is finding the right rear diff weight im up in the air still about 3k in the rear diff on dry dirt just a lot of wheelspin and sudden lose of traction .
Anybody tryed 4k ?
#6
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There have been many days where the groove just never forms. 9 times out of 10 its because of the weather. Tons of rain, a complete lack of rain, etc... Here in Florida, we say "If you don't like the weather, wait 10 minutes".
On days when there's no real groove, we sometimes throw cheap sugary soda down. You still have to stay "In the Line" or its like you've just rolled onto marbles. But it grooves up as if there's been far more track action, and works very effectively. Here's a day when the turnout was a bit light, so we used soda on the track. I know its not an 8th scale race, but you can see the results:
On days when there's no real groove, we sometimes throw cheap sugary soda down. You still have to stay "In the Line" or its like you've just rolled onto marbles. But it grooves up as if there's been far more track action, and works very effectively. Here's a day when the turnout was a bit light, so we used soda on the track. I know its not an 8th scale race, but you can see the results:
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#7
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I prefer indoor clay tracks. Plenty of traction and very little tire wear.
Outdoors can be fun, but I guess I am a low maintenance kind of guy. I can't stand all the dust, lack of traction, blown out track, and constantly looking for a set of tires that works.
I wish there was a well groomed, high traction outdoor track nearby. Being from the south, I'd be racing on red GA clay would be a blast.
When I raced BMX, we had a track that was almost entirely red GA clay. Super fast and hard. God forbid you get that stuff in your leathers though. it would never come out.
Outdoors can be fun, but I guess I am a low maintenance kind of guy. I can't stand all the dust, lack of traction, blown out track, and constantly looking for a set of tires that works.
I wish there was a well groomed, high traction outdoor track nearby. Being from the south, I'd be racing on red GA clay would be a blast.
When I raced BMX, we had a track that was almost entirely red GA clay. Super fast and hard. God forbid you get that stuff in your leathers though. it would never come out.
#8
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Na i love outdoor tracks but yea it does change a lot thats why i have so many tires . The trick is just to tweak on the supension and tires though out the day if its dry just try to get as much side bite as you can . And messing with the Expo seems to help and not being hard on the throttle easy said than done .
I still like when a track is moist and has a good grove 1/8 electrics do seem to excel better on it.
I still like when a track is moist and has a good grove 1/8 electrics do seem to excel better on it.
#10
I prefer blown off and wetted outdoor tracks that stay dark for an entire round. Especially the ones that barely get the car dirty. Too bad that some tracks only see these conditions for only a couple hours after rainfall.
I hate dusty white dirt. The dirt that stays dark even as it drys is way better for racing. Is that clay mixed in? Lye? Calcium? That holds the water so well? Stinky Swamp mud rules for traction and consistancy while remaining soft, without being hard blue groove pavement.
I also don't like pure indoor wet clay. The kind that requires slicks and scrubbing/re treating tires after every single run. Minus well just install carpet or pour some concrete, that's not offroad.
I hate dusty white dirt. The dirt that stays dark even as it drys is way better for racing. Is that clay mixed in? Lye? Calcium? That holds the water so well? Stinky Swamp mud rules for traction and consistancy while remaining soft, without being hard blue groove pavement.
I also don't like pure indoor wet clay. The kind that requires slicks and scrubbing/re treating tires after every single run. Minus well just install carpet or pour some concrete, that's not offroad.
#11
We race on clay outdoors where it isn't feasible to get water to the track. There is one hand pump on a well but it won't do for watering a whole track. It was dusty this year, but it was abnormally hot. The norm will be wet, muddy cay that makes everything filthy.
I find the fast line changes with conditions. Loose, dusty and a little bumpy, take the corners tight; dry and smooth - go wide and carry all the speed you can.
I find the fast line changes with conditions. Loose, dusty and a little bumpy, take the corners tight; dry and smooth - go wide and carry all the speed you can.
#12
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I prefer blown off and wetted outdoor tracks that stay dark for an entire round. Especially the ones that barely get the car dirty. Too bad that some tracks only see these conditions for only a couple hours after rainfall.
I hate dusty white dirt. The dirt that stays dark even as it drys is way better for racing. Is that clay mixed in? Lye? Calcium? That holds the water so well? Stinky Swamp mud rules for traction and consistancy while remaining soft, without being hard blue groove pavement.
I also don't like pure indoor wet clay. The kind that requires slicks and scrubbing/re treating tires after every single run. Minus well just install carpet or pour some concrete, that's not offroad.
I hate dusty white dirt. The dirt that stays dark even as it drys is way better for racing. Is that clay mixed in? Lye? Calcium? That holds the water so well? Stinky Swamp mud rules for traction and consistancy while remaining soft, without being hard blue groove pavement.
I also don't like pure indoor wet clay. The kind that requires slicks and scrubbing/re treating tires after every single run. Minus well just install carpet or pour some concrete, that's not offroad.
I like tracks with at least medium traction. I don't really like the dry dusty stuff, loose or packed. I also like consistent surfaces, no random dry or muddy wet areas.
I'm not cut out for tracks like Silver State or Psycho Nitro Blast.
#13
I like good lose dirt that has enough moisture in it to keep the dust down, but not so much that my car weighs an extra pound or three by the end of a race. It's even better if it ruts up and get rough so that the line changes all through the race like an outdoor motocross track. I do not like overly smooth blue groove tracks at all.