Originally Posted by heinen81

Yeah the whole inline battery or battery and electronics topic has confused me. Maybe its just personal preference, or believing something feels better because you want it to... but any of the big races I've been to, Cav and those guys have their batteries and electronics in the stock locations, and not hacking up their cars to relocate anything. I did see Cav moved his steering servo to the opposite side on his B44.3... but other than that, if the pros aren't cutting cars apart to get them to handle, I cant believe they don't work without re-configuring everything.

Originally Posted by heinen81

No kidding? that's interesting. There are some fast guys by us who swear by the inline, and other who don't. That got me thinking that maybe Associated wouldn't let team drivers modify things that heavily and possibly hurt sales, being that the engineers didn't catch this from the start. Its got me curious to try it... and I suppose its easy enough to switch back. For those who switched... do you find it helps you in balance, or traction? if it induces more side bite, I'd be all for it.

Originally Posted by heinen81

No kidding? that's interesting. There are some fast guys by us who swear by the inline, and other who don't. That got me thinking that maybe Associated wouldn't let team drivers modify things that heavily and possibly hurt sales, being that the engineers didn't catch this from the start. Its got me curious to try it... and I suppose its easy enough to switch back. For those who switched... do you find it helps you in balance, or traction? if it induces more side bite, I'd be all for it.

Originally Posted by Socket

Instead of lap times that lack basic scientific method, can I just get pictures and numbers from a corner weight setup?

I'm now tempted to pickup 4 scales and see for myself, but I would like to see what changes the numbers show, and then run the setup that reflects the numbers I'm after.

Originally Posted by RCBuddha

Socket,

I too, wondered how much the inline changed the weight distribution, and as I recall, there was little difference on the scales. There was a picture either on here or B5nation (facebook). If I can find it, I will post it.

Originally Posted by Socket

Another method would be a G meter and a preset course, like a circle of a certain size.

Originally Posted by heinen81

Yeah the whole inline battery or battery and electronics topic has confused me. Maybe its just personal preference, or believing something feels better because you want it to... but any of the big races I've been to, Cav and those guys have their batteries and electronics in the stock locations, and not hacking up their cars to relocate anything. I did see Cav moved his steering servo to the opposite side on his B44.3... but other than that, if the pros aren't cutting cars apart to get them to handle, I cant believe they don't work without re-configuring everything.

Originally Posted by Cpt.America

$10 bucks says Cav isn't allowed to. I would bet he has to run the car in a configuration the car was engineered to be run in.

Originally Posted by Chris Gierse

Has anybody tried the Associated titanium screws yet? Was wondering how the quality compares to Lunsford.

Originally Posted by 3D-Seth

My local track has a lot of rocks in their dirt. Scratches up the alu chassis pretty good/quick.

Also, I know for myself, I go through chassis protectors not from use, but from maintenance on the car, having to get to screws and such. I won't cut holes in the protector for the screws. I will usually just replace the protector when I have to get to screws. I'm a little picky when it comes to my cars though.

Seth