AdrianM

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With the right setup you have just as much steering with a spool as with a one way (maybe more mid and exit steering than one way) but you can use brakes and drive harder into corners.

My Mi2 with a spool turns in too hard for most of the guys that have driven it. But...im an old pan car guy so its just fine for me

wyd

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Too much turn in with a spool. That must be great as now you have killer low speed steering and still have great high speed steering. Maybe I need a Mission 2.

ALEXSCHOFIELD

wat front axle would you run on a tight carpet track running rubbers and 27t?

racenut123

iTrader: (32)

oneway.

edseb

Depends on the track. No one thing works for all. Tight parking lot tracks-diff, sweeping open tracks-one way. Spool-better try to turn in earlier.

rough512

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Hi,

Kindly elaborate on the statement below. I would think spool will be harder and hotter on the tires since one tire would be breaking traction in the corner. In fact the wear rate with spools is very pronounced even after just a heat.

The Black Kat

One-ways are real popular....In the belt car i've driven with rubbers/one-way it worked really well. You have to have the right setup or it woun't fly. I've tried running with a one-way in my TC3 but the drivedrain coasts so much already I can't seem to keep a handle on it. Don't have a problem with that on my Evo3

Scott Fisher

iTrader: (28)

Slightly embarrassing question here.....

Spool is the same as solid axle????

fatdoggy

Scott Fisher - Exactly.

AdrianM

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rough512 - You would think that spools would heat the tires but its the other way around. At the Pre-Worlds in the last of the Triple-A's the track got REALLY HOT. The one way drivers that were fine when it was cooler overheated their tires about one minute into the race. Hara, Masami and Teemu had to drive like there cars were dirt oval sprint cars (drift cars...). Ralph Burch lead the final A with a spool in his Xray and had perfect control until he dotted out on the last lap. His car did not overheat the tires and did not get loose.

fatbear

iTrader: (10)

Where can I get a good spool for my TC3?

losixxx

iTrader: (9)

Fatbear: You can get a spool from IRS they sell them on towerhobbies
Link to the spool
hope that helps

Poppa Ray

What are (genaerally) the set up changes needed to make a spool work (ie softer springs lighter oil etc)? I've tried all three axle types and no matter what I'm faster with a oneway because I can't make the spool turn In like I want. For the record i like to throttle steer and avoid brakes at all cost. I'm running the xxxs g+ and we have a decreasing radius turn that everyone swears I practically drift through cause the back end is loose and rotating through EVENLY.

wyd

iTrader: (51)

When I run the spool on my Losi I use high roll center blocks, 2f block, with 4 degree caster blocks. You normally need more caster with the spool to get it to turn going into the corner. I also use around .065 front sway bar to start .

FUK_WRX

iTrader: (1)

Do spools work with a center oneway or do you have to have a locked pulley to make them work?

Thanks