Lutz

Hm so you just leave out the screws? I've tried that too but couldn't find the traction much improved. .. no one tried the other chassis?

IIGQ4U

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I find the standard Wildfire chassis to be fairly flexible. I have yet to visit a track where I have felt the standard chassis was insufficient. Have you tried modifying inserts, tires, compounds, etc? If you are truly running on a low grip asphalt track, and have exhausted other setup means, then a more flexible chassis may be the answer.

Odin544

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When I saw Dave Ehrlich running his last February he was running the high flex chassis.

Lutz

When it comes to the tires i have to say i can't do anything since they are handout and preglued. Nothing allowed there. Its the lrp g32 tire...
When it comes to setup i think it's quite good since the balance is very good.
I'm running against serpent s411eryx, hotbodies tcxx and arc r10 2013.
The hb is pretty much tuned the others are pretty much stock.
I can run the same laptimes but i have the feeling i need more grip overall to be more consistent.
Btw: does someone run these g32 tires? How do you treat them to get most grip during full 7min of racing? Running 10.5 motors by the way...
Thanks for all your inputs :-)

IIGQ4U

iTrader: (53)

The R10 flex is pretty stiff (At least the ones I have felt). Why not just give the flex chassis a shot?

Potoczak

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My next plan with the VBC is to cut off the bump outs on the chassis so it is perfectly straight on the sides. On my local track out grip is pretty high and I have alot on scrubbing on the edges. That I'm sure will change the flex a little on the chassis.

Lutz

I haven't tried the flex chassis yet cause it's quite expensive for try and error method for me^^
So i hoped someone tested it before...

cyanyde

The R10 2013 comes with 2.25mm flex chassis from the box. Plenty flex from the old kit.

Lutz

The wildfire has a 2.5mm chassis, right? Can't measure it right now... so the other manufacturers use thinner chassis than vbc? Then the 2.1mm mid flex chassis would be the way to go right?

IIGQ4U

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Yes, I am aware of this. Not everybody has the revised kit, which is why I stated what I did in parentheses.

SD RACING

iTrader: (28)

The kit chassis is 2.45mm, the mid flex is 2.25mm they state its 2.1mm but its not
and the flex chassis with the cutouts is 2.45mm ,this one feels very soft. new car just built
I also run on a low to med grip asphalt track.
will give it a go this weekend so hope it works, the other car will have a standard chassis, so it will be a good comparison.
the vbc 05 dynamics kit car I am running in the state titles in oct. 17.5t boosted.
when I ran a serpent I tried more flex in the chassis to add grip and the car was slower.
but the vbc may react differently.

bkspeedo

iTrader: (5)

Chassis flex can definitely help to a point, but 2 much will slow you down. If you ever run on medium to high traction you will definitely want a stiffer car.

I did some experiments once using roll center. Slammed my car down as far as it could go. Car felt great on the track but lap times where off by 2 tenths on average. I'm experiencing this now as well, I've setup my car for low traction asphalt racing and it's very fast, but when i run it on high traction carpet it's 2 to 3 tenths off.

Lutz

SD Racing: I´m looking forward to hear your experiences
bkspeedo: How do you run your rollcenters? I have 0,5mm under suspension blocks in the front and 1mm in the rear.

bkspeedo

iTrader: (5)

Sorry i'm currently not running this car, I was chiming in as a pure setup observation for any car. I am looking at the D06 thou, may be getting one in the near future.

Lutz

ah ok then i missunderstood you^^
I´m really looking forward to the d06.
until then I want to try to raise the topdeck about 0,5mm at the bulkheads and leave out the screws at the motor mount.