Well I switched to an asphalt track. All the shores I had with foams simply gave too much traction in that I had to let off throttle totally to take corners, and still almost would hit the outside berms if I wasn't careful.
I tried some top cad (of all things) treaded on-road rubber tires I had sitting around and noticed a immediate improvement. I could ever so slightly slide into the corner, and though my exit speed steering was a bit below what I wanted, it was much greater than with foams.
I next removed my front sway bar in order to gain some more exit speed steering (kept rear), and this really started to help the vehicle come together. I would have preferred to keep my front one on, but did not have the heavier 1.5mm sway bar for the rear, so kept the 1mm for the rear without a front instead.
I finally ended with putting traction compound on all four tires. I think with some shock and spring adjustments I can get even more high speed steering since this track is so much infield. I also think going to like a Losi Street Meat 1/18th tire will help as it looks to have less side bite, so increased steering in corner (and a better compound).
(And yes, TQed and won main)
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Only 5 of us. We have gained interest at this new track after they saw how well we ran. 1/10th Sedan class was in the 14 sec range while our best lap of the night was a 15 done by a M18 Panther. I was averaging about a 16.5, but feel with more tweaking can lower it (especially with better quality tires).
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