1/5 fg onroad Setup

[wizard]

what is a good starting point for the fg comp as far as setup goes..i bought it used and cant find any setup stuff on the net for the comps,lots of F1 stuff

[vtl1180ny]

Here's my starting setup for an EVO... I'm not sure what version comp car you have but this should give you an idea...

Front

-Red F1 Progressive Springs with 7000 weight oil
-Shock in lower outer and upper middle hole
-Droop, about 4 MM
-Ride height, depending on surface anywhere from 7-10MM
-Caster, 1 clip forward
-Camber Chassis pushed down flat on table (easiest with shocks off)with tires on or set up gauges 0 deg
-.05 deg toe out
-Sway Bar 3/4 hard

Rear

-red progressive spring (if you need more traction drop to Orange or Yellow) 4000 weight oil
- Top lower mount (my rear arms are completely different than yours)
- 3MM droop
- 8-10MM ride height depending on surface
-Camber, chassis pushed down with 3 deg on the outside tire and 2 deg on the inside. Usually there will be more left turns so you'll run 3 deg on the left side.
-sway bar 1/4 hard

A buddy of mine runs the comp car with Orange Front and yellow rear progressive springs, the car is very soft...

Tires are GRP A's (S-1) all around... If you have too much steering you can try B's on the front...

Are you running this car on a track or parking lot???

[wizard]

right now it is in a parking lot but i want to go to the track in the summer so any pointers would be good,but i will go with your setup and try it out if it dont snow first lol
thanks for your help
Lannis
Oshawazees.com

[vtl1180ny]

It's hard to come up with a set up for a prepared track on a parking lot. The parking lot is likely to have cracks, be sandy and dusty and require a higher ride height and a softer set up. A prepared track should have much more available traction and hopefully no big cracks or divots which will allow you to run a stiffer set up and lower ride height.

My suggestion is to get a full set of the F1 Progressive springs, they go from Yellow to Blue and an assortment of shock oil from 3000 to 8000. That should allow you to tune for almost every surface...

Don't be surprised if your car is extremely loose in the cold, the tires need to heat up and it's real difficult in this weather...

[vette09]

If you're running on a parking lot track, get the car as soft as possible. Some chassis flex wouldn't hurt either. It's much easier to start with a soft car with too much traction and dial some out if by stiffening up as needed. Go as soft as you can with everything, with little traction you have to let the suspension work. Don't limit it with stiff springs and thick shock oil. And which comp car do you have? If you have the pre-EVO-4 comp car, leave the chassis alone. it works great on a loose track. If you run it on a high bite track, throw the FG chassis stiffeners on, part #4480. If you have an EVO-4 or newer, just take some screws out of the cf stiffeners. Don't take them off. Without them the EVO chassis has WAY too much flex. That's why they're there.

[wizard]

i have the older pre evo4 with an rcstuff chassis it is like 8mm or better and a few other nessary parts. and lookin for a good base setup.my buddy has it all f&*ked up lol

+i have a bone stock sportline 04 with just shocks on it for now,its the wifes car .

[speedemall]

Whats the recommended tire for unprepared parking lot running?

[vtl1180ny]

The hardest you can get away with... A's are soft and work well but they wear quick...

[speedemall]

Wouldnt a harder compound be more slick?That makes me think they would perform like plastic tires.The tires that I have are pretty hard and every time I get into the throttle the car spinsout from torque.

[vtl1180ny]

Originally Posted by speedemall

Wouldnt a harder compound be more slick?That makes me think they would perform like plastic tires.The tires that I have are pretty hard and every time I get into the throttle the car spinsout from torque.

5th scale tires are just like full size race tires, they do not get traction till they get some heat in them...

My car went away for the season right after the Halloween Bash at 301 at the end of october... They put 5th scale TC last, the sun went down and it was like driving on ice at that point...

It's also very different driving a 5th scale than the other scales.. You don't have the unrealistic traction the smaller scales have... You have to drive the car and be easy on the throttle... Imagine what it'd be like driving a full size 800 HP rear wheel drive sedan...

[SpeedAssault]

sounds like a great set up above

Where do you guys recommend to go for tires ? and is the white dot or hard good for a little drift and rally action ?

also is there a place to find used wheels ?

thanks

[Tony Vega]

You have a PM

[Andy63]

Wow. That setup he posted is very hard to drive. More like this on a FG:

Front:
springs blue with no curve on the spring(FG´s)
(test blue springs before you test yellow or purple springs)
Shock oil: 8000 or 9000
Height: 7mm - 9mm
Camber (hold down) 1 or 0 degress, The wheels should stand like it had negative camber in front when youre not holding it down.
Toe-Out: about 0,5 to 1,5 degrees

Tires: GRP New C or GRP A Always! I recomend GRP NEw C with better traction and lasts longer.


Rear:
Springs Orange with curve on the springs(FG´s)
shock oil: 5000 or 6000, maybe 7000
Height: 8mm - 11mm
Camber (hold down!) 2 degrees on the outside of the wheel.
Toe-In: 3 degrees

Tires: GRP New C or GRP A Always! I recomend GRP NEw C with better traction and lasts longer.

This setup works with all tractions on tracks! i think you need softer setup for a parking lot.

This setup works with weather sunny up too 30 celsius then maybe you should change more camber, harder suspension.
Coldest will be around 17 celsius then you must have a softer setup.

This setup works almost everywhere. Here in sweden and Denmark where we have really good drivers drive often with similar setup to this!