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Old 07-21-2009, 02:16 AM
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I think the wear rate is on both your driving style and toe-in/out you set for your F104.

For me, I like to throw the car when I really need to take the corner tighter to overtake, but any other times, I will drive smoother into the corners to reduce my pocket wear (for the obvious reasons).

I never use those traction compound also for the same reason: pocket wear. The only time I remember using it was at a carpet race.

Besides our topic, you guys should have realised that Tamiya made a bigger wheel set for the F104. And for that, they came out with thinner tires. I see it both ways; big wheels so when the foams wore out, it would not scrub the chassis, thin tires to keep changing tires.

I'll try to help in whatever way I can.
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Originally Posted by Arahawak
I tot so. Apparently, on a general observation, all the guys running 104 yesterday had a higher wear rate on the fronts. They near the rims after 4-5 packs of say about 7 minutes of runtime each.

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