Originally Posted by
Miller_Time
We've recently had a new indoor carpet track open and one class I'm going to run there is a spec M class. Rules are box stock except bearings can be added throughout. I bought an M03 Swift and built it to the manual, adding bearings in the transmission.
Any setup tips or tricks to get me started?
I haven't put it on the track yet but tomorrow is the first race day. I've never raced a mini, or a FWD for that matter.
Thanks!
A little toe out on the front at rest. If you can get the front a touvh lower than the rear it couldn't hurt. If you find it traction rolls at every corner, tune down your steering and/or apply a very thin bead of CA glue to the outer edge of the tread where it meets the sidewall.
You can pin the throttle much earlier in the corner than you can with RWD, but you may want to be more conservative on corner entry. Or, you can drive like me with the throttle pinned all the way around the track.
That's the basics for box stock. You're experienced enough to know the rest.
Jim