New to the M05 - chassis length and diff questions
I bought a used M05 which the guy had raced in the TCS series . Setup seems pretty good in front of the house, but looking to have some fun racing it soon and have questions.
1) It seems that most racers use the M chassis length. Mine came that way, but I wanted to run the later style Mini Coopper body, so I stretched it to the L length. Does this make a big difference in how the car will turn on asphalt as well as carpet?
2) Gear diff shimmed, ball diff, spool? Most of my racing is likley to be outdoors, decent sized tracks. I'd like to try working with the gear diff since that's what I have now, but would like to hear why guys lock up their ball diffs or run a spool. One guy toldd me he's heard of guys putting cotton in the gear diff to bind it uyp WOW!
3) Here in SoCal - does West Coast run strictly silver cans in these. I was hoping brushed motors were behind me?
Thanks for the insight.Hope to see ya'll soon at the track.
Clay