omenwolf

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yea a little bit but i like it that way and my lap times are liking it too

WideOpenThrottle RC

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Maybe I've been doing it wrong all this time but I'm not understanding your guy's setup changes for high bite tracks. When the traction is high your going lower in diff oils to get the truck to rotate? Isn't that what camber links, toe and wheelbase at the rear hubs are used for? I don't know what kinda track you run on but when theres a good amount of traction on mine I'm going up in the diffs to put more power to the ground and if I need more rotation or steering I'm changing chassis setups not diffs. Not saying your incorrect just asking what your thought process is cuz maybe I'm wrong

nitroal

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i run 5,3,2 every where and i never have a problem with rotation.

WideOpenThrottle RC

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I'm at 5-7-3 currently and have plenty of steering and rotation but I'm on power usually to which might make a difference. I just have to keep the rear from passing the front on one section of the track

hacker07

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They work a little differently due to how they mount. The RC8 brace will allow a little less torsional flex than the torque rod.

suby723

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I just recieved my tlr torque rod today and I am extremely pleased with it so far, Ill be testing with it tomarrow for some practice and then a big race saturday.

KingdomRacer

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I'm @ 5/7/3 too but I'm always on the throttle and more times than not on the podium too
I never understood the lighter diff fluids neither, especially on tracks that claim high grip
To be fair; I do run a custom carbon chassis with a custom layout that does make a difference over stock

wcrase101

I run 5/5/2 and 7/5/2 depending on the track and how I need to come out of the turns. other wise I use caster, swaybars, toe and rear hub adjustments to get the rest tuned.

Ridley

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Yup, your general train of thought is usually right. I actually tried that for a whole winter indoor season in vain. For some reason, the SCTE needs a light fluid in the center to get rotation from mid corner on out...likely because of the long wheelbase to width ratio. We were getting beat on by the Durango pretty good for a whole indoor season, but are now very close to being on par....mostly by going to light fluid in the center diff.

Most people think their SCTE rotates nice....and it does...until you run against a dialed in Rango. Those trucks rotate like lightening, albeit at the cost of stability...but indoors where the track is generally smooth stability is a mute point. I've tried about every diff combo possible, and no doubt about it, a light center diff just plain WORKS in the SCTE

I also don't notice any adverse effect in acceleration. I did, when I first tested it, but with the new springs that are a little more progressive, the truck doesn't squat as much under acceleration and seems to have very balanced traction front and rear when under power. Because of this, it doesn't seem to make a difference when having light fluid in the center anymore in terms of acceleration, but it does make that little bit of difference rotating out of the turn.

BmainStar

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Ya I am gonna switch over to the TLR rod once Pegasucks gets them in stock LOL. Just was assuming that it would work close to the tlr one instead of the short one in regards to O.P.`S steering problem

BmainStar

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Dang Rid! Love the Sig! Looks like you have been cleaning up!Congrats!

Ridley

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All my Nanotechs take around 6200mah. If you are balance charging, which I rarely do for 2s packs, you can get skewed numbers as the charger is dumping power into a resistor system to balance the cells. Some chargers do a better job than others at compensating the readout for this.

As for the capacity, coming up 100mah is nothing. I usually don't even look at the numbers for the first dozen charges or so. Once they have some cycles, and you charge them when they are a bit warm, they should hold over the rated capacity

Ridley

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Thanks

It's been a long second half of the season, you've prolly noticed I haven't posted much lately....I have gotten burned out a little

I'm taking some time off and going hunting for a couple months!!

I did do an interview for www.area54rc.com though, you guys should go check it out!! Hopefully his typos are fixed by now, lol.

Also a nice pic of the Green Monster on the front page, lol

And for any Radio and tire Manufacturers out there, I need a sponsor!!

Kylesfv

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What tires would you guys reccomend for indoor clay (can get a little dry sometimes) Currently running bar codes , wanna try something different maybe beams pink or... ?
Thanks

Chase1472

iTrader: (76)

are you balance charging them? if so it will say it put more in that it really did.