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TonysScrews 03-15-2026 10:47 PM

It's actually KPA (King Pin Angle)

Themechanic 03-20-2026 04:46 PM


Originally Posted by TonysScrews (Post 16248959)
It's actually KPA (King Pin Angle)

nah it’s KPI

gigaplex 03-20-2026 04:58 PM


Originally Posted by TonysScrews (Post 16248959)
It's actually KPA (King Pin Angle)

Negative.

https://suspensionsecrets.co.uk/king-pin-inclination/

Robbob 03-20-2026 05:09 PM


Originally Posted by Themechanic (Post 16249735)
nah it’s KPI


Originally Posted by gigaplex (Post 16249736)

Might wanna tell Mugen that .....
https://mugenracing.com/a2176b-front...-kpa-1pc-mtc3/

TomAto TOmato

gigaplex 03-20-2026 10:43 PM


Originally Posted by Robbob (Post 16249739)
Might wanna tell Mugen that .....
https://mugenracing.com/a2176b-front...-kpa-1pc-mtc3/

TomAto TOmato

Well, the word literally stamped above the TLA is "inclined"... not the first time an Asian company has lost something in translation.

archivist 03-21-2026 05:19 AM

“Inclined KPA” = “Inclined King Pin Angle”

Seems everyone got this one right.

bmwjoon 03-23-2026 11:04 AM

I mean there is an angle but it is called king pin inclination because it is a slope relative to the steering axis. I know it’s Greek…

Robbob 03-23-2026 11:45 AM


Originally Posted by bmwjoon (Post 16250132)
I mean there is an angle but it is called king pin inclination because it is a slope relative to the steering axis. I know it’s Greek…

Toy cars and internet engineers lol

bmwjoon 03-23-2026 01:49 PM


Originally Posted by Robbob (Post 16250136)
Toy cars and internet engineers lol

Also, maybe this is a bad example, but in RC car stuff, they have to worry about copyrights for the names of things all the time. Hobby companies are small.

Racer311 04-13-2026 09:28 PM

Tires
 
As an MTC3 owner, I’m starting my racing soon in the outdoor, asphalt season, and I need to get tires.
Most people at my club are racing D36 Sweep tires, but as we don’t have a spec tire per se, I’m curious what asphalt tires you are using for TC stock?
I’ll be getting a few sets of sweep, but curious what else I should consider?

thanks

BEMO2019 04-14-2026 10:36 AM


Originally Posted by Racer311 (Post 16253584)
As an MTC3 owner, I’m starting my racing soon in the outdoor, asphalt season, and I need to get tires.
Most people at my club are racing D36 Sweep tires, but as we don’t have a spec tire per se, I’m curious what asphalt tires you are using for TC stock?
I’ll be getting a few sets of sweep, but curious what else I should consider?

thanks

Sweep D spec tires are currently the best we have in the United States in my opinion. In Seattle we run 32s with the thin soft insert. The thick soft insert has good balance and tire wear but lacks a couple of tenths compared to the thin soft insert.

TonysScrews 04-14-2026 02:02 PM

You need to try the Team Muso tires. They have a lot of grip, wear better than anything I've tried on asphalt and the confidence they provide is outstanding.

https://www.facebook.com/teammusousa/

Charles Yates 04-14-2026 04:11 PM


Originally Posted by TonysScrews (Post 16253713)
You need to try the Team Muso tires. They have a lot of grip, wear better than anything I've tried on asphalt and the confidence they provide is outstanding.

https://www.facebook.com/teammusousa/

where can you find their tires?

Racer311 04-14-2026 06:57 PM


Originally Posted by BEMO2019 (Post 16253685)
Sweep D spec tires are currently the best we have in the United States in my opinion. In Seattle we run 32s with the thin soft insert. The thick soft insert has good balance and tire wear but lacks a couple of tenths compared to the thin soft insert.

This is what I’ve been recommended to get for racing in Vancouver.
I was advised to go for the D36 ones which I think are the following -

D36 D-SPEC Asphalt TC tire 4pc set Pre-glued.


Can you confirm these would be the ones?

Seems like they only come with the thick soft inserts, so I guess that’s what I’m going with.

Also, how many races/race days are they lasting you?

thanks



BEMO2019 04-14-2026 08:51 PM


Originally Posted by Racer311 (Post 16253747)
This is what I’ve been recommended to get for racing in Vancouver.
I was advised to go for the D36 ones which I think are the following -

D36 D-SPEC Asphalt TC tire 4pc set Pre-glued.


Can you confirm these would be the ones?

Seems like they only come with the thick soft inserts, so I guess that’s what I’m going with.

Also, how many races/race days are they lasting you?

thanks

That is the one! You can probably get 2 race days out of a set but I run a new set every race day as the pace falls off a few tenths after the first 3-4 runs or so.


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