I use Losi Light, Standard, and Heavy fluid in my tubes (these have been discontinued) there are times when I will use a little thicker "home made" mix. Try 5000, 7000, and 10000 silicone shock oil, Picco007 and I feel that they are very similar to the Losi Hydra Fluid. The Corally lubes are too thick, I haven't tried the CRC stuff yet. Let me know if you need anymore help.
Paul

I have the crc light which came with my t-fource kit, i think it is much too light, is hardly slows the thing down at all. right now I'm using 10,000 which feels slightly heavier than losi hydra heavy. when i go on the fug I'll be using 50,000. this helps the car rotate in the corners better. I would like to pick up some 7,000 but i don't know that I would ever go lighter than that.

I saw the Crimson Eagle take flight last night...Chris was gone from the very get go!

Now, he just needs to keep his TC upright...

I miss losi hydra fluid...

Not having done this in about 5 years, is there any feel I should want the car to have when it's in my hands?

Paul what company makes weighted shock oil in those weights? Is it OFNA or Mugen?

To be honest with you Randy, I don't think I could explain what it should feel like. But I do know that when I was running my 12l4, it worked best when there was hardly anything in between the damper disc's. Now I run my rug rat with tubes and it feels the same when I run light or standard hydradrive fluid. We run on asphalt only so I'm just giving you my take on things.

A friend of mine on carpet uses heavy hydradrive fluid to start out with in carpet but ends up using 30k to 50k in his tubes (calandra tubes). Hope this helps......

I think it also depends on the types of tubes you have. Or if you have discs then they guys running either the BMI or 12l4 cars would probably be able to give you some pointers on what it should feels like.

Carlos, it is ofna and mugen who make silicon diff lube in those weights.....I have enough of the ofna diff lubes to let you try this weekend.

I have tried the mugens 600 weight shock oil and the 10,000 weight diff lube. The 600 felt like I had nothing on my dampner disks, but the 10,000 felt just abit to heavy like it was honey.

The mugen 600 shock oil is too light. You need silcon diff lube. They come in heavier wieghts.....3k, 5k, 7k, and 10k and so on.

I was just trying out the 600.

Randy and Carlos,
First off the rear pod should be smooth, with no binding in any direction.
As for which lube to use, the only way to tell is by how the car reacts on the track. In general thicker lube will make the car rotate faster in the 180* turns, thinner lube will slow this reaction down and will make the car easier to drive in the chicanes.

If your car is pushing off power going into a corner, use thicker lube.
If your car is over steering, hard to drive, in the chicanes, use thinner lube.

You have to find a happy medium that works for all areas of the track for that day. At this years USPCC I started out with Losi Heavy, then med, to light at the end of the day due to the track changing. You just have to experiment to see what lube suites your driving style and type of disk/tubes your car has.

Is there any use for Corally damper syrup on an L4?
I now run red under the rear pod top plate and blue on the top. The car feels good, but there's always room for improvement.
However, I found on my 10th pancar that uses tubes, that even the lightest Corally syrup is too thick for running on asphalt. It takes away all steering. I now use Losi heavy hudra fluid in it. I took 0.3 seconds of my best lap ever with that new setup!
Any thoughts from the experts?

I'm not an expert by any means but using the corally stuff for your tubes on asphalt is too heavy we think (P2 and myself). I use a trinity white stuff for my 12l4 damper plates since we run on asphalt. P2 introduced me to the losi Hydradrive lubes a while back and I love them but I will probably run out soon and they are not made anymore so I am looking into other lubes to use in my tubes.....hope this helps.