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Old 12-19-2010, 06:03 PM
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I am running an 8ight 2.0 on a small/medium indoor track. I am running an all plastic shoe set-up with green springs which was suggested to me by some pretty fast guys but they run a motor with less power. My V-spec lights up the tires constantly with it. An M2C setup was suggested to me also to fix this. It was a setup with heavy shoes and light springs to smooth out the power. Before i try that i want to see if i can accomplish the same thing with the losi setup. Does anyone have a goodsetup for smooth power delivery. The track doesn't have any big jumps either so i don't need hard acceleration. I am an electric racer mostly too, so i am used to smooth.

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Originally Posted by cstroh
I am running an 8ight 2.0 on a small/medium indoor track. I am running an all plastic shoe set-up with green springs which was suggested to me by some pretty fast guys but they run a motor with less power. My V-spec lights up the tires constantly with it. An M2C setup was suggested to me also to fix this. It was a setup with heavy shoes and light springs to smooth out the power. Before i try that i want to see if i can accomplish the same thing with the losi setup. Does anyone have a goodsetup for smooth power delivery. The track doesn't have any big jumps either so i don't need hard acceleration. I am an electric racer mostly too, so i am used to smooth.

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I like a smoother clutch setup too. I run all alum with 2 black and 2 green springs. If you like the plastic shoes try the black/green springs or put 2 alum shoes on the green springs. This way the clutch is softer and 2 shoes engage before the other 2 shoes. They way you have it now they all hit at the same time and snap the car.
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The aluminum shoes are heaver and will engage at low rpm, but since they stick more, will they be snappier or will they help slow the engines power build up?

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The alum shoes will grab harder and be snappier but those blk springs will smooth things out. Give it a shot.
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frank has good advice specialy on losi and v spec hes a good source of info
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also go to a steel flywheel
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Originally Posted by losi_racer
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X2 this will help Big Time.
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I will give all of that a shot. Thank you all so much

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