Originally Posted by MOmo

Have you seen WC's post count? have you seen his comments in this thread and others with regards to setup and handling? The man has raced quite a bit and has a great deal of knowledge of this and other cars.


Setups are designed to get the builder moving in the right direction in getting a car to handle and respond accordingly and with minimal hair loss.

Yes, not EVERY setup will apply to every possible track, but a baseline setup will be far better than grasping as straws and struggling to get the car to work right. Just about every company has a neutral starting point and you go from there. With the increased use of Lipo, weights made a huge difference and now a lighter handling car changes things thus changes are made.

I know that I might not drive like Cav or Mayfield but if i see that my track mirrors a setup that they used, I would probably start there and test it and small adjustments as needed. Its also why I like to get feedback from other drivers about how my car feels because I personally am not technically minded to understand how the changes to suspension geometry affect how my car handles, but I change my style to suit the car, NOT the other way around, which IMO is what people should be doing.


On that note:

Running an 8.5 motor, what spur are people going with? Mainly running on a tight indoor Clay, high to med traction.



Momo