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Old 01-26-2012 | 12:19 AM
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F_ME
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Originally Posted by roylo
Thanks for the ideas to check. That is another solution to turn down the EPA on the brakes. But I prefer to have full braking power. The brakes on my RTR dont lock on pavement or grippy surface even on full. It just pulls up pretty fast.
Yes....mine does not skid to a stop on pavement but I don't race on pavement.
I only drove on pavement to get a baseline for braking power so I could dial down the brakes so the belt does not skip. Even when I adjust for the belt skipping it is too much brake power. At the track I had to adjust even lower to stay under control and not send the truck flipping over its nose.
You do not want to run full braking power on a high power 4x4.

When setup to race on the track you don't want to skid to a stop.
Think of it as ABS. You want a controlled stop.
My truck stops pretty damn fast even dialed down so as not to skip the belt.
I can launch off of a quad, backside the jump landing, and stop within a foot without skidding and keep the truck straight.
Any more braking power and I will send the truck over it's nose tumbling.

Last edited by F_ME; 01-26-2012 at 12:22 AM. Reason: Additional info
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