Originally Posted by
ZEe_NYC
I read this somewhere a few pages back... Someone was saying that they were running orange losi front springs and white rear; and someone said to go silver front for more traction??? LOL why would you go stiffer spring for more traction?... I run full losi shocks/springs, and people look at my car like I'm crazy. I run orange/white because I wanted something similar to brown/green. On the spring comparison chart it goes like this:
Front: Brown 2.8, orange 2.9
Rear: green 1.9, white 1.8
What I've noticed is that my laps times are about .4 second faster and my car jumps a hell of a lot better. Btw, I use older losi springs that are colored. I did a side by side comparison with spring diameter of the big bores and the older painted springs and found that the internal diameter is only a .5-1mm difference. Yes, prob makes a difference; but I don't care. I have a box of old losi springs in every color. Not about to spend another $100 for new springs.
Point is... For whoever is getting eye rolls from people when you mix parts or use older parts, just keep doing what you're doing. The lap times don't lie.
Keep on racin!
you can't compare the numbers for the spring rates. I put silver/pink on my car and it was STILL softer than green / brown al though the spring rates are no where near the same. That's why I got so frustrated with the whole BB expirament. I spent too much time chasing the springs and second guessing rather than working on other things.
Oh and silver fronts steered more on my car 99% of the time.