Originally Posted by CraigMBA

A couple of things come to mind...and please don't take this the wrong way. I'm not criticizing AE, this truck, or anything/anybody in the design team. But it is what it is.



IMO because they designed it to work around/in high bite conditions like OC/RC, WCRC, and big races that they know are going to be high bite like the Reedy and the Spectrum race.

And they designed it to work around a 540 motor, IMO. I doubt anyone ever considered a 550 motor when they started this project.

And (I'm really going to catch hell for this) because the truck doesn't need extra weight. It just needs the weight in a different place. I put three oz of tungsten on the front section (and none in the back) but that only helps move the F/R balance about 1%. The real fix would be to put the motor in the front. Don't wait up for that one.

Engineering is all about trade offs. Do you want a chassis that is going to be fast in low bite conditions? It's going to blow chunks when the grip comes up. Associated knows what they are doing - they build chassis optimized for when the grip comes up, because they know if they win the big races, they will sell a lot of car kits.

The SC10 4x4 is a complex chassis with a lot of trade offs. We are supposed to be getting a local indoor track here soon, and I'm sure my truck is going to be fine there.