Originally Posted by
jamr1130
I only run on indoor high bite clay tracks so my experience is limited to that. But I will say that these setup changes have changed the truck's on track attitude in the positive direction. I think now the only limitation to the truck is my driving ability. Well, YMMV.
Indoors I love the truck. I set this thing up as it sits, and roar. 4 months ago, I could keep up with Cameron for a lap till I messed up. (I'm not very consistent as his speed) I have no indoor complaints, any problems are 100% my problems. Outdoors, I can tune my slash to beat losis, My "race" truck chassis however...
Originally Posted by
MantisWorx
Food for thought Sean and it some things to think about:
Tires, i have noticed that with my SS blockades although they have great grip but ballon to about 10" in diameter! well if you think about it when you go into a turn they get smaller again and that makes weight transfer do all kinda crazy stuff, seeing that the truck is light i think it is more obvious. this weekend i am going to buy a set of Losi tires (they are cheap and work well here) and strap them to see if it helps. i do notice that the truck is more planted with other tires but the blockades are the worst!
You have an extra set of V2 pistons, take the rear rebound set drill them to 1.3 and go up to 32.5 in the rear, keep the shocks mounted on the inside arm hole.
I will try that. Only thing is my truck felt great with the new Blockades. The thing has so much bite and drove aggressive and kicked some ass until the track blew out and now it's hell. I was swearing by the blockades till that point.
Originally Posted by
SCTDan
I did exactly what Marcus said with the pistons front and rear with 35wt in front and 32.5wt in the rear. I also added that steel skid plate on the front adding about 5oz low,front, and center. My weight bias is 48% front to 52%rear and it feels well balanced on the track. This last Sunday I had several guys wondering how I set up my truck to keep it so smooth and planted. It weighs in at a hefty 6.9lbs but still drives inside of the Losi's. For outdoors I need the weight. The only area of our track that gave me issues was a 180deg turn at the end of a straight that is down hill and off camber. My tires had good side bite and too much speed would cause a wicked traction roll.
Weight's definitely my #1 right now. I think i'm putting a sheet of lead on my chassis here soon to try. I have many chassis's from Centermount battery to some of the chassis brace prototype stuff I was doing. So I have some test ability. If it comes down to it, I can consider the Exotek and a bit more weight, We shall see.
Thanks guys. I'm no where near given up, Just back to a little frustrated.
