fredswain

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So what? Who cares what the pros do? I certainly don't and you shouldn't either. Setup your own car!

As a bit of a FWIW back at you, the 22 doesn't work well in mid motor anywhere other than in high grip situations due to it's design. It's motor is too far forward and hence moves the battery too far forwards as well. It's not a flaw with mid motor as a concept. It's a flaw with that particular car as a design. The thing that people don't seem to understand in offroad is that front to rear weight distribution is what matters, not where the motor is located. You do need weight on the rear wheels in a 2wd buggy but it doesn't have to be behind the axle centerline. Few people outside of X Factory seem to understand this. When people start to realize the benefit of mid motor is not to shift weight forward more onto the front wheels but rather have it withing the wheelbase itself, we'll see more setups on looser tracks. TLR does sell weight sets that add weight to the rear of the 22 but for some reason they add it back behind the axle centerline again which is a bit worthless since that's where you don't want it. Design problems mean you should probably leave that car rear motor. The same goes for the DEX-210. Same problems.