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Old 08-09-2012 | 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by OptimumRC
Everything you said is correct.

But I guess I wouldn't say that less ackerman is harder to drive, but I just think of it as twitchier off center. The only section of the track where it is harder to drive I think is usually at the end of the straight because the car is so responsive off-center. This can cause you too turn in too early if you are not used to it, or in really high bite tracks if you turn-in too fast you can traction roll. But everywhere else on the track less ackerman makes the car feel more precise and it is really nice, especially coming onto the straight where the car can keep hugging the pipe on corner exit.

More ackerman, makes it easier to throw the car into the corner and steer from the rear as opposed to having the front do all the work.

On most indoor clay tracks I would suggest running the rear rack location, which is less ackerman. It is definitely an underated tuning option since most people obsess over shocks a little too much.
So less traction you might use the rear hole or less ackerman and vise versa? Can you flip the ackerman plate to gain another forward hole for even more ackerman for high bite tracks?
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