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Old 10-03-2012, 10:12 AM
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musti72
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Hi Geberit and everyone,

As I had very little experience with EP cars before coming to ETS round 6, and no experience with that much traction, I pretty much dialed in a setup with trial and error, also because I met no other people there racing Serpent in modified.

Track had so much traction that if you have a stiff suspension, there is no doubt that you'd traction roll. Softening the suspension system was taking away the reactiveness of the car which helped a lot. Most of the teams opted for very low ride height such as 4mm or so, to be able to make the chassis touch the ground so car could "lose" some traction. That helped a lot but I think there is a minimum ride height rule at carpet races in order to protect the carpet.

Another thing that helped me a lot was to lower the front roll center and widening the front by adding offset shims to the wheel hub. These all made the car react smoothly and easy to drive.

Full setup is coming...
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