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Old 11-13-2012 | 06:54 PM
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Aside from the sticky natural rubber tires, what setup changes are typical in swapping a car from being a 'stock' car with a premium on conserving energy in the corners to a 'modified' car where you need to use the setup and drag brake to slow the car in corners and run a tighter line? Is it really just the tires and steering throw, or is there a well-measured change to be made? I have checked setup sheets and other sources of information but it sees that for even the same driver using the same chassis the setup differences in stock and modified are minimal aside from tires and steering settings... I ask because I wound up using my 'stock' 1/12 car to run modified at the last IIC, and while I didn't embarass myself as badly as I thought I would my car had a very different way of going around the track than the experienced 1/12 racers. My car tended to look like an overpowered stock car (which it was, even with a tire swap to the soft natural rubber) and the experienced Mod racers cars basically bounced off the apexes of corners.
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