Well what i have done during warm up laps if the track is real loose is turn my steering dual rate down some usually from 100% to somewhere between 92-98%, the lower you go the less steering you will have. You can also twist your spring collars a little to lower the rear of the car if you are too loose or the opposite you can turn them down to raise the rear end slightly to hopefully loosen the rear end. You may have to turn them further down then you would up since if you run at 24mm ride height, 25mm may end up having more grip. Hope that make sense. But yes tires would be the main key but these other things should help. yo ucan also strengther your brakes some if you have a lot of rear grip and lower the brakes if you dont have much rear grip, just makes it easier to drive. Oh and possibly some throttle and steering expo to help when the track is slick.
You are right, I always forget about radio tuning. I was not drastically off on traction, but it was not what I wanted. I probably could have played with the radio a little to achieve what I wanted. Tires are a big change and I only needed a little one. I always forget about radio tuning.
Originally Posted by
Bob Barry
hey question for you faster 17.5 guys. I'm just curious as to how much you use your brakes during races. I have been putting in very consistent laps, usually all within half a second of each other, but I seem to be about half a second/lap off the pace, which always translates to being on the tail end of what ever lap TQ is. When we go heads up for the mains, I usually hold my own, but when we are on our own clock, I feel like I'm just losing some time. I've never felt slow... just the lap times are not there.
Perfect example... this weekend I ran one qualifier and had 2 bobbles which added about 4 seconds total to my time. Rest of the time I was doing consistent 21.8-22.3 laps. Fast time 21.6. TQ that round was doing 21.0-21.5, fast lap 20.9. I might be off in the exact numbers, but this is pretty close and gives the idea.
The problem is obviously in the corners... but is it using the brakes so much that is hurting the corners?
Well the answer is, "It depends". I find it very interesting to watch the pros trigger fingers as they race. I tend to use smooth transitions and they tent to pump it like mad. Mean, I ally even breaking as I enter the corner, and they seemed to pump it almost like ABS. I think my way is much slower. Recently I have been trying to work more of a pumping action on the 180's. And it really allows me to carry more speed. Just using a lot of break, scrubs too much corner speed for me. On higher bite tracks, I see guys going full bore into the corner and nailing the brake rounding the corner and punching it. But because of the hard transitions, you need a lot of traction. On, the outdoor track I run on , feathering works better.