Originally Posted by
Reese Bobby
Hi narcotiks, I am with you on this one and have the same question. I however also think that races are won and lost based on the small percentage differences between chassis, setups and driving. For example a race might cover 20 laps. If one finds a 0.1 second improvement per lap then one has a two second advantage over a competitor at the end of the race, which is significant.
I think we generally place too much emphasis on having the best of everything equipment wise instead of focusing on the driving. Running wide on a corner will cost one 0.2s which negates the advantage of having the best of the best. Dont get we wrong the right equipment is very important but overall ones driving ability will make a bigger difference in my eyes.
Others thoughts?
My thoughts exactly !! But from a technical standpoint, its nice to know what these supposed "changes" do to the car, I run a hobbywing V3 speedy which without wires, weights about 40 grams. So, the gain in lowering the shocks by 2-4 mm could be lost by using a thicker or, two or more layers of double sided tape? I really think "short shocks" is all a marketing exercise to cause people to buy a new car because nothing can be drastically improved over current TC design (apart from Awesomatix which is in a different ball park) i bet you, if the design doesn't shift towards Awesomatix, or lowered shock mounting position on the arm like the Mi5, in a year or two, companies that have released cars with short shocks will come out with new and exciting "long shocks"