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Old 05-20-2013, 10:43 AM
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LloydLoar
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Has anyone driven an SP-1 outdoors on asphalt yet? Running one yesterday with some of the Tamiya tires (not TCS, just the normal rubber ones, H/M compounds I think) and the car kicks the rear end out really really badly after about 30 seconds. Seems like once the tires warm up the car over-rotates like crazy on corner exit. Only way to cure it seems to be run the diff super loose (which then makes it feel like it has a 2-speed transmission, and standing starts are ridiculously slow) and be ridiculously easy on the throttle out of corners.

Is this just a case of running the wrong tires? We were trying Trinity Tire Tweak as traction compound...maybe that played a role?

Car is great on carpet with Pardus tires, just trying to figure it out for asphalt racing over the summer. What tires are typically recommended for asphalt?
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