Originally Posted by zephuros

Scored another 3rd place finish in a local club race here in Malaysia. Again, the SP1 ran very well with a combination of Solaris front and Ride R1 rear

[IMG] Nam Lee Cup 3rd place by SidhuD, on Flickr[/IMG]


Got a query for those of you who have run the Ride R1 tires tho. This car seems to have tons of rear grip with the R1s, but the front grip is near non-existent. As the local racing series here uses the R1as the controlled tires, how on earth can I go about getting more from the front?

Set up is:

Ride height 4mm F and 5mm R
Kit front springs
Tamiya black side springs
Kit center spring
Kit damper grease and shock oil
Front camber 2*
Toe out 1*
Caster 10
Front axles in trailing configuration
Front droop 0-0.5
4mm shims under arms, .5 under plate
Upper deck screws on front posts removed.
Shorty Lipo mounts full forward.


Basically moving from the Solaris to the Rides, the car just totally lacks steering. On power and off power it's the same. I really have to bleed off loads of speed before I can get the car to turn in. It's a huge difference from the Solaris tires which were just awesome. Note that the R1 fronts are pretty hard with hard sidewalls. I'm sure this is the main contributor to the problem. Question is... How to get more steering? Any ideas?