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Old 09-01-2014 | 07:29 PM
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Grrr, typed out a long post and lost it!

The down and dirty: AKA Catapults are money at Revelation. I ran mediums and the traction was fantastic while the tread pattern was very forgiving. Next favorites were the Beta Cubez (soft compound but in reality these are somewhere between medium and soft for AKA and Proline). They were pretty forgiving, had good tread wear, and produced very good traction. Proline Blockades (soft) were my least favorite of the three; a little more aggressive at turn in and tread wear was way lower as expected compared to the others. Overall traction was very similar across the board with all three. No M2s or X2s were available to try but I bet they would have worked well with better tread wear.

The track is starting to get rutted up but the only changes needed are lighter shock oils. Mo's setup just continues to impress. They're racing tomorrow night and I'm excited to see how it does. During practice I've literally been able to turn inside anything at any point during any corner on the track while carrying more speed.

Believe I met ThreatRacing down there today but I'm not positive (didnt exchange board names). He was running the rear engine setup and our buggies were pretty much polar opposites. His buggy has rear traction on lock down but gives up a substantial amount of turn in. It works pretty good mid and coming out of the twisties but feels exceptionally tight. It was a lot of fun to try such a drastic setup change.

Oh, switched over to Punch fuels today. Wish I could report that I picked up 4 minutes of run time and the temps dropped 20 degrees but in the end, it ran just like VP (and Nitrotane, and Byrons, and Striketeam, and any others that I've forgot about over the years). My wife does however dislike that it is clear when she is refueling for me.
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