Inpuressa, your thoughts on the stiff TRF418 and a flexible chassis car like the ARC R10?
I drove my 418 and a few buddies at my track have the ARC which I drove too. They have different handling characteristics but both handle fantastic, just different feels. Installed the Samix on the 418 and curious how it will be.
imo, the 418 and having the samix conversion will give you the full spectrum to adjust to many situations. I should have gave the stock 418 chassis more time with the 17.5 class on high grip. The samix allowed the car to be driven hard. With faster motors 13.5 and below, the flexibility of the samix should make the car easier to drive. The samix 418 should feel similar to the ARC.
Our asphalt track is a small technical layout, but enough grip to run 1/12th. If the condition is right, we even experienced traction roll. In conditions like this, it seems that a stiffer chassis can get better lap times. That's why I am experimenting on the ARC to get the chassis a little stiffer w/o resorting to an alum chassis.