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Old 02-17-2015 | 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by AZ Wolfie
Hey Guys,

A local shop just finished their on road track. Due to constraints the surface is concrete, and VHT is being used to make it sticky.

I ran my Associated 12R5.2 last weekend with a 17.5, and was having a hard time putting power down. Anyone with rubber tires hooked up fine, but us foam guys not so much. I was running Double Pink fronts & Soft Pink rears straight out of the box from Contact. For sauce I tried SXT and black can Paragon, and the Paragon was substantially better.

I'm wondering what brands/compounds I should look into that may work better for this surface? Also I'm struggling to follow both CRC and BSR's color coding as it doesn't match what is on their website. So if anyone could layout the hardness progression with rubber type that would be awesome.
Asphalt is why 12th scale died here. Nobody liked not having traction like a slot car that carpet provides. I would try a harder compound in front like purple and only sauce the pink rears at first. Also turn down your dual rate to like 20 and work up from there.
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