Originally Posted by
Granpa
It was a pleasure reading your post. It really sounds as if you have a handle on things-----maybe not the set up, but how to find one. What I like is you figured out that you need to get the tires in the ball park before you start doing a whole lot with the rest of it.
Wish I could help out more, but carpet's not my strong surface cause I've only done maybe 30 races on it and have never run Pit Shimizus on it. I take that back, I did run a battery or two with a set of the 55Ds, but had to cyano the sidewalls of the fronts to counteract the grip roll. I suspect if you're using the 60Ds you'll have to cyano the sidewalls and maybe a mm or 2 of the tread. Lots of carpet guys here, but it seems as if not many race.
You might play with zero rebound shocks cause they are more consistent. Drop me a PM if you don't know how to set them up.
My main problems have been assuming parts I bought 2nd hand are setup correctly and that I often make upgrades/set up changes in bulk...like when the car was spinning at the rear I changed the rear tyres, softness of the springs, rear shock position, adjusted the rear stabilizer and rolled off some steering harshness on the Tx, thinking that will fix it. Then it runs worse, and I have to go "backwards" undoing everything I did just to get it running as poorly as it was before I changed anything
Then I realise it just needed new tyres up front, and rack up a win lol
