Originally Posted by
patorz31
I'll be honest, the FF car is the most fun I had this summer. It is fast stable and just plain fun to drive. What are you running in the diff? I moved up from 1 million CST to 2.5 CST and it helped big time with off the line acceleration. It gave the car a slight entry push on power but if I let off before the turn, turn the wheels and punch it it pulls it through on the line that i want. It's kind of fun racing 4wd cars and watching the reaction of the drivers when you can turn inside them and pull out as hard as they do. I really wish there was a FWD class...
I was running 1mil and went to 2.5mil in the front diff. You are correct, night and day difference. I was able to pull out of the corners almost as hard as a 4wd. What little I lacked was not enough to give a 4wd a pass, and even on the straight, turned into a drag race that I rarely lost. I can't carry the corner speed in a sweeper that a 4wd can, but in the twisty stuff it is a lot more competitive.
Originally Posted by
robk
I was at the Tamiya nationals and in the FF class there were some running shorties pushed forward. Also oil about 50 cst softer in front. Something to try...
Ran the battery all the way forward over the weekend and tried to tune around it. The rear end still hops a little, and went softer rear springs which helped a bit. I am finding with it all the way forward, the rear end is a little less predictable, especially late into the run as the tires tend to gum up a little bit (was happening to the TC as well). I think I will end up with the battery somewhere forward of the middle, but need to play with it some more as traction changes (new layout at Thunder is only a week old).
Car is definitely faster, but still a ways off pace. I put the majority of that on me though with only 2 practice days of on-road since January (and no race days). Not that I was that fast before.
