Originally Posted by
OSherman
considering i dont race carpet much (at all) but coming with the viewpoint of "when there is more grip you need a firmer setup" i hardly expected to see that many soft setups on the rug... let alone as soft as they were running them.
overall balance was a bit different that it felt on the local carpet track that i practiced on beforehand.
i was told that last year the majority were running a bit firmer (which is how i set my car up in preparation)
after walking thru the pits and talking to a few people i was surprised..
a good experience tho..
After my experience with a Xray T3, and continual grip flipping, I had to rethink that same theory, stiffer springs when the grip comes up. I spoke to the distributor up here in Canada about the car, explaining the stiffer I went on the front springs, the worse it got, he said you have to keep the front springs soft when you have a lot of grip. It still rings true for my Tamiya TC cars also, so I'm not surprised that its the same for a mini. Allowing the car chassis to roll and transfer weight was crucial, stiffening up the car, the weight went hard to the outside tire, rolled the tire and flipped the car.
The CA does a lot to help this, these days on carpet, we play a balancing act, by making as much front grip as possible to turn the car hard and fast, and using CA on the outside edge to not allow the tire to keep gripping once the car starts to lift the inside tires. I know you cant use CA at a TCS event, but a lot of people use less camber to let the tire roll off the tread in those situations.