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Old 06-28-2017 | 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by chad508
They had to slow down wgt-r so the tires would work. Same with f1. I doubt 2s would ever work with rubber tires. if people don't like foam and want to go slow then go run vta. That's who that class was made for.
F1 didn't slow down because the TIRES didn't work, the MOTORS were too fast.


21.5 and 2s is a ton of rip for a car that weighs 1050g. If anything, the tires worked too well. Lifting tires and traction rolling were the main issues, because people were trying to go too fast into a corner, with too much grip.

For perspective, I have also run an old HPI Super F1 on pan car foams with a 2s and a 10.5. Foams did not exactly tame that combination.
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