Originally Posted by
Blakesrc
Hey Guys, I've been running my '18 with the kit setup on black carpet for a few weeks now and it is working well other than the occasional traction roll during the first 2 minutes of a race. I have my front sidewalls glued up to about 1mm from the seam where the sidewall meets the rolling surface of the tire, should I go higher? I have tried increasing and reducing the rear droop, softer front springs and several different tire sauce methods front and rear and the only thing that really seems to cure it is no sauce but then I run into a pretty bad push. Any other suggestions?
I've found that the Pit 571 front tires do just that.
Grip roll for the first several laps then settle in perfectly then push like mad.
UF1 used to race 15 min mains and by the end of the main the car would not turn at all.
I went to the Pit 574 front tires and what ever you started out with sauce wise was what you got for the whole race.
i.e. if you grip roll at the start, you'll grip roll til the end, get it right and it's right til the end.
Full side wall glue AND full sauce up front and my Xray was good to go.
Note: that was gray carpet days, haven't had the pleasure of running black carpet, yet.