Originally Posted by
Razathorn
Folks, I need some help. I've got a 3racing Sakura Advance EVO2k18 I'm running in USGT (say that 3 times fast!) and I just can't seem to get the tippy-ness out of this car. In 25.5 TC, the same exact car, same setup with thinner rear diff, same nearly everything except body and tires, and it has no traction roll issues at all. My USGT doesn't have the same steering as the 25.5 TC, given the better TC tires, but it still tips like crazy to the point where it goes up and skies on the front lip of my PFM10 body and makes driving competitively when the grip comes up on the black carpet impossible. I've got the fronts glued all the way till I'm touching the outside most tread lines... like literally CA on the flat part of the tire touching the tread lines, and I still have a tip-tastic car.
A fellow racer tells me my spec tires are ballooned in the front, but they're only 2-3 races old! I put a new set on, and it reduced it, but the car still does it.
I'm kinda at my wits end here with USGT. Are the tires just this bad? I literally just verified I'm running the same down stop (travel/droop) on both of these cars, same camber gain, camber, ride height... everything except rear diff because I need a thicker diff in the USGT for corner exit.
HELP. This is nuts. My next go-to is going to be going down in front camber and camber gain (longer links), perhaps some down stop changes.
The TIPY-NESS is the rear inside tire coming up on corners and my car ski-riding the front of my body, and it's just completely dumb.
Suggestions welcome!
Without knowing your full set-up, I'm just giving you some general suggestions to try which work for me when any of my cars feel tippy:
Lower your roll centers all around the car. This is achieved by getting your arms closer to the chassis by lowering the pivot pins. Alternatively, you can add shims to the inboard side of the upper links. Lowering the arms gives the most drastic result.
Soften the front oil in your dampers.
Lengthen the upper links to decrease camber gain.
Add static weight to the front of the car.
If your rear wheels are coming up in the corners, it could mean you don't have enough rear droop in the car.