I got some laps in this afternoon and evening and I am starting to get some pace on the new circuit.

First up with my Stock Car. My stock car has seen a number of changes over the last few weeks. I picked up a Reflex Adjustable upper tower a few weeks ago and installed it. After the install I noticed a significant amount of droop in the front end while trying to keep the arms flat. The car did not feel very terribly good and was not all that fast comparatively. I asked about droop in the Mini-Z thread and EMU told me that it is a bad thing so I set out to get rid of the droop and picked up the PN spring holder and spacers and shimmed the springs for no droop and really no pre-load. The car is starting to feel better but was still inconsistent, something I have learned from full scale and RC cars is if it feels off check the ride height. I did the old pencil trick and the nose of the car was rubbing so I raised the car .5mm and boom......much better. I have been running the F360 body but really wanted to try the C5R so I swapped it over and stuck with the offsets I have been using on the F360 (.5mm front/1.8mm rear). Right off the bat the car feels more stable but was off a tenth or two. I swapped out from a Kyosho M6 G10 T-Plate to a 3.6mm Reflex T-Plate and boom I was on par with the 360. I find the F360 pretty darty compared to the 575GTC that I also run on my 94mm car. The 575 is not the fastest body but it is just so easy to drive and consistent. Now that I have driven the C5R I would say it is right in between the 360 and the 575. I am guessing it is not as ultimately as fast as the 360 but it is easy to drive though having a regular Autoscale window in it makes it a bit tippy compared to the 360 with a Lexan window in it. With that said I am liking the C5R and it looks good doing laps.

I broke out my Mod car as well. The last few sessions with it have not been great, it feels like I lost whatever drag brake I had in it and the car just felt off. This morning I went back to the base setting and went back to the 9t pinion from the 11t that was in there. It felt better but still was missing any drag brake so I programmed some more in. I balanced the car and went back to 1mm of droop in the rear and went from there. Now that I had drag brake I could stay on the throttle a bit longer and get the car to rotate, the car was much more drivable. I did some laps and and slowly took some droop out of the rear and I now have the car feeling pretty good. It always amazes me how just a 1/4 turn on the center spring perch is noticeable.

Cheers,
Jim