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Old 12-14-2021 | 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Xrayray
Hi Mike, I was referring to your advice a couple months back. I am using a fresh chassis plate and I do not have any side scrapes on it after a few race days. I have the shocks standing up, with stiffer springs as well.
I did have the issue of the tire being unglued last time I was at Cal, but they have been always glued/checked since then. I usually would get snap oversteer going into a sweeper at the end of the straight if I didn't glue them up.
At the last Turkey Race in Santee (generously sprayed), I started the day practicing on balloons but ended up on new tires for the rest of the day. My new USGT tires were about the same as 36 GQ slicks.
Its hard to explain but the old set feels numb and not as responsive. I did, however, see that sweepers or constant load corners were good, but 180 turns and direction changes were not.
For sauce, I use SXT max 3.0 and tire warmers around 60 deg C.
That's why I highlighted 'carpet sauces'- SXT 3.0 is an awesome carpet sauce but is like wax for asphalt Get you some FXII and it should be a lot better. Try and clean off the old SXT before you race again also but hopefully the SXT isn't forever absorbed into your older tires...
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