Haven't had a chance to run her again and was converted back to a carpet LD3. Will probably give it another go at some point but not sure when:
Originally Posted by
ChocoTaco73
Well, finally got a chance to run my LD3 hybrid thingy again on Friday on a wet clay track. Since last time out I swapped to a carbon chassis (KC -5mm), added the 5mm front end spacer and moved the rear hubs all the way forward. What a difference, it felt so much better and was actually a lot of fun to drive. Steering is still pretty aggressive and because of belt tension it feels like there is extra drag brake, but once you realize that and adjust it was actually very stable, tossable and as long as inputs stayed smooth it was happy. Since the trans ratio is only 2.1:1 (vs B6/7 2.6:1 or LD3 2.53:1) it wasn't as punchy out of corners, to be expected but I was still able to clear even the track's big triple with a bit more of a run up. Still some more tweaking to do but definitely a big step in the right direction.
