Originally Posted by
flatspunout
New to 1/12th, previous rubber tire TC experience and 1/10th oval (pavement converted buggy and pancar) in the late 80's/early 90's... thought I was getting into a "driver's class" but after reading pages upon pages of posts in this thread it seems more like I have stumbled into a "mathematician's class"
I do have an actual question but first I think I would like to hear someone say that it is ok to run pretrued tires without knowing my rollout, run the stock diff and shock, and just learn to drive the car without worrying myself to death over a .5 mm ride height adjustment!
And the actual question is: Are the "Gurney flaps" on my Protoform Speed
12b worth mounting? Will they have a noticeable effect and will they become track debris the first time I get upside down? I don't think I have ever seen them in a picture and the PF website stock photo doesn't show them either...I'm not positive I would have them mounted correctly even if I did decide to use them. Thanks for any input!
-rocky b
For the most part yes it's ok to not be so concerned about roll out...given your previous pan car experience your probabaly pretty capable of getting a close gear ratio without taking it to the precise extreme of roll out. Most of the cars have a very capable stock shock and differential. Ride height though really will effect handling so that at least you'll want to get really close front to rear.
On our small track I really couldn't feel a difference between using the added spoiler or not. It did hold on just fine when bolted on. On a large track where you get up to speeds where aerodynamics make more of a difference you would notice it.