Originally Posted by
freestyles
I agree tomb. The clutch and 2 speed are very important to have set right to set fast laps. Once you do that then go for the weight saving measures. No point of having a really lite car that hardly moves cause the clutch isn't set right
On another note, i bought the xray purple (33lb) spring set and they are all the same length, which is the length of the longer rear shocks. Should i use all four on the car or is it a set of 4 rear springs? I assumed they were different sizes but on closer inspection found them all the same length. Not sure what to do
Brad i wouldn't worry too much about the length of the springs, just use them at the front for now. Graham (from Moorebank track) got the springs tested on one of those spring machines at a specialist and all the readings were of by 1 or 2 pounds so really just use the colours as a guide, but don't think for example that the shorter front springs that say they are "28.5" compared to the rears "28" are actually that ".5" stiffer. in most cases they probably aren't. they might be in reality a "29 pound" or a "28"
if you are really iffy, just get a set of fronts, but i don't bother with it to be honest most times. i got some of the short versions just for big events so it doesn't play on my mind.