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Old 10-20-2009, 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by kuruption
Yes, local track runs foam. That's already been confirmed.

Your question leads me to another question: Would I be better off just buying a rubber car and just sticking with rubber if it's better on asphalt and some (most?) carpet tracks don't allow foam?
That seems like the crux of the whole situation. Only you can really decide that. Here is what I've always heard. A foam specific car on asphalt will suffer because the chassis is too stiff making for an ill handling car. On the other hand a rubber specific car on carpet with foams will also have issues because the chassis flex makes for a ill tempered car. Now take all of that with a grain of salt as I've never raced foams on carpet, so I have no real frame of reference for it.
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