Originally Posted by
AdrianM
Outdoors on asphalt we always run double pink front and rear in Mod and 17.5. This is on parking lot type tracks blown clean with a leaf blower and very lightly sprayed with sugar water (just to keep any leftover dust down).
For traction compound most of us run Paragon on the full rear and inner 1/2 of the front for 5 min with a layer of cheap runny suntan lotion over the same areas for another 15 min or so. If you run straight traction compound the tires will pick up dust and you car will start spinning out after a couple minutes. The sun tan lotion reduces the stickiness of the tires and make the traction last a full 8min or longer. Everyone does this outdoors.
Hi Adrian, could you reccomend an approach for an indoor asphalt track (WCRC in california). the bite is very high(grip like carpet but cold, hard and abrasive), the asphalt mix used has no visible rock, just tar and very smooth. they occasionally treat the track in spots with WD-40.
FYI, using black/grey with JTG works ok, but i am struggling to get a natural rubber tire choice to work for better wear characteristics. i thought i was close with purple/magenta and 24 front spring (bmi) and short thick gr/ep flexbars and copper center spring. but it is still touchy. could suntan lotion make the front more predictable?