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Old 03-11-2004, 07:05 AM
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Default Nitro Touring setups - help me please

I come from a Mini-z background, and I am pretty good at identifying and interpreting what my car needs to handle the way I want it. In mini-z first I start with tires then if I feel I need more grip in the front I will change softer springs. – or if my rear is pushing, I will put a harder spring in the rear. In a nut shell at the end I end up with a combination of tires and springs.

For example:

Tires 10degrear / 20 deg front Medium springs rear / soft front springs.

However, I noticed that the guys who run their S710 (the car I have also – my first nitro car) use the same tire compound all around 40/40 and the same springs hard all around or soft all around.

Can someone please tell me then how is it that they set up their cars based on if they need more steering or more rear grip?

My take on this would be to find a good tire combination, -- doesn’t running the same shore all around produce traction roll?

Please help me because I know feel loss as nitro touring cars are much more complex than my little mini-z
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