Originally Posted by
kerby
Don't have time to compile data.....same indoor track, same layout, same motor and ESC set-up.....175degrees with grease 140's when I changed to 5-5-3. As far as handling, the grease pushed like crazy and didn't rotate well through the corners. The grease is definately thicker than my current set-up of 5-5-3. Maybe I'm one of the lucky souls that received a better truck...lol...I switched out my pins after 3 packs....40-50 packs on it before I did diff rebuild and everything looks perfect....no wear on my blocks, gears like new and it's smooth as butter.
Where or what kind of track are you running? I'm running at OCRC which is a high bite indoor clay track. My experience with the grease out of the box, was that it pushed on fast on-power turns, but would rotate like a top in off-power turns. It was kind of difficult to get used to at first and I found it looping out at the end of fast parts of the track where you break such as at the end of the straight. But was fantastic on tight turns where you rotate into them and power out of them. It did take a while to get used to and it also felt a little inconsistent. But it seems a bit more consistent now that it's gotten broken in and heat cycled many times over, I've gotten really used to it and like it a lot. I still haven't run oils yet and have been running the grease since I got the car the first week it came out, so I don't have anything to compare it to other than my 1/8th scale car. I do like it though as of now. Once more parts become available, I'm going to build new diffs with either 5-5-3, 5-5-2 or 3-3-2 and keep the old ones filled with the grease, so I can go back and forth and see what I like the best. I know Ryan's working on trying to get the grease packaged to make it available to those who do like the feel of the grease better than oils.
Here's a vid of the new layout at Revs. Fun layout, but can be tough on SC trucks. New layouts are always a little tough at first.
I was having issues, especially under the lights, on the backside triple triple. I was taking it as a double single triple (which is a good line), but there were times from the driver stand where I just couldn't line it up or I would lose orientation of the truck for a second and it would cost me in turns or setting up for jumps (you'll spot at times where my cornering is slow, or obviously the second time I hit the triple I was way off line).
Those of you that run on larger tracks where sight can be an issue, especially at night under lights, other than more practice, is there anything you do to make it easier to stay consistent?
I have a tough time seeing my car and it's orientation on large tracks, so I paint all my bodies with Flourescent Yellow on the front of the car and a different color on the rear (mine being blue), so I can tell which orientation it is facing. It's particularly helpful on corners in the far reaches or dark spots where you switch directions and have a likelyhood of spinning out. Back when I ran onroad, I'd also ran LED headlights up front and red LED tail-lights to be able to see the orientation (I was running at Rev and as you know it's a huge track with lots of dark spots). On another note, the new layout at Rev looks SUPER FUN!! I haven't been there since I ran onroad way back when they ran onroad there. I go to OCRC and my car's are always nice and clean afterwards, but this layout makes it look like it might be worth having to break it apart and clean it afterwards lol Maybe I'll have to take a drive out just to check it out sometime soon.