tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901206517151810328.post6178076147422386464..comments2024-02-08T01:34:24.845-06:00Comments on rc.F1.blog: Winthrop Harbor TCSrobkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113470154524876751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901206517151810328.post-73358182025462940852011-04-13T00:21:44.004-05:002011-04-13T00:21:44.004-05:00Hi,
Yeah, if you are .3 off, you're actually d...Hi,<br />Yeah, if you are .3 off, you're actually doing pretty well, LOL.<br /><br />You will have some different things to do depending on how they prep the track. If there is little prep/no sugar water you will have to work on getting traction. If they get the track fairly sticky, you can run closer to carpet, run the 1800 lipos, use cut down TC inserts in the tires, tire warmers/sxt/tire tweak, etc. For lower traction, just clean the tires with simple green/water straight up. <br /><br />Either way, run the option soft rears and the kit fronts to start. Start with stock inserts.<br />Raise the front as high as it will go, and lower the rear as low as it will go without bottoming. Gold front spring, but you may need to go to black. I would start with 60K on the king pins. Softest shock spring you can get (red mini, red from black-short set), 20-25 wt oil/3 hole. Probably no lube on damper plate, or possibly even no damper plate at all if you run the new split upper deck. The Split deck should make the car less reactive, and kill some steering. I would also try the heavy pivot plate. I have both, and I will be trying them outside. Also run a big/heavy battery, and stack lead on the car for more traction. I always like the hi traction t bar with the cutout, but I guess the guys at the Tamiya track say the soft t bar is better. It looks the same (green) with no cut out. I'm thinking they are trying to reduce mid corner rotation this way and get a more stable feel.<br /><br />The other thing is I would run the upper arms as I have shown for carpet. As an addition, i would get a bunch of .5mm shims and use those instead of the ride height spacers on the kingpins. That way you can play with the arm height at the kingpin/steering knuckle in fine increments. Between that and the camber plate, I think you should be able to get a much better, controllable steering feel without having to make the car totally push like a dump truck. Speaking of the camber plate, you may be able to run a bit more camber with rubber tire if you run the upper arm "foam style". Again, this will add up to more steering that doesn't make the car bananas. I'm going to do a video on my ideas, as I'm going to be getting my "outdoor" car ready soon.robkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00113470154524876751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901206517151810328.post-46987044534841763282011-04-05T20:35:30.157-05:002011-04-05T20:35:30.157-05:00Hey Rob Peter again.
Was wondering if you have ...Hey Rob Peter again. <br /><br />Was wondering if you have a starting setup for pavement. We are going to start running outdoors soon and the next tcs is in a parking lot here in ottawa.<br /><br />F1 is running really well now. I haven't changed the front steering to your setup yet. We still can't keep up to the 103,s on carpet though. they are .3 to .4 secs faster a lap.pharrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07140844535073323904noreply@blogger.com