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I've never heard of anyone running a rear spool on anything other than a rock crawler. The highest diff fluid I've heard of guys running locally on their rear diffs has been as much as 20K, I have seen guys put 500K in their Spec Slash, but that's only because they are not sealed diffs and the...

A spool is a "locked diff" this is used to significantly reduce weight by not having any gears, most on-road cars typically have a Front/Center spool and rear gear diff. In 1/10 off-road (for stock racing) the 2WD's will use a slipper eliminator which is a variation of a spool but not the same...

Glad to hear you found this resource, lots of good info in there, and generally carpet isn't much different, there happens to be more off-road tuning options than on-road so the on-road chart above is kinda lacking. Carpet setups use harder compound tires and spools for stock classes where the...

much appreciated, Here's another resource which does an excellent job of explaining what each tuning option does to help compliment the chart above: https://www.teknorc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Set_Up_Guide.pdf Note that the Hudy chart was designed for on-road racing and misses some key...

Yup, there are many sportsman level drivers in my area who will likely remain sportsman indefinitely because they refuse to do maintenance nor put any effort into tuning. I was guilty myself the first 5 years I was into club racing... I pretty much ran box stock setup and waited for something...

While probably not as important for a basher, it is essential for a club racer to perform regular maintenance to keep their cars in tip top shape. I keep a race log, with a different worksheet for each chassis to include columns for: Date, Hot Lap, Hot Qual, Hot Main, Hot Consistency, and Notes...