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First track day with the buggy yesterday was great. Getting more used to the new track and car. Getting better at controlling the car in the air. Next time I go down to the track I will be racing. So now to tuning. The car felt great. I am running stock 13.5. Most racers there at my track do run mod. But I seen some stock. The car slides around some corners so I got some traction compound sauce which I will try and that should help. If not I'll probably get some slicks (JCon smoothie tires) The diffs and shocks feel good. Servo is fast enough. I am using my RadioLink radio and feels good just for practice. The bad thing about the radio is I am trying to find a 2 or 3s lipo since I am still using 6 AAs and they only last about 4 bash days. Not sure about race days. I only went through 1 battery pack yesterday but I had 2 fully charged just in case if I wanted to race but I didn't. Now here comes the real part. Gearing. Right now I am using the kit 78t spur and a protek 20t pinion. After about 13 or so laps I got off the track and motor wasn't even hot at all. Well luke warm and I could kept my finger on the motor so temps are all fine. Also I went calm on the car. Only went full throttle on the straight about 2 times. I think I got plenty of room to gear up. When my uncle ran 13.5 on carpet he used a 26t Rob racing pinion. Here is my collection. 23, and 2 28t pinions. All of them are Traxxas harden steel pinions from my bashers. I am thinking about going to the 23 and seeing how that is. If it is good than I will probably gear all the way up to the 28. (I will still keep an eye on motor temps) What to you all think? @Iowa crawler @Bogda89 @pl9171
Other than the gearing all that I have to dial in is camber and ride height.
Racing on indoor clay
So far the car isn't really dirty yet. Probably will do a rebuild after about 3 races or so.
Other than the gearing all that I have to dial in is camber and ride height.
Racing on indoor clay
So far the car isn't really dirty yet. Probably will do a rebuild after about 3 races or so.