Nautilus
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Most 1/8 GT cars (which are based on 1/8 buggies) are going to have track widths of 305-307mm.
The Slash 4x4 has a track width of 296mm, so when using 1/8 GT bodies the Slash's wheels do not fill out the wheel wells.
Hot Racing offers 17mm hubs for the Slash with +6mm offset, which would increase the Slash's effective width to 308 mm. This would allow the Slash to fill out the wheel wells of 1/8 GT bodies.
I was wondering if the performance downsides to using offset hubs outweigh the benefits though. I understand that steering will be slowed and the car will shift towards more understeer. I am also pretty sure there is more strain placed on the steering servo. On the plus side, the car should obviously be more stable with reduced chance of rolling over.
Right now I am leaning towards just living with the stock aesthetics.
What are people's opinions on this?
The Slash 4x4 has a track width of 296mm, so when using 1/8 GT bodies the Slash's wheels do not fill out the wheel wells.
Hot Racing offers 17mm hubs for the Slash with +6mm offset, which would increase the Slash's effective width to 308 mm. This would allow the Slash to fill out the wheel wells of 1/8 GT bodies.
I was wondering if the performance downsides to using offset hubs outweigh the benefits though. I understand that steering will be slowed and the car will shift towards more understeer. I am also pretty sure there is more strain placed on the steering servo. On the plus side, the car should obviously be more stable with reduced chance of rolling over.
Right now I am leaning towards just living with the stock aesthetics.
What are people's opinions on this?