A few more changes to the car.
replaced the wheeliebar made from a Stampede bumper with one made from an XO-1 diffusor. The wheels are more to the back, wider and lower to make sure unintended wheelies at high speed don't end in a flip over.
Since I needed the rear wingmount for my twin truggy again and wrenching wasn't too convenient with that thing in the way, I decided to make my own wingmount that is attached directly to the top of the shocktower. It looks a little "Low-Tech", but works well and is very light compared to the classic buggy wing mount.
Car weighs 3554g now ready to run with GRP tires.
Then finally had the opportunity to run it again.
The Shock setup with 60 wt front and 50 wt rear seems to be better than the 70/60 before. Although I have the feeling, that when almost fully compressed, the oil is too light. Maybe I should try some linear rate springs.
Also tried the 32 shore BSR tires. Well, they did not make very much grip and generally seem a little too hard, i.e. they don't "soak up" little bumps in the roads, I could hear the motor spin up briefly sometimes. Did not dare to go topspeed, as the rear of the car would get squirrelly when trying to accelerate hard. Tires didn't warm up after some time like the GRPs do. Made a burnout until they started smelling and were really hot, but this made almost no difference in grip, just a tad better. I guess I have to try 25 or 30 shore, but not sure if I will do this since the GRPs are much cheaper and perform well for me. Also I am not sure, if the BSR like the camber change when the suspension is compressed, as they are completely flat.
What was funny though, that I could make 30 foot long lines on the asphalt with them :)
Apart from that, they seem to be quality tires, no chunks ripped out or something like that, held up perfectly.
