I don't have the time to really do loads - not if I want to take a single photo, so I wanted to do as little as possible. I should keep my thoughts for the review really but hey!
practice at oswestry was the first time I drove it, I didn't thread lock a screw and it fell out. The first run was marred with the steering link (from the servo horn) again falling apart because I didn't build it properly (only 2 threads inside one of the rod ends).
Anyway I noticed in practice the rear was loose under power, so Bob suggested putting in some more rear ride height and more antisquat. The car felt better but still wasn't 'right' and I tried some softer (losi) springs which again made things a bit better but the car still felt only OK. I could get it round without too many problems really but it didn't feel dialled.
I knew it needed a one way for that track and for my style of driving so I borrowed a one way off Stu Hurley (and still have it, oops! - see you next weekend bud) and the car was great. I didn't take all the advice from Kev because the car was already very good and I didn't want to mess with it so I left it pretty much as I already had it.
I think I went something like 100+ 90+ and 80+ in rounds 1-2-3, then 56th in round 4 with a couple of silly errors - so I could have done a lot better had I got the car to that point sooner I think. In the final I started 10th and got to third, but then the excitement got to me and I couldn't catch the leaders!
Anyway, I've got reports (race and review) to write, but its fair to sum it up by saying I wasn't over the moon early in the day - but to be honest I'd never driven it before and after building it I knew the setup would need tweaking a fair bit to get the best out of the car. By the end of the day I was really very pleased with it, I couldn't stop smiling in fact.
The 'setup' I was running by the end was a mish mash of what I've got off Lee, Kev and Bob
front
55 piston holes
losi green spring
camber/ long upper hole on the inside - inside on hub
35wt AE oil
rear
556 piston holes (two 55, one 56 - I think haha)
Losi red spring
30wt kit oil
Camber / middle on hub - long on tower, about 1mm above fouling on outdrives (I have old style rear tower with slots, not holes)
2 x 1.5mm washers under the front brace to give more antisquat.
cut down AE ball cup for more droop
Nortech Whities in the shocks all round - this made a HUGE difference!
6.5 bonded on 17/81 - front outside spikes cut off
rest is as per kit settings.