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Originally Posted by rocketrob
It's been my experience that every car/kit out there comes with "factory settings" that are a good basic guidline to use as a starting point...otherwise, as has been suggested several times now, unless you supply a complete list of what you're already doing (entire car, set-up/settings wise) all anyone can do is make a wild guess.  |
thanks Codman you got the idea
if you really need more info and if you think it might help giving me the advice i'm looking for, pls do
here it goes :
car is setup mostly in "factory settings" and has no hopups apart from the AE stabeliser kit (silver thick one on rear, black on front)
the diff's and slipper clutch :
they've loosend slightly running in the car so now it's hard to say exactly how they compare to the original user manual settings, checking them the front is tighter then the rear but both of them are rather on the looser side.
track is combination of wornout (outdoor) astro turf, hardpack sand and loose fine sand mostly in corners, so the surface is constantly changing
i'm running with the fastest rookies laptime wise (even winning occasionaly) but i'm 1-2 secs off from the more experienced riders in the non rookie classes
(so i guess it's fair to say my driving skills are average and I am able to get the car around the track in a propper manner)
I would guess i'm able to gain 1.5 secs just by improving my driving skills and getting to know the track better, and 0.5 sec by better setting up the car.
the whole lap the car is running fine grip wise
one uphil corner with loose sand is always getting me
compared to the other b44 I have to loosen the throttle to much to gain grip again, car is "almost doing donuts" having to countersteer hard to keep going. resulting in lesser throttle... until the other (rookie) drivers seem to go trough this part with much less effort and gaining time again on me.
now one could easily go on saying this is another "newby driving error blaming the setup case"
but seeing the "slower rookies" going trough this section with lesser effort and the more experienced drivers saying to sort out the diff's has led me to ask for some pointers here on this forum
It would be greatly appreciated to hear some toughts on some "rules of thumb" to start tweaking/testing the diffs
for example : when driving in low grip sandy surface tightning the front/rear diff will result in more/less snaking
in loose sand tightning/ loosening up both diff's result in lesser/more grip andwatnot...