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Originally Posted by racingdwarf
I think the cougar has got this weight distribution very wrong,out of the box,as it may work well on tracks with loads of grip,but all normal club drivers I know who have one, realy have trouble generating grip if the conditions are not idea
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You said it in one! I also think they have got it completely wrong, really doesn't seem to work. The majority of people that I speak to that own Cougars don't seem to get on with them either. It could be a fantastic car out of the box, but the weigh distribution is completely wrong in my eyes, this 65% weight X6 set-up is amazing though.
It might be ok for some people as they run on a higher bite track but I run mine on indoors on a partly polished floor track where it is hell if you haven't got rear traction.
I don't think people should worry about getting the weight as low as possible either, it IS good to have the majority of the weight low but I would also recommend having some mounted on the side of the battery and slightly higher up which creates the side grip that the X6 never lacked.
You'll find with the 65% set-up you'll have loads more rear traction, but don't worry. The cougar STILL seems to have the massive amounts of steering and doesn't understeer like the X6 does.
Also, if you find the back end can still just 'let go' on a REALLY slippy track, try adding 30g of lead BEHIND the rear axles, on-top of where you adjust the anti-squat, this makes the back lean a bit more like on a rear engined car to get a good bit of grip, i'd only use this option as a tuning aid though as I don't think it is necessary at most tracks