my first A final win at club was using a 16x3 and a GTX! this was in 2010 too lol. My brushless setup had popped and was away on warranty so the 16x3 was the only option. My clean lines and lack of mistakes/crashes brought the car home. The slower car speed meant I could pick my lines easily and position the car to achieve good lap times. I didn't TQ, but I did take the win in the end. I did the same thing with a 10.5 there. the car was very docile which ultimately became a bore to drive, but it taught me a lot.
My next year I ran a 7.5 and did well. Now this year I've put in a 6.5 and I'm doing well - I think so anyway lol. The 7.5 is a good motor which I still run in the 2wd. In the 4wd it was pretty good on the smaller tracks like Kidderminster and Stotfold, but I felt I needed the 6.5 for the longer straights like Coventry astro, etc.
A lot of my fellow club racers ONLY race at club and have no interest in setups or venturing to other tracks to race. Some of them purely race indoors running the same car, same tyres, same setup week in week out. About half the members do run 2wd outdoors though. I feel my experience on alternative surfaces, racing a lot of different racers has given me a great insight into improving my ability. I've known some people buy a car and run it. Not got on with it straight away and sold it on for something else. No changes were made to the car. If it didn't work it went.
