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Originally Posted by neallewis
That's odd, because my supastox worked straight out of the box, and beat many mardave owners cars first time out. It caused a stirr, as did Bally's when he raced it for the first time at Sherburn, TQ'd and won the A, possibly the debut supastox run the day after the car went on sale . Lots of mardave owners switched right away, when they saw how well they run out of the box...
The mardave build quality leaves a lot to be desired, and they have been selling the same stuff for many years, stalling progress. The supastox will force them to change, for the better i hope. Of course a well setup mardave will be super competative with the right driver, as will an equivilent well setup supastox... badly setup cars from each of them will be bad!
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Originally Posted by TOMO WEF
The cars are quite different but both are quick but each have traits that make them slightly better than the other in vairing situations.
The Mardave is actually a longer wheelbase than the superstox making the Dave more stable in high speed corners and less prone to scrubbing speed however the superstox will then be quicker around a tight infield with tyre choice being different for each car. The superstox tends to favour 50-60 fronts with the Dave running softer Fronts to achieve a comparible turn in.
The diffs of both cars are even if and this is a huge if, they are built correctly with the Mardave diff needing to be clearenced correctly to get a smooth action.
The Mardave has fewer set up variables which make it easier to get the best from especially for a beginner in an apparently beginner orientated class.
Again that said the superstox can be tweaked to work in anyway a track may demand but the ability to know what you need and what the car needs to be drivable and fast is not a skill many long time racers have let alone a newbie.
As someone said above, get the Tyres right and you are going to be there or thereabouts.
Both cars are now well made and competitive products and in the right hands either can win.
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agree mine was cock on out of the box and has been, at my local club mauny saw mine and now dumped thier daves for schumacher, both cars are good the dave seems to suit the begineers/drivers with less set up knowledge, due to being the basic of the two