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Originally Posted by kustom chris
can you drive a mid motor on dirt is it really that noticeable
all the tracks in australia are dirt i like the idea of mid motor
i would of thought the weight transfer of a mid motor is right over the back wheels on the 201
ive never owned a 2wd
all my cars have been 4wd (501xwe,801xe,801xte)
let me know what yous think  |
A mid-motor can go VERY well on dirt: For example the X-Factory X6 - Last weekend I drove a Belgian-Dutch Championship (BNK) Race on clay, and in the A-finals I think there were 3 or 4 X6's
And in fact, I think there were only 2 rear motored cars in the A-final! Other cars in the A-finals were the DEX210, Losi 22, B4.1 and probably another car as well, completely mixed up you could say
It goes to show that the driver makes the biggest difference - and that when set up well, mid-motor cars are very good on clay too (I think the better drivers just know what to set up differently about mids on clay, plus the fact that they really want the mids on astroturf, which covers for at half of the races in the BNK season).
Anyway, the same goes for rear motored cars the other way around - after all Lee Martin showed how well the TRF201 can go on astroturf
In both situations you will probably require weights and some tricks to shift the balance of the car somewhat further to the desired position.