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Originally Posted by dicky14
Totally agree there Ian, the setup on venoms last year was radically different to pins and the only reason I wont use foams is, we don't race them in any other championship and they would trash the tm2 drive train very quickly, maybe the carpet is on its last legs (hope not) or have the archery club done something to the carpet????
By the way Ian your car was uncatchable last week, so the foams obviously suit your driving style/setup  |
Rich on what grounds can you base foams trashing your drive-train more than other tyres. Best I heard was Gareth saying it wore his xray's down quick but how could this be so?
If the grip level they produce is so greater than say mini-pins then its understandable, and for a week or so when Gareth used them they were as there saying goes "awesome" until he got beat then opted back to new mini-pins and was a second a lap faster. I have tried both back to back and mini-pins give you way more punch but at the cost of ever changing grip levels due to wear.
With foams the grip is not so good at start of the night as the carpet fluff is more obundant, but the level of consistency barely changes.
My V2 drive train wear is normal I would say with the centre pin onto the slipper wearing down only.
The additive is not altering the grip levels ,just look at 12th scale carpets etc its more likely all the fluff from new mini-pins ripping it up if anything.
I clearly cannot see much point in forcing us into our own class as min-pins clearly have an advantage over foams or everyone would be on them , oh wait that's right Mr.Mkeag won last week for the first time , so lets make them race on their own.
I for one won't be turning up until sense is seen , numbers haven't been great just lately so just alienating some of us is clearly going to make it better.
Steve Ellis