I ran mine for first time last friday (indoor slippy rubber village hall floor) and it was awesome for rear traction, but lacked steering. I sorted this with a change to less worn front tyres and it was loads better, if a touch too much turn in. I was running 1.8mm rear bar and 1.1mm front. I guess I should have tried without the front bar before the tyre change. This was just a few rounds of practice, as i was concentrating on my 2wd.
Second run was at Batley outdoor track on sunday for the supercup. Again car was great, but maybe lacking a bit of rear traction that I was used to with the saddle car. I was running pretty much the same setup as
my last saddle chassis setup, just with lighter shock oils. 1.8mm rear bar was changed for the 1.6mm, but think I preferred the 1.8mm. I went faster with the 1.6mm, but not so sure it was the bar that did it, i just had better runs.
I was under the impression that the lighter car would be handful on the shorty chassis on slippy surfaces, but was pleasantly surprised. I guess the test now is Batley and York indoor tracks (super slippy gym floor), which i'll be running on soon. I think possibly the rear balance weight may come into play and will be the first thing i add to see if it give a touch more rear traction. I hated the weight in the saddle car, it was heavy enough without it.
I'm running at RHR astro this coming weekend for the York Autumn cup. I didn't get chance to pop down to the practice night tonight due to workload, but I've run a lot over the supper with the saddle car, so should quickly get a feel for the new chassis. I didn't like my carbon shorty chassis on the astro though.