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Originally Posted by ianjoyner
Looks good Dan, are you going to try LiPo forwards and backwards?
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I just plan on running it in the forward position and adapting the set-up to suit. Last night we tried it at Mendip RC Raceway's bumpy, high-grip astro track and it went great! A few changes were needed to get it there though
Extra hole inwards on the rear tower
We drilled in extra hole inwards on the rear tower, a lot of the 3-gear cars have the shocks a lot more led down so we thought we would try the same. Works good with this new layout and the bumps on the track just vanished!
All slipper pad weights removed except a standard dual set-up
The slipper assembly works great on the low grip layout, but not so much with this new layout! With the extra forward weight AND the large slipper assembly the car was pitching forward too much. We removed all the pads except 2x like on a standard slipper set-up and used a 5mm bearing as a spacer where the spring sits to help pinch up the new set-up. Removing all the pads stops the car pitching around as much and keeps it much more neutral, was skimming over the bumps with ease now!
Shorty weight under lipo
I tried a few different weights under the lipo as well. 35g under the lipo tamed the car down which was nice to drive but a little lively. 70g took too much steering away and caused the rear to lean a little too much. I'll probably end up switching between 35/50g under the lipo depending on what I want the car to do.
+50cst/2.5wt in front shocks
With the weight being that much further forward, the car was diving quite a lot off power and actually causing the rear inside wheel to nearly lift and the geared diff to diff out! I'd suggest if you try this forward layout, you need to add +50cst weight in your front shocks to compensate
Overall though the car was real good, and probably the best my KF2 has felt! I'll be running this same set-up in the wet too, will just need a few tweaks.