Thanks for the feedback Dan, top stuff.
For the past two years, I've settled on running the KF with kit motor position (and running the shocks on the front of the rear wishbone), but running saddles, with longest wheelbase. The car has a much better balance, and rides the bumps a lot better. We run some fairly bumpy regionals here in the NE, and I've very happy with the way the car glides around the track now.
My thoughts were that the rear of the car was over rotating on power in other configurations, so reducing the weight in the rear of the car, reduced the momentum of the rear of the car rotating.
I played around with moving shocks from the front to the rear, but though I couldn't find a happy medium, I preferred them on the front of the wishbone, and this reduced the over rotation, and gave more steering. Last night I went to small bore rear shocks, mounted on the front of the wishbone, and this was the best it had felt.
Im on 550 front oil black springs, 350 rear oil red springs (small bore).
I also found running the front wishbones on long wheelbase, meant the front wasn't pitching in too much with the weight further forward.
The setup seems to work well on astro, grass, carpet, and multi surface.
I'm going to fit the 117T belt , and try a shorty fwd like yourself, maybe this will be going too far with moving weight fwd, considering my shock position?
I hadn't thought of leaning the rear shocks in further, I might give that a go aswell.
Thanks again for the feedback, Chris.
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