210 Gear Diff Setup.

[andys]

I'm going to try my 210 indoors at the next Worksop.

Should I be running the Gear or Ball diff - if geared which oil?

What's the difference in handling between the 2 on this kind of surface?
Cheers.

[AmiSMB]

I would use the gear diff if racing on high traction carpet/cork indoors. If their is any slippery sections then you will need to be very careful on the throttle but then you can make up for it on the carpet/cork sections. Maybe start with the same as Chris Doughty and put 5000 in the diff as that is what he uses for Worksop.

[andys]

Thanks for the info
Will put in the Geared Diff with 5000 to start with.

Andy

[Chris Doughty]

I only used gear diff for the first 2 meetings at worksop.

ball diff is BY FAR the best thing to run at worksop in 2WD.

all of my setups from last year should be on the TD website.
this is probably the best starting setup to look at
http://www.team-durango.com/pdf/setu...24_02_2013.pdf

Tires make a HUGE difference there, I would highly recommend running almost worn-out mini-pins up front and rear tires that have had 1-2 heats on carpet to scrub them in ready.

[andys]

Hi Chris.

Thanks for the info - i'll check out the setup you posted and begin from there

A few friends were running Geared Diffs this weekend and their cars looked to go really well (Yokomo Bmax) whereas mine with the Ball Diff seemed off the pace?

Is this your personal preference - or do most of the top drivers favour the ball diff at Worksop?

[Chris Doughty]

its my personal findings.

with the Gear diff, I find that when I get on the power the car does not want to square up, it always want to continue to rotate and not drive out the corner straight.

on high grip like carpet then this is a really good thing, helps cut nice arc's existing the corners.

on low grip where you want to get out of the corner without the car over-rotating this is a bad thing.

so... if your car had too much rear traction on power, the gear diff would work well for you.

but typically, going to worksop with 2WD, everyone is searching for rear end grip in 2WD, especially on-power, this is why I didn't like the gear diff