How's your stiffness?

[ScottyP]

Hey guys.

With the new plastic X6 chassis now out, I'm keen to know what 'stiffness' setup people are running as there are all manner of combinations now available.

In particular I've noticed a few people running without the motor plate anchored to the chassis. Pretty sure Tom's car ran like this at the Robin Hood race, along with the plastic chassis. This would be the 'flexiest' setting available.

So, what are people running and does anyone have any thoughts?

Cheers,
Scott

[usafaircrew]

I always run with my motor plate anchored here in the states. I tried the Kinwald brace last weekend with good results.

[YoungChazz]

There you go. Couple Kory's post above with Lee's post on the plastic chassis thread: it's a tuning option. At some tracks, for some drivers, flexy is best. At other tracks for other drivers, stiff is fast. With X Factory, you can have either or both.

There is a discussion on the Team right now relative to our porposed new 4WD car. Our buggy and truck offer more tuning options than any other company. People don't talk much about it, but changing tranny height makes huge differences in the car. Nobody else has that.

Some see the myriad of tuning options as a big plus. You can dial your car in perfectly to each day's conditions, and it's fun Doing The Math. Others say it's actually a disadvantage, that with too many options people get screwed up.

That last thing is sometimes valid, so we recently come out with new Kit standard set ups -- start there and you'll be fast.

Right now on the Team, the real question is not flexy or stiff, it's lots of options or few. I'm actually just one small voice on the Team -- Paul's is much bigger on these things than mine -- but I like lots of options + a standard set-up that works most places. That way you can work on set-up to your heart's content or not. Me? I never change my truck, just throw down and have fun wherever I go.

[bigred5765]

Originally Posted by YoungChazz

People don't talk much about it, but changing tranny height makes huge differences in the car. Nobody else has that.

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schumacher have this option

[c0sie]

Its all well and good having loads of tuning options, but no where does it tell you that to get somewhere near to an optimum setup with a squared you need about £70 worth of brass weight in the car

[Oscar]

I'm sure lead weights would work equally well for a fraction of the cost, they just would not look as nice

[Darren Boyle]

Originally Posted by c0sie

Its all well and good having loads of tuning options, but no where does it tell you that to get somewhere near to an optimum setup with a squared you need about £70 worth of brass weight in the car

What Oscar said basically (beat me to it) you dont "have" to have fancy brass weights, but the results from the nationals showed that a heavy car is beneficial with Ellis and Phil 1 and 2 in the series and Tom dominating the last round...all cars were heavy, which can be achieved with lead plate/weights if required.

As for the long axles, they are only rare if people insist on searching for "old" Losi ones. they are an X-Factory part now and have been for 9 months and readily available from any X-Factory UK dealer.

If somthing is not in the "manual" does that mean it cannot or should not be done. There are LOTS of hop ups in all manufactueres cars that are not in manuals. (Cat SX rear shock mod, B4 new shock holes etc) these are all the developments "after" a kit is released (and manual written) that come out to advance a particular car (regardless of make). Surely that is why sites like this on t'internet are so useful for the most up to date help and advise. Coming from Micros Cris I thought you would undertsand this better than most, almost NOTHING is in the manual for the Mini cars that is any help for racing in the UK, but sites like your very own are invaluable to people looking to setup the car etc

[Al3xis007]

Originally Posted by c0sie

Its all well and good having loads of tuning options, but no where does it tell you that to get somewhere near to an optimum setup with a squared you need about £70 worth of brass weight in the car

hmm only if you cant make it your self

[Darren Boyle]

Originally Posted by bigred5765

schumacher have this option

Chazz stated this was on our "buggy and truck" with "buggy" meaning 2wd in the states, Schumacher do not "currently" make a 2wd....