what do you fs drivers think???

[mattb]

me and nick have been running the car for over a year now and weve found that when you have the diffs to tight it wants to push going into a corner thats with the independant slipper i know when useing the slipper independantly it can act as a centre diff so if you used it in conjunction with tight diffs is this making the car push going into corners as its making the slipper act as a diff instead of the front diff so i was thinking now most of us are useing the pined slipper could we now run tighter diffs without the car wanting to push and get more drive through and out a corner what do you think guys????? i havent had chance to try it yet!!!

[SimonW]

I now have the slipper pinned and to be honest the front diff is only a little tighter than the rear and not something i would tune with. Due to the amount of weight over the front on and off power steering is very good if anything i am struggling with getting the back end balance (grip) consistant through the whole corner, with the front diff tight or loose the rear was still not right. I am experimenting with rear springs and angles ATM, camber links next.

HTH Simon

[mikeyscott]

How many people have tried Tony's rudebits kit? I'll be fitting mine to the car and trying it. Not sure how much weight to put in at the mo, but this should surely help settle the rear end a bit more?

[SimonW]

Already have 85g weight in the back spine, i think my problem is shocks on the back as it is hard to get it in and if it slides it is hard to get it back in line.

[RogerM]

I run 60g as does Nick.

From the point of view of plain physics running the shocks on the rear of the wishbone will help free up the suspension movement making it more complient and consistent through it's travel, my shocks are always on the back.
The only expection to that is if I really NEED to move the weight forward in which case I run the shocks in the kit position.
This is my main concern with the big bores ... lots more weight there so will be a much bigger change moving them front to back


As for the question of diff settings it's all a matter of balance but I have always tried to run my diffs as free as is possible without them slipping, front slightly tigher than the rear. I personally still think this is the main benefit from a ball diff, can be right on the verge of slipping but still give good drive and free diff action at the same time ... with a geared diff it's one or the other (hence why I know a few Durango runners are using the Kyosho ball diffs in their cars ).

Nick will no doubt be along in a little while to describe the results of the huge amounts of testing he has done around diffs and slipper settings.

[LRP]

i ran my fs for the the 1st round of worksop , this was my very 1st outing
and wasnt impressed , the car went were it liked not were i wanted to go,
nick had a look atthe players meeting last week and staight away told me the diff's are to tight , and proceeded to set them up for me , i was a little suprised
when he handed it back to me how loose they are , but i can say its transformed the car 110% better than my 1st outing , so i agree the diffs are
usless when tight .
cheers nick