Caster SK10 Pro. Any other Casterites out there?

[Collegeboy]

Hi Kullyrc

I've had the SK10 for 2yrs now and made lots of adjustments and set up sheets for all the tracks I have raced on. These vary from smooth flowing out door tracks, to uneven ones with varying sizes of jumps (both high and low grip) and indoor carpet/astro and polished wood surfaces, again with varing sizes of jumps and features. Alot of your starting point would be based on three steps

1. Ride height
2. Suspension (number and size of holes, oil viscosity, spring rating and droop

3. And finally tyre choice (new or part worn, rows cut off and grade of inserts)

This may seem vary daunting at first, but once you have played about a bit and made notes (that is one of the most important things to do) then it will become second nature.

for the passed couple of months I have been competeing in two winter series, one at Silverstaone and the other at Maritime. Silverstaone is high grip astro (indoors) Maritime is Low grip carpet and polished floor sections.

Yeserday I had R4 at silverstone (high grip indoor astro) and I used the same set up from last weeks Area 51, with only changing to a part worn yellow mini spike on the rear. The front I'm running at present a set of old 2wd Staggers.

1. Ride height was set at 17mm all round

2. Suspension

Front

2 hole black kit pistons third hole drilled, all to 1.6mm
Team associated shock oil - 42.5 Wt
Caster blue springs

Rear

2 hole black kit pistons third hole drilled, all to 1.6mm
Team associated shock oil - 27.5 Wt
White spring springs (These are either Associated or Losi, cann't remember which)


Front Diff

15000 wt

Rear diff

10000wt

The car felt and looked dialed all day. Qualified 9th and finished 6th.


For Maritime next Sunday I will have to go a lot lower in both the diffs and change the suspension slightly to compensate for the lack of grip. Tyre choice will be mini pins (yellow), but I have some new Caster kit tyres to glue up, as in the passed these have work really well on low grip tracks (once srubbed in slightly)

Hope this has helped you in some ways, as previously mentioned I have lots of set up sheets. If you PM me your email address, I get the ladies at work to scan them and I can sent them to you. These are my own ones that I have drawn up and includes new and old hubs etc.

I like this car so much and enjoy it everytime I race, that I have made a 2wd version which I raced at Area 51 last week. It went so well that it generated a lot of interest. Qualifying in the J final 9th and finishing 4th (I have never owned or raced a 2wd before last week) out of 140 drivers, I was in the third final. I have pictures of the build process which I have sent to Pete at Answer-rc and will post on the forum soon.


If there is any other help I can give you, just PM me.

Paul