First some corrections/clarifications:
- Following your build I was a few points shy of 700 pi so I upped the tire brand to hit 700.
- I assume your 3rd gear is actually 1.60
Alright - I took care of those two errors - thanks for pointing them out. The tires are Toyos and third gear is 1.60:1
I like the look of the car. The wheels are a great match. Now if only I could paint.
Why thank you!
Initial driving impression: The tune is faster than my driving abilities. It wants to turn (the back end mainly) even before I'm really ready. I can see how this would work well for a more skilled driver but it's a little too much for me. I do like the overall balance and it's pretty well behaved as it crosses the limit. I didn't feel like I was ever going to totally lose the car but I didn't feel totally in control or very fast either. I felt it could use a bit more grip overall. And the tires seemed to take forever to warm up.
I tend to like my cars... responsive, shall we say
This one could use some more grip, but I decided to lighten her up instead of using slicks. If she's too tricky, I might try slightly softer shocks and maybe a 65/70 on the diff.
My next step was to add full aero, which allowed me the pi room to go up a tire width, and turn down the diffs by 10 both front and back. I set the aero pretty low, front about 1/4 up, rear about 1/3 up. This build was more in my comfort zone but the ultimate potential speed may be lower for a better driver.
Yep - Aero is something I'm always wondering about on this car - it helps, be the aerodynamics aren't exactly sleek and slippery to start with. If it works for you, go for it
I was testing at Mapple Valley full. The best I could do was an 85.5 which is almost 3 seconds behind my Mugen time (a car I slapped together in 5 minutes and have only used for one career race just to see what it could do on MV) and it looks like well over a second behind your time. I'd put the second plus you have on me to your better driving skills but I'm looking for a non-mugen I can drive to within a second of my mugen time. I'm not sure yet if I can pull that off with this car. I'll put some more time into this car and see what I can come up with. Maybe I'll try to master driving your tune for a little more and also do full tune from scracth the way I normall would to compare.
1) I, like fndr, hope you mean 95.5!
2) Good luck - I but I don't think this thing is going to be hitting 82's anytime soon. In the enduro, I was running consistently in the 84.5-86.0 range - you aren't that far off of my race pace.
PS: You're a better driver than you give yourself credit
