This past weekend was Round 3 of the TLR Series being held at OCRC. I raced Stock Buggy and Truck again, even though my T4 was slow down the straight, as it needs a Tekin RS ESC.
For this round, I made some changes to my B4. I went with silver springs out back along with moving the rear hubs to the long wheelbase position, hoping to pick up some corner speed. I guess it worked, since my fastest lap fell to a 20.2 :) I'm thinking of increasing the oil weight in the back to 27.5 from 25 and maybe increase the drag brake to pick up some corner speed and more turn-in.
I changed nothing on my truck, as I originally wasn't planning on racing it, as my new Tekin RS, hadn't come in yet. I did add some roll though, via the throttle trim on my radio, to decrease the drag brake effect of the gearing, as it turned in too hard the last race. But, now I'd need to remember to hold the brake to keep it from rolling when I was parked.
Qualifying went well for me in round 1! I won my heat for truck and placed 2nd in buggy. For round 2, I won my stock truck heat again, and ended up qualifying 6th for the A main. In buggy, I didn't have a very good run as I was sliding more in the corners. I did finish 3rd though, and squeaked into the A main in 8th.
Since my cars didn't have as much sidebite as round 1, due to the fact my rear tires were nearly bald combined with some dust on the track, I went tires having more tread for the the mains. The bald tires do work on the track, as long as the dust is low. I also got a tip from the track owner. The "hot" traction compound is WD40! Go figure! A lubricant/water repellent as tire traction compound! I do know that diesel fuel and suntan lotion have been used as traction compound in the past. So I'm going to try some during practice at the next round I race.
Anyhoo, here are the vids of my mains :)
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