Dirt cars Vs carpet cars?

[Derka]

I'm struggling to understand which should be best for my local club.

We run on mixed surface of carpet and wood flooring.

Would for instance a Schumacher KC or KD be better or B6 Vs B6D?

I ask as my current mid motor, laydown car is ok on carpet but pushes wide in the slippy flooring and I'm losing time in those corners, would a stand up 3 gear, dirt spec car be better here or worse?

[Neil_H]

A 3 gear stand up would be worse in this situation, you would have more rear weight bias with a stand up 3 gear giving you more rear traction which would reduce steering.

I would say unless you are suffering with rear end grip go with the laydown.

I recently tried both on a similar mixed surface preferred the laydown, the only time I have found the 3 gear stand up to be better was on grass tracks.

[Derka]

Thanks, I currently have a PR S1 V3 FM which is basically a lay down transmission but struggling with front end grip on the wood so I was wondering if a dirt spec car would be better in this instance

[tonydevon]

whats your current setup, springs shocks oil pistons etc? PR dont usually suffer from lack of steering

try get full setup posted

[Derka]

whats your current setup, springs shocks oil pistons etc? PR dont usually suffer from lack of steering

try get full setup posted

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