Lighter DEX 210 on High Grip astro

[Paul Piper]

As the title says it is better to run a lighter car on high grip astro? if so how would I do this?

[buhade]

It depends on track size, fast corners or slow corners. Dont forget one of most important things - air time. On large jumps you loose time in air. Heavier cars jumps shorter which is better. If you go from fast corners into slow corners, you have to brake in corner. Maybe the car can produce more breakdown torque, if its too lite.

[Paul Piper]

I have only been racing 7 months and I am not doing to bad, there just seems a lot to learn and take in.

[mrspeedy]

Interesting idea, in theory more weight = more grip, so running a lighter car would be an easy way to get rid of some .... a shorty lipo would prob be the easiest way to lighten the chassis up, would also give the opportunity to move the weight around more too for fine tuning ..

[Paul Piper]

I wondered if you have a lot of grip do you need weight as it will also slow you down, although I have no idea what I am talking about

[luniemiester]

I ran the dimec chassis last night for the first time at silverstone and I found it more forgiving and a lot easier to drive than the ally chassis. Not sure how much lighter it is than stock but I had to lower my shocks a lot to get my normal ride height

I would only really run weight if the track is wet or bumpy as it seems to calm the car down

Not sure if you were the black and gold car but if you are you have to much toe in and that can make a car twitchy

[Paul Piper]

I am that car you can not see, is that too much toe in on the front?

Will you be there next week? I could do with going through setup on my car, I am just playing around and not 100% sure what I am doing