LAW40

[SuperSparkSteve]

I've just brought a secound hand Lazer ZX-5 FS and ordered the LAW40 stiffener. Whats the rule of thumb to run the stiffener? Is it better suited to high or low grip tracks?

Not sure if it would make a difference, but the car has a load of up-graded parts so its practically an FS2 but with an FS chassis.

[RogerM]

The LAW40 is designed to increase the longitudinal stiffness which increases forward traction. Use it when you feel your lacking a bit in that area and no other setup changes are suitable.

I would recomend the carbon top decks as well (I've only run Nick Caro's so can't comment on the Kyosho ones) as these improve the traction too.

I "believe" (meaning in theory ... not got a Kyosho deck to hand) that the Kyosho deck is a uni-directional weave. This will add stiffness in one plane (in this case along the chassis) not the other, Nick's decks are an inter-woven crossed layup so add stiffness in both directions (although from looking at mine and given the weave information I have it adds more longitudinal than lateral stiffness).

[SuperSparkSteve]

Cheers Roger, I'll give it a try at Chadderton on Sunday.