losi 8ight on tarmac

hi all fantastic forum by the way good to see so many losi 8ight owners

i was wandering is any1 running there 8ight on tarmac we hold a tarmac championship during the winter running on medial pro tarmac 2 tyres i could do with some setup advice for diffs and shocks on tarmac also what tyres are good for the job apart from medial pro and roadrage.

kind regards j

no 1 ?

[rschoi_75]

Sorry, wish I could help you on that one, but I don't have any experience with your situation. Would you mind posting pics of your races and track? I'd like to see what they look like.

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hi thx for reply here is the surface its just tarmac

[SpEEdyBL]

I've never ran on tarmac, but I do run on asphalt. I don't know if that compares or not. I've used Ofna treaded premounts (as shown in my prof pic), hotlaps autocross premounts, and panther slicks, all of which are a different diameter. The panther slicks are probably the lightest tires you can buy, and I can definately recommend them, but i am thinking of going with the clay compound w/ molded foam instead of the soft compound that I have now w/ the included foams - a little soft imo. Panther tires are about 4 1/4" in diameter.

The ofna tread tires are very low profile, and don't have regular foams, but sort of thin foam belts. They are about 4" in diamter, and are a pretty hard compound and perform remarkably well in general, though not so much over bumps.

The autocross tires are pretty much for bashing as they are pretty heavy and not low profile - about 4.5" in diameter.

thx for info m8 , what about diffs what would u recommend

[macr0w]

Originally Posted by SpEEdyBL

I've never ran on tarmac, but I do run on asphalt. I don't know if that compares or not.

Tarmac is asphalt.

lol, speedy what do u find works best in DIFFS for this surface could u recommend a decent combination

[SpEEdyBL]

Excuse my ignorance. I was just going by what the surface looked like in the picture. It looked a little rough compared to asphault, though could have been the lighting. Anyway back to the subject.

In the center diff, I use 10k weight, but that is all I have tried other than a nearly empty center diff. 10k is a little too light for the big heavy autocross tires as the front tires seem to over spin under heavy accel, but its just fine for the other tires. Sorry I can't really comment as I haven't experiemented with diff oils.

[auto2]

i have an inferno GTand i would look up settings for that. i would put 100000 in the center diff (locked) try 50000 ft and 10000 rear. lower ride height so arms are paralled with chassis with almost no droop.less rear toe in and a little ft toe out basically try to make a losi inferno gt lol

some people have luck with much lighter diff oils so experiment. OH and get some stiff springs