Tuning for a Freedom Track

[quadad]

Here is the question - if you had a 42' Best Track to tune on, but your race is on a 48' (MW, previously Piantedosi) Freedom track, how would you tune ?

And how would you set it up differently. Obviously the Freedom track has a gentler transition, but it also has a much longer slope. The flat is not that different give the different total lengths.

I am trying to help a friend out here.

 

[Owens Racing]

Our district race was on a Freedom aluminum, but I didn't have a test track until after districts this year, so I don't know how much help I can be. I noticed after tuning my car for CCRL there was a point the car started to get a slight wiggle but was at its fastest. I added just enough steer to stop the wiggle to be safe but lost about .005. If I were going to be racing on the Freedom, I would have left it alone because it's a lot more forgiving than the BestTrack. That cars has a COM of 1/2" and the steer was 2" in 4' at the point I was talking about. Hope this makes sense.

 

[Spirit Racing]

Quadad. I have Piantedosi one lane track. My personal experience when tuning for leaque races , is when my cars are running nice and smooth on my track , the cars will wiggle on John's Best Track. Therefor I always make a very slight steer adjustment before I send my cars in. So in your case I would think you can go with a little less steer . BSA wheels for sure , however I feel that razor wheels seem about the same to me. Hope this helps...SPIRIT.............

 

[quadad]

That all does help, thanks guys ! Its going to be a bit of a learning experience, but it wouldn't be any fun otherwise !!

 

[oskiwow]

Quadad. I have Piantedosi one lane track. My personal experience when tuning for leaque races , is when my cars are running nice and smooth on my track , the cars will wiggle on John's Best Track. Therefor I always make a very slight steer adjustment before I send my cars in. So in your case I would think you can go with a little less steer . BSA wheels for sure , however I feel that razor wheels seem about the same to me. Hope this helps...SPIRIT.............

Spirit, do you add more steer when going from Piantedosi to Best Track, or less steer?

-oski

 

[Spirit Racing]

If your tuning on Freedom Piantedosi aluminum track and racing on a Best Track. In my experience I will add about 1 to 2 inches more steer before racing on a Best Track. All cars are different and most of the time 1 inch is enough. Hope this helps....SPIRIT.......

 

[Spirit Racing]

Just had a thought. To clarify I do my tuning on a 8 ft tuning board, and not a 4 or 6 footer. So tweaking on a shorter tune board you should add half said steer/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif....SPIRIT......