We had our big monthly race (this one was called the Icebox in-door) and the Awesomatix didn’t let me down on a day when it was snowing outside. It seeing the snow may have made it lonely for Moscow but it didn’t show it :-) I got TQ and the win against some solid talent. Everyone continues to be impressed with the corner speed and that I can hit the same spot reliably lap after lap. No doubt that the A700 is getting deserved attention both on and off the track.

Freddy, interesting that you were able to use so little dampening but it looks like your spring rate was equally low (Freddy Sudhoff' setup). I went the opposite way with the highest dampening possible ( A = 6.8mm, SRS II ) then added spring rate as described below. Seeing the picture I’m wondering what type of carpet that is, and what its characteristics are compared to Ozyte ?

I’ve noticed that many of the winning setups are around 95 gF/mm spring rate. I started out with 100 gF/mm knowing that our grip was less than the big international races where these setups were derived from. Using SRS/RHS Screw arrangement II and to get full ( heaviest ) damping rate I chose A value of 6.8mm ( nearly max ) and adjusted B to 3mm to get 100 gF/mm. Through the day I decreased B to 2mm, then 1mm ( increasing the spring rate each time ). So my spring rate went from 100gF/mm up to 110 , then 120 gF/mm. At the end of the day I saw a hint of a traction roll and maybe with the added traction the car may have started losing some corner speed. For our conditions 115 gF/mm may have been ideal.

Also, using he AIS steering rack (in full forward position) I tried both the shortest possible steering turnbuckle length and also the longest possible, back to back. So to be clear, ( for the longest ) this means the innermost ball stud location on the AIS rack with the outermost position of the steering knuckle. I thought the longer configuration made the car have more initial steering. I have to analyze why the different length arms has made such a result !

Jake Danilchik

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