Another change I tried, inspired by
what I have seen from the TRF team on both the 415 and 416, was to
raise the rear link by 2mm outside and in. I felt this made the rear
end feel "softer" and more smooth, I'd say it felt better,
but I need to experiment with this more.
A great improvement was to lengthen
the weelbase at the rear by switching the spacers on the inner
hingepins. I had so far run the wheelbase according to the
instructions, i.e. 1mm in front of the arms and 3mm behind. So the
wheelbase increased by 2mm. I really did not think this would make a
big difference but it did. The car was really stable and easy to
drive, but did not loose any corner speed. The car also fet
amazingly smooth after this change, believe this is mostly due to
the change in driveshaft angle.
I also tried the East Coast Lexus
IS250 body again and it performed as good as anything else. Looks
cool as well. Very light.
Another thing I tried was the Square
Tamiya Aluminum High Torque Servo Saver. This is the same part
used by the TRF team at the JMRCA race and now also at the DHI Cup.
This used the springs and servo adapter from the original Tamiya
servo saver but all the play is gone and it seemed to work very
well.
For the next test session the TRF416
spools will have arrived so from then on I will run the spool.
Kentech
