Tune Up Your TSRF24 For Less Grip!
The TSRF24 and TSRF32 cars run very nicely on Carrera home-racing tracks. But when used at some commercial raceways or club tracks where traction compounds ("glue") is used, the cars have sometimes too much mechanical tire grip. This causes the inner side of the car to lift while cornering, as traction is just too much and the car refuses to slide.
This can be partly countered by the following modification, that renders the car much more forgiving in extreme cornering attitude, as it stiffens the chassis, reducing the mechanical grip.
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The main chassis plate and the steel pan have been drilled, and the nylon chassis plate chamfered, to fit two long 2-56 flathead screws, that are glued using Zap-a-Gap adhesive. |
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Two Ny-lock 2-56 nuts are then fitted, and can be
finely adjusted to give just the right amount of chassis stiffness and by
thus, reduce or increase the amount of mechanical tire grip on commercial
tracks. the holes drilled in the steel pan are
filed in an oval shape so as to allow easy removal of the steel pan. It
also makes the chassis totally crash proof, as it retains the two parts
from un-hooking in the most violent crashes.
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A good amount of lead weight up front is needed to establish a proper balance. This is what we run on most tracks where spray-glue has been used. |