indoor on-road racing help setting up

[RCtori]

Hi,

I'm new to rc in general. I've raced once so far and did pretty good! The problem was my car kept sliding every where and I feel the suspension could be set up differently.
What tires do you guys (and girls) recommend that I get for racing. I race in a gymnasium in Barrie so floors are slick.
Also, how do I set up my suspension, camber, etc or where do I even start lol.

I run a stock HPI Sprint 2 Sport brushed. As I said before I am new to this and I just need help on setting up my car for on-road.

Thank you

[robbie_R]

I actually bought a RC car set up guide that I believe Martin Crisp wrote way back in the day that could tell you if you change something what it would do. Gym floors would be difficult to set up for I think being smooth and cold. I ran Takeoff CS27s on colder surfaces and used tire warmers. Camber adds turnability but makes the contact patch of the tire smaller. Do you currently run sway bars?

[robbie_R]

Oh right xxxmain ended up carrying it

http://xxxmain.com/bookz.shtml

[Jenny]

Hi Robbie, your link not open... can you resend it.

[RCtori]

Hi,
I don't use sway bars yet. Do you recommend it?

[Jiver]

Sway bars will help reduce vehicle roll in turns and help provide better traction. The suspension set up will differ for different tracks/roads and road/track conditions.

[KellyMac]

Not always. He might want the extra weight transfer.

The book is worth the money. It will be the best "Hop up" you can buy!

[Uncle Vinnie]

You can just download the setup book from Xray.
3rd down from the download section.

http://www.teamxray.com/teamxray/products/proddwnld.php?prod_id=1281&Xnet_Session=f827f7c88fc6856351150f9466aaf76b

Here's another to setup guide for RC cars, you can copy and past to word print and you'll have 8-10 pages of info always handy

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/24306528/RC-Car-Handling---Touring-Car-Setup-Guide

[RCtori]

I've got the XXX main book on order now. The team Xray site is fantastic along with the other link. I've just got new tires that have a stiffer compound and are belted and adjusted the lower turnbuckle. I'm gonna try softening my shocks and adding a sway and go from there. Any other recommendations are greatly appreciated!!!

Tori

[redneckracer]

Hey Tori , i would slam the car down low , soften the shocks and get some schumacher tires . Tires are the key , iam putting some on order at the store (hobby obbsession) .

[RCtori]

Hey, I've got the car set pretty low now. I'm softening up the suspension and I also looked at the manual which has the complete setup for low grip surface. Could you order me in a set of those Schumacher tires. I think you guys have my number, I'll pm you with my number in case you don't have it.

Thanks Tori