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Old 2011.01.13, 09:59 AM   #8
CristianTabush
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From our experience, the majority of assumptions are correct. EXCEPT for Felix saying the PN Front end is the best hands down. How is that a quantifiable statement? That is a personal opinion. I am not taking an offense to this, but c'mon are we adults or 8 year old kids?

As for which is best? I don't think there is a right answer. It has been proven over and over that there are different ways to reach an optimum configuration. Both the 02 and the 03 are fairly similar performance wise.

As for flex, typically the less grip, the more flexible chassis you will want. In this case, the 03 is optimal with the black chassis, as it is the most flexible. For high grip, you want a stiffer chassis and the 02 chassis is the stiffest. Especially the gray one. We have had a lot of success adding the brass rods not only as a weight gain to bring the cars up to minimum, but also to stiffen the chassis on the 03. This is also the reason why kyosho released the bottom plate. People asked for a stiffer chassis, so Kyosho Japan did this to help. This is one of the main reasons the PN guys are so fast with their 02's. They run on higher-than-usual grip tracks. The 02 excels here.

Ask the PN team how they did at the TEKIN nats last year with their 02's. Philip barely made the PC main, and Grant missed it all-together. The track at ILR used to have super low grip and in the higher horsepower classes, the 02's would just not hook up.

With that we have found a fairly good leveling mechanism to take traction roll issues away from the 03 is to stiffen the chassis as well as raising the front roll center. This certainly closed the gap at the PNWC finals, where the 02's and 03's were VERY similar in performance and lap times.
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