"How much time have you spent learning how your car settings work (such as caster, camber, ride height, and toe-in)? What difference did the time invested make?"

I spent several days setting up my RC10TC3 to be just perfect. I set caster, toe, camber, I adjusted the diff worked on the esc setup, rebuilt the motor. But eventually, my car was exactly the way I wanted it to be at my track. The time that you invest setting up your car is truly worth it because in the end, you will love your car so much!

I've been slowly learning all the settings on my cars over the past three years. I have gotten exponentially better as a result.

I spent several days learning all I could about the suspension and adjustments to be made and why I should make them for the rc10gt. It has made a large difference in the handling and performance of my truck.

at least an hour or two.......it really helped cause when u watch others and play around with your car u feel more closer to it and learn more!! -alan

Took about 6 months after I started racing RC cars, had some ideas from full size cars. But applying it to each individual type means a different setting. Once that was was achieved cars performed better and I started winning.

I've spent countless hours on this subject. Even if you buy a tuning book, you will still need to go to your home track and experiment. Set the car up to the mfg's stock setup. Then make one adjustment at a time from there. It's best to do this with a high output motor and batteries. This will make the changes more dramatic. Then you can visually see the difference. If not, then find someone with the Team Orion lap counter. This will help you see this difference in numbers. To save time, take a couple of screwdrivers to trackside so you can run a few laps. Pull the car in. Take off the body. And make a change. Without going back to the pits and possibly loosing you frequency spot.

I go with stock settings, works fine

I have spent more hours working on my truck working with all of the different settings and driving to see the difference, than I have racing. None of these settings will help if you can not keep you car off the pipes, but if you can drive well play with this stuff!!! I can now set up my truck for different tracks and track conditions. I know what will do what!! It is so much fun!!!

I leave my setting stock, i dont adjust my setting to the track, i adjust my driving

first 3 years I didn't work on setup much. But when I entered the 2wd modified class, setups became very important. Since then I've leaned a lot but even after 12 years of racing I'm still learning. But now I can usually setup a car in 3 or 4 packs to a new track

Not too much time, because I picked up the TC3 tuning guide which pretty much explains it all. Once I learned what setting does what, and adjusted it with a set-up system, the difference is unbelievable. My TC3 runs like it is on rails....!! VROOOM!!

Weeks. But now the car drives straight out of corners just how I like it with no rear swapping

I have already spent a little over a year learning about my car and how to become a better driver, but I still don't know what each adjustment will make. Learning which adjustments do what did help me alter my car's handling according to my driving style, and changing track conditions.

heh, my whole life. I've always been a car kid, and growing up with my dad (an ASE mechanic by day and his buddy's real dirt oval car crew chief by night) meant I got nothing but setup tips as I grew up. You have to remember that just because these are miniature cars doesn't mean that the basic laws of physics and car setup have no effect; 99% of the time something that would work in full-size racing helps our R/C cars. To the guys who never change anything: You're missing out on your full potential, there isn't and will never be such a thing as a "perfect" car for all drivers and tracks. -TheMissile

I've spent days and days trying to get my camber, camber and toe in correct and so far I think it sure aint worth it

This answer is for off-road racing. If you're planning on racing, understanding how each of those characteristics work is a must. Especially these four things: Spring rate, camber, toe, and selecting the right tires. When you change one of these four things, you change everything. You may set the camber to achieve better cornering, thus loosing traction. Putting a more "aggressive" tread tire on the rear will compensate. However, the tire may create a "tight" feeling in the rear, which can be fixed with Toe. Ride height, to me, isn't really that important. If you're on a huge track and hitting high top speeds, Like for street racing, that might be a concern. But off road, people can say what they want, they don't do any good. Learning how to set up your car, regardless of on road or off is a must for anyone in competition. You don't want to change your driving style, change the car to fit it. I suggest you set up a simple oval track at first. (this works for on and off road) Run the car strait out of the box a few laps and get a feel for it. Now start adjusting one of the settings. But do it like this: Pick one, such as camber, but Change it drastically, not just a little. This way you'll be able to see exactly what each one does to the extreme. Make sure and keep track of how much and in which direction you change it, this way it'll be easy for you to change it back. Try different tires in different types of road conditions, tires make an immense difference as well. Then, once you have experienced what each adjustment does to the extreme, now try to fine tune the car to the track conditions to fit your driving style. Get a friend to time your laps. I think you'll find you'll cut a lot of time off your laps.

I've spent over a month learning what changes do to the car's handling. I've even been driving it almost everyday at lunch at work; and all the work is really paying of in a much better handling car. When I got my B4, it would fishtail and then push through the turns. Now, it handles so much nicer even picking up a front wheel on really hard turns.

I've spent a lot of time working on my car and just seeing what everything does

I have done it for about a year. After the car handled a lot to my liking.

previously certified in suspension and alignment. scaling down to a precision toy made me see the improvements in time, first hand. all in all maybe a month to get my oval settings right.

it didn't really take me that long to do accomplish these settings, it was quite easy once i read the manual and adjusted it.

3 weeks.. just a little better

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