First off, thanks for all the replies. I would love getting a tamiya competitive against all the other cars, including my own B44 and durango. The problem is only off power, that it rotates too much. Will try some changes next race, however due to parts supply cannot do as much as I want.
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Originally Posted by Jamesk
On my 01-R ive used 80 weight oil and hard springs, ive also used front and rear anti roll bars. You might want to try cutting the edges down on the tyre treads, or using 2wd front tyres.
Jk
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80wt oil?
Thats a drastic change.
I might just put a front anti roll bar only to take away some steering.
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Originally Posted by Jan Larsen
What surface are we talking?
Your ride height is off - the front should be lower than the rear by 1-2mm.
Stabilizer would help. What auto brake setting do you have on your speedo?
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Hard pack clay, high traction when swept/clean
Wouldnt a lower front induce more steering? which is what I dont want
zero drag brake
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Originally Posted by T4miy4 Guy
Could you not just turn down the steering rate on you radio 
Dont mean to sound funny but depending on the track i turn it up or down....for more or less steering.
I use a front stabilizer on 40wt oil,no rear on 30wt oil and set the front a little lower than the rear (ride height).
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I could turn down the steering, but then I'd feel I'm masking a problem and not solving it, and that a properly setup car shouldnt need expo adjustments on steering. Yes I do sound abit crazy
yep the 40wt is next on my to do list at the next meet. Front stabilizer will be the following meet, as I need to wait for parts to arrive. I didnt know about setting the front lower than rear, but since someone else has mentioned it also, will give that a try. I'm just use to having the front 1mm higher, as thats what we do in hard packed clay 2wd.
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Originally Posted by coolcars782
Do you mean there is too much bite / grip on the front and you want less.
Carl
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yes, but only too much bite off power.
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Originally Posted by DCM
put the optional chassis on, the DB01R chassis is super stiff, which will lose you rear traction mid corner. There should be no need to go up silly high on the oil, on my DB01, using the optional softer chassis, I am on 35wt front, 30wt rear, and no issue.
You could also look at your tyres and think about trimming off some tread.
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whats the part number for the 'optional' chassis?
The only one I can find is
54041 Carbon reinforced chassis (with cell cutouts and heat sink hole)
and that doesnt sound like its more flexible than the original db01 chassis.
or is the option chassis the original db01 chassis?
does the optional chassis have the cut out for the heatsink like on the db01r? Not that I think it really matters, not sure if it does much anyway.
generally on the fronts the tire to use is worn blockheads on our track