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this can get confusing-
there are 3 wheelbases: sort medium and long
there are several track widths and these vary and are body specific. most of the race cars have wides (wide rear and narrow fronts with an offset). however you can squeaze wides in the front of some of the cars. you'll have to do alot of reading on mzr to find out which will fit with what if you plan on customizing the wheels setup.
z's work on carpet but would highly recommend a better motor as the carpet slows it down.
hardwood is fun while tricky. you need really grippy tires (foam or something like 10 deg.).
concrete or asphalt is what i run on. goor grippy tires help but becareful, too much grip will make it squirley and easy to wreck. i would also recommend a wide body car for concret or asphalt as they typically handle better and less prone to flip and rolling on concrete/asphalt will do some damage.
alot of people have tried rally mods. the most sucessful so far have been using overland chassis'swith rally car bodies. they look good. the problem with racer rally conversions is the racer has such low ground clearance. again, search mzr and you'll see some nice stuff.
i'm biased toward mzr products as they are of quality and reasonably priced. the shop has a great tire selection, ball diff, o plate and motors, which i have except the ball diff. i would put off turbos/turbo motors until you have had your fun with your first z. you will trash it good and then get a new body, the new ones are very nice! (i'm getting the '00 cr5) then get a turbo motor. until then i would go with mzr's a-bb (faster than the x-speed). i have 2 of them. very good!
my setup:
body: toyota altezza
tires: mzr ultrasoft foams- very grippy
wheels: square 10 spoke inch ups- 1mm larger diameter alloy wheels
alloy lock nuts- the plastic ones are crap and will strip
alloy knuckles- stock ones can break if you hit something hard enough (1 deg. camber are good for racing)
alloy toe-in tie rod- w/ alloy kuckles, reduces steering slop
alloy front bulkhead- eye candy
ball diff w/ ceramic balls- much better performance
mzr g-10 cf o plate- helps w/ traction in the rear, great
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