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Old 03-19-2014, 12:56 PM
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I was cracking up when I looked at the wireing pics and saw my buggy..

It's the second b5m buggy on the first page
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Originally Posted by BillPear
Welcome back Sean,
I thought that Kody told me you could mix and match, but maybe he left out those drawbacks.
You definitely cannot mix and match the arms & towers. I originally didn't have the B5-RM tower in my possesion, but installed the flat front arms. Set the ride height, dropped it a few times. As Sean states, the shocks don't travel back upward properly in that scenario. The front end will remain waaaaaaay too low. Thankfully OCRC had the front B5-RM tower I needed, and it's a big difference on the car IMO.
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Old 03-19-2014, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by rigor
Only thing that looked different (to me) of the photo's of RM's car vs that setup sheet is the shorty lipo. What are you seeing ?
Shorty lipo, 3mm under rear link (low roll center) 3 trailing with 1mm front and rear spacing for front caster block spacing.
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Old 03-19-2014, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Graham11
by the way if anyone is looking for a B5M new, hobbyetc.com has them.

I have my B5M on the way and was wondering if there are any parts i should order off the bat becuase it will break or is sub par?
I would not worry.Only thing i have had problems with are the front bearings, all else seems stout but i also dont pile drive walls.
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Old 03-19-2014, 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by suby723
Yes and further more, Maifield wasn't even running that same setup!
The setups were constantly evolving every round at the Cactus. I believe BT will post the final setup on the AE site this week. I'm not sure what you guys expect to use from the set up unless you are running on a candy track though.
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Originally Posted by Sean Cochran
The setups were constantly evolving every round at the Cactus. I believe BT will post the final setup on the AE site this week. I'm not sure what you guys expect to use from the set up unless you are running on a candy track though.
What are you trying to say????? I thought if i ran his setup i would win every race?
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Old 03-19-2014, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Sean Cochran
The setups were constantly evolving every round at the Cactus. I believe BT will post the final setup on the AE site this week. I'm not sure what you guys expect to use from the set up unless you are running on a candy track though.
Oh no expectations what so ever especially since 1% of tracks in the usa have that same surface. However my shorty pack setup is close to what Maifield was just running and Im on medium/high bite clay tracks.
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Old 03-19-2014, 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by bilster44
Speedo on the same side as the motor? Hmmm...
No.... sorry, I meant to write, esc opposite the motor..
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Has anyone tried or know anyone that has used the PSM carbon fiber shock towers?

http://www.psm-rc.com/products/team-associated-b5m/
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Originally Posted by Sean Cochran
The setups were constantly evolving every round at the Cactus. I believe BT will post the final setup on the AE site this week. I'm not sure what you guys expect to use from the set up unless you are running on a candy track though.
In the handful of days I've had the car out to the track to start dialing it in, my setup headed to something really close to what was the "AE Cactus Setup" that NeoBuggy released. This is for OCRC with medium to high bite. That setup should have been the "kit setup" IMO, but everyone has their own needs and feel for vehicles. For now, seems lots of folks are happy around our parts with something close to that.
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Originally Posted by predu
but i also dont pile drive walls.
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Are most guys running 17.5 happy with shorty or saddles and square packs
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Originally Posted by Mxer59
Are most guys running 17.5 happy with shorty or saddles and square packs
Exclusively short packs in 17.5.
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Originally Posted by Skeeter36
The ones I have driven have been hooked up but on med bite clay type track. Do you ever have issues with your futaba glitching?
No issues since I bought it in December. I use a glitch buster as well, though.
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Originally Posted by Sean Cochran
You have to run the correct tower with each arm design.
For example if you run a straight arm tower with a gull wing arm you will lose droop. Or if you run a gull wing tower with a straight arms you lose up travel.
The shocks mount at different heights on the tower for each arm.
What about using the B5 rear arms on the B5M? Are the heights ok with the M tower? The rear shock towers aren't interchangeable....
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