Team Associated TC5
#6166
Tech Master
iTrader: (10)
Hi guys.
Went racing today. Track was big, smooth and clean. About twice the size I normally run on. A little suger/water in the corners and have at it. The stock setup for the TC5R worked great ! Pretty smooth and easy to put where you want it with out throwing the rear around.
If I was to change the set up at all it would have been to up the spring rate one step frt/rear to cope with the higher speed sections of the track. Other than that and needing way more top end.... it was awsome.
I started with the G6 body and it was pretty good but a bit touchy at the end of the strait. So I put my stratus 3.0 AP on that I have for carpet and it was better. Smoother but balanced everywhere. Very consistant and ripped from everybody in the infield. I geared it up 4 teeth for the main. It was smoother in the infiield and had pretty good topend. I Went a lap better than TQ (not me) and got lucky a couple of corners in and checked out. Love when that happens. It doesnt happen offen with the guys I race with. The car was easy to drive fast.
DK
P.S. My car has the thicker chassis/top deck.
Edit: Sway bars are on.
Went racing today. Track was big, smooth and clean. About twice the size I normally run on. A little suger/water in the corners and have at it. The stock setup for the TC5R worked great ! Pretty smooth and easy to put where you want it with out throwing the rear around.
If I was to change the set up at all it would have been to up the spring rate one step frt/rear to cope with the higher speed sections of the track. Other than that and needing way more top end.... it was awsome.
I started with the G6 body and it was pretty good but a bit touchy at the end of the strait. So I put my stratus 3.0 AP on that I have for carpet and it was better. Smoother but balanced everywhere. Very consistant and ripped from everybody in the infield. I geared it up 4 teeth for the main. It was smoother in the infiield and had pretty good topend. I Went a lap better than TQ (not me) and got lucky a couple of corners in and checked out. Love when that happens. It doesnt happen offen with the guys I race with. The car was easy to drive fast.
DK
P.S. My car has the thicker chassis/top deck.
Edit: Sway bars are on.
#6168
Tech Elite
iTrader: (26)
Hi guys.
Went racing today. Track was big, smooth and clean. About twice the size I normally run on. A little suger/water in the corners and have at it. The stock setup for the TC5R worked great ! Pretty smooth and easy to put where you want it with out throwing the rear around.
If I was to change the set up at all it would have been to up the spring rate one step frt/rear to cope with the higher speed sections of the track. Other than that and needing way more top end.... it was awsome.
I started with the G6 body and it was pretty good but a bit touchy at the end of the strait. So I put my stratus 3.0 AP on that I have for carpet and it was better. Smoother but balanced everywhere. Very consistant and ripped from everybody in the infield. I geared it up 4 teeth for the main. It was smoother in the infiield and had pretty good topend. I Went a lap better than TQ (not me) and got lucky a couple of corners in and checked out. Love when that happens. It doesnt happen offen with the guys I race with. The car was easy to drive fast.
DK
P.S. My car has the thicker chassis/top deck.
Edit: Sway bars are on.
Went racing today. Track was big, smooth and clean. About twice the size I normally run on. A little suger/water in the corners and have at it. The stock setup for the TC5R worked great ! Pretty smooth and easy to put where you want it with out throwing the rear around.
If I was to change the set up at all it would have been to up the spring rate one step frt/rear to cope with the higher speed sections of the track. Other than that and needing way more top end.... it was awsome.
I started with the G6 body and it was pretty good but a bit touchy at the end of the strait. So I put my stratus 3.0 AP on that I have for carpet and it was better. Smoother but balanced everywhere. Very consistant and ripped from everybody in the infield. I geared it up 4 teeth for the main. It was smoother in the infiield and had pretty good topend. I Went a lap better than TQ (not me) and got lucky a couple of corners in and checked out. Love when that happens. It doesnt happen offen with the guys I race with. The car was easy to drive fast.
DK
P.S. My car has the thicker chassis/top deck.
Edit: Sway bars are on.
#6169
i have no rear sway bar, it was the only way to more or less cure the loosness of the one way.
#6171
transfers less weight to the front.
#6173
Tech Master
iTrader: (10)
http://www.rc10.com/racerhub/setup/tc5_rubber.pdf
The only diffrents is Im running 1 deg camber, I dont have a spool so I just ran the front diff really tight and I dont have the ITF decks with o-rings.
DK
#6175
Tech Elite
iTrader: (26)
I have a normal TC5. I put the new setup for the TC5R on it.
http://www.rc10.com/racerhub/setup/tc5_rubber.pdf
The only diffrents is Im running 1 deg camber, I dont have a spool so I just ran the front diff really tight and I dont have the ITF decks with o-rings.
DK
http://www.rc10.com/racerhub/setup/tc5_rubber.pdf
The only diffrents is Im running 1 deg camber, I dont have a spool so I just ran the front diff really tight and I dont have the ITF decks with o-rings.
DK
#6176
Tech Elite
iTrader: (26)
There must be something about the design of the car that causes it to behave in certain way that they get better results with out the sway bars...I have some reasons as to why this could be, but I'd rather get an answer from truly knowledable guys who have experience with the TC5 on asphalt and can explain this better...hopefully Rick H. can help here soon or DMartin.
#6177
Tech Elite
iTrader: (88)
I hope someone down here can post a good reason as to why the TC5 on asphalt is not being used with sway bars most of the time, especially by team drivers, who 99.99% of the time do not use the sway bars at all
There must be something about the design of the car that causes it to behave in certain way that they get better results with out the sway bars...I have some reasons as to why this could be, but I'd rather get an answer from truly knowledable guys who have experience with the TC5 on asphalt and can explain this better...hopefully Rick H. can help here soon or DMartin.
There must be something about the design of the car that causes it to behave in certain way that they get better results with out the sway bars...I have some reasons as to why this could be, but I'd rather get an answer from truly knowledable guys who have experience with the TC5 on asphalt and can explain this better...hopefully Rick H. can help here soon or DMartin.