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Old 01-15-2008, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by protc3
You and butter are complete opposites He likes a car so darty it is almost impossible to drive and you like yours like a caddy.
a caddy with no front tires on it to be exact.

hey punk you have my transponder

how many sets of tires do you think i will need for birds for one class of onroad?
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Old 01-15-2008, 03:29 PM
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Float like a cadilac sting like a beemer
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Old 01-15-2008, 03:34 PM
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Hey guy's if ya get a chance, run Irrgangs front end with his caster blocks. It gives the car a slightly longer arm setup real smooth and feels great Mid corner. you can play around with the front roll centers on it.
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Old 01-15-2008, 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by ChestyV32
Ya like jason said the car was a bit more pushy but super smooth transition. I can only drive a pushy car so to me it was money.
Thanks guys, someday I hope to get to run this car; well any 1/12 car at this point.
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Old 01-15-2008, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by ChestyV32
a caddy with no front tires on it to be exact.

hey punk you have my transponder

how many sets of tires do you think i will need for birds for one class of onroad?
I sold your transponder. I will bring it to the birds.

It depends on how much you hit
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Old 01-15-2008, 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by chris moore
Thanks guys, someday I hope to get to run this car; well any 1/12 car at this point.
That sucks bro. I hope you get to run soon
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Originally Posted by mike ivy
Hey guy's if ya get a chance, run Irrgangs front end with his caster blocks. It gives the car a slightly longer arm setup real smooth and feels great Mid corner. you can play around with the front roll centers on it.
Dave sent me a set. I will give em a run again. I liked em when i ran em.I went back to the standards because it was one of my off days and the pipes were getting in my way.
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Old 01-15-2008, 04:31 PM
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hey adrian are you saying for carpet that the servo back and the ball studs in front of servo saver or the servo forward and the ball studs behind servo saver? i have them behind and my servo forward right now. my turnbuckles are straight. i feel like this setup is not enough for corner speed. if i move my servo back and put the ball studs in front i will have some akerman and the weight will be moved back and should transfer more weight to front right? my servo is flat by the way. and servo is ko 949.thanx.
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Old 01-15-2008, 04:52 PM
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hey craig,

you have the servo set up good for carpet. Try going to a harder front tire. Usually when the fronts are too soft it will kill your corner speed. For stock i like purple front and yellow rears.
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Old 01-15-2008, 04:58 PM
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Anyone have a recommendation on gearing to get started with a Speed Passion 13.5? Just setting up car so have nothing at the moment.
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Old 01-15-2008, 05:01 PM
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I would start at around a 65mm rollout and shoot from there. Also keep in mind that you want to bump the timing up some on the speedo
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thanks jason im gonna try purples. i usually run lilac but the bite is high so purple will work. alot of the fast guys run purple. i always thought they got gummy and a little inconsistent late in the run but im gonna give em another shot with the bmi db12r since its unlike any other 1/12 scale in creation!! thanx again!!
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Old 01-15-2008, 07:53 PM
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I have always stayed away from purples myself until about 3 months ago. I was having cornerspeed problems and i was going the wrong direction to fix it. I tried everything and it got to the point that the car wouldnt respond to the changes i was making. Then after thinking about it, i decided to try a harder front tire and a low rubber content rear to free the rear and keep the front planted with less tire flex. This was it. I had to backpedal to where i started when the bite was lower and my car was working well. Once i did the car was dialed again. It just goes to show you how important tires are.
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Old 01-15-2008, 08:07 PM
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Jason ~ Is it true that your running Green's on all four corners for the Birds........................
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yeah i couldnt agree more picking the right tire is key. thanx again for the help bro!!! i appreciate it. i also wanna say that the whole bmi team has been xtremely helpful with the car. schreffler helped me out last week and this week is our trophy race at 360 rc speedway and i got my good buddies casey young and craig xavier staying at my house and those guys always help me go faster and i have learned so much since running 1/12 scale. im consistently getting faster and faster and making the show much more often so thanx again guys
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