1LikesU.S. Vintage Trans-Am Racing
08-05-2010, 08:14 PM
#8986
Tech Adept
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My T2 007 is geared at 4.0 (104T X 44T) on our 40' X 90' carpet track. It has a little less punch & top end than a non boost/turbo 21.5, but not that much slower. Tie wear is a lot less than boosted 21.5.
Gris, you should try 25.5. The slower speeds would suit your driving a lot better
08-06-2010, 05:02 AM
#8988
Tech Rookie
My T2 007 is geared at 4.0 (104T X 44T) on our 40' X 90' carpet track. It has a little less punch & top end than a non boost/turbo 21.5, but not that much slower. Tie wear is a lot less than boosted 21.5.
Gris, you should try 25.5. The slower speeds would suit your driving a lot better
Gris, you should try 25.5. The slower speeds would suit your driving a lot better
08-06-2010, 02:11 PM
#8989
Registered User
After reading a lot of this thread I really wish there was a 1/10 track to race on around here. I have a XXX-S that I used to do friendly parking lot racing with a few people but that was about it. I'd love to join this racing class because it really brings in a lot of full scale characteristics of racing.
I've been racing a similar class that 5 friends of mine have created in 1/18 scale with the exact same concept. We have a scale size track with fairly low grip but the cars are easy to drive and all pretty much identical. After six years of this the racing is even more fun now than when we started. We have amazing wheel to wheel battles and the racing is by far more fun than any other RC racing I have done and only 10% of the price. Our spec racing experience might even give you guys a few ideas that might be good for your series whether its just for local or bigger. http://www.harnoishobby.com/articles.html#formula The owner of our track has written in detail our rules and the concept of our racing. That page has everything from our race format, scoring system, car configurations and most of it can be used in any scale of racing. ALL of it was designed to make for the closest racing possible. We have been hopping that it will catch on with 1/18 scale because its way more fun and cheaper than what I see everyone else doing with the micro on-road cars.
If at any point I have the opportunity to race in a class like this Vintage Trans-Am racing I will join it in a heart beat. I love 1/10 because the larger cars are so much nicer to drive and getting your suspension setups right just makes them a dream to race. I hope your class keeps going strong and people looking for an equipment advantage don't pull it apart. We race for the competition and not just to be a big fish in a small pond.
I've been racing a similar class that 5 friends of mine have created in 1/18 scale with the exact same concept. We have a scale size track with fairly low grip but the cars are easy to drive and all pretty much identical. After six years of this the racing is even more fun now than when we started. We have amazing wheel to wheel battles and the racing is by far more fun than any other RC racing I have done and only 10% of the price. Our spec racing experience might even give you guys a few ideas that might be good for your series whether its just for local or bigger. http://www.harnoishobby.com/articles.html#formula The owner of our track has written in detail our rules and the concept of our racing. That page has everything from our race format, scoring system, car configurations and most of it can be used in any scale of racing. ALL of it was designed to make for the closest racing possible. We have been hopping that it will catch on with 1/18 scale because its way more fun and cheaper than what I see everyone else doing with the micro on-road cars.
If at any point I have the opportunity to race in a class like this Vintage Trans-Am racing I will join it in a heart beat. I love 1/10 because the larger cars are so much nicer to drive and getting your suspension setups right just makes them a dream to race. I hope your class keeps going strong and people looking for an equipment advantage don't pull it apart. We race for the competition and not just to be a big fish in a small pond.
08-06-2010, 05:57 PM
#8990
Wow! I looked at a few of the videos on the web site and was really impressed. I've often wondered how our cars would behave on a track with hills. Love the bridge and scale look of the track. Wouldn't it be cool if we could race our VTA cars on scaled down versions of Watkins Glen or Road America. I grew up watching the Trans Am and Can Am cars on those tracks. Those were the good old days for sure. I know you are envious of us but you've got something really cool going on yourself! Thanks for sharing that.
08-06-2010, 07:11 PM
#8991
Registered User
Wow! I looked at a few of the videos on the web site and was really impressed. I've often wondered how our cars would behave on a track with hills. Love the bridge and scale look of the track. Wouldn't it be cool if we could race our VTA cars on scaled down versions of Watkins Glen or Road America. I grew up watching the Trans Am and Can Am cars on those tracks. Those were the good old days for sure. I know you are envious of us but you've got something really cool going on yourself! Thanks for sharing that.
I do think your Trans-Am cars are still to fast for really close racing but I did see a few videos with excellent close racing. Its still so much better than the other carpet racing videos that I've seen. When the cars are so fast everyone just ends up driving by themselves or wreck if they get close to each other. When you have cars moving so fast its impossible to react quickly enough to the other drivers around you. The only way to fix that is to reduce the speed and grip to give everyone more time to react which is basically what you've done with the Trans-Am racing.
08-06-2010, 10:42 PM
#8993
Well, I have gone through the last 30 or so pages of this thread as I am interested in building a VTA car. Been out of it for a long time and just got into rock crawling and off road lately (used to run Nitro Turning back in the day and also ran Dirt Oval in the early 90's). Too bad none of the manufacturers offer an inexpensive chassis kit to get started so I will be picking up a used chassis to start. Don't feel like buying a RTR and stripping it to get started.
08-07-2010, 04:10 AM
#8994
Well, I have gone through the last 30 or so pages of this thread as I am interested in building a VTA car. Been out of it for a long time and just got into rock crawling and off road lately (used to run Nitro Turning back in the day and also ran Dirt Oval in the early 90's). Too bad none of the manufacturers offer an inexpensive chassis kit to get started so I will be picking up a used chassis to start. Don't feel like buying a RTR and stripping it to get started.
You don't need a high end carbon fiber touring car chassis to race VTA. I'm one of many who use a Tamiya TA-05 v2. Seems to be on pace with cars that cost twice as much and its durability is amazing. Be careful though, once you get the Tamiya bug, you'll be hooked for life. On the other hand, I always see good deals on used touring cars that are already set up for VTA. Either way, you don't have to spend a bunch to get involved.
08-07-2010, 08:18 AM
#8995
Bill,
You don't need a high end carbon fiber touring car chassis to race VTA. I'm one of many who use a Tamiya TA-05 v2. Seems to be on pace with cars that cost twice as much and its durability is amazing. Be careful though, once you get the Tamiya bug, you'll be hooked for life. On the other hand, I always see good deals on used touring cars that are already set up for VTA. Either way, you don't have to spend a bunch to get involved.
You don't need a high end carbon fiber touring car chassis to race VTA. I'm one of many who use a Tamiya TA-05 v2. Seems to be on pace with cars that cost twice as much and its durability is amazing. Be careful though, once you get the Tamiya bug, you'll be hooked for life. On the other hand, I always see good deals on used touring cars that are already set up for VTA. Either way, you don't have to spend a bunch to get involved.
08-07-2010, 02:15 PM
#8996
My plan right now is to pick up a used TC3 or TC4 (non FT) due to local parts support. Also been looking at used cyclones and a XXXS although parts will be harder to get. Was thinking about an OFNA JL-10e but will pass on the fiberglass chassis (I broke a few of those back in the day). I will take a look at a TA-05.
08-07-2010, 07:21 PM
#8998
Yes, and it illustrates that new chassis are not needed. The winner had a forgotten TC3, there was a TA05, a mid-motor JRXS, an old Kyosho BD of some sort, an Xray FK0somethingorother, etc. The racing is close, all the cars are on a relatively even keel at those speeds (no ESC timing) and they're cheap to run. 
08-08-2010, 03:50 AM
#8999
Yes, and it illustrates that new chassis are not needed. The winner had a forgotten TC3, there was a TA05, a mid-motor JRXS, an old Kyosho BD of some sort, an Xray FK0somethingorother, etc. The racing is close, all the cars are on a relatively even keel at those speeds (no ESC timing) and they're cheap to run.
08-10-2010, 07:02 PM
#9000
My plan right now is to pick up a used TC3 or TC4 (non FT) due to local parts support. Also been looking at used cyclones and a XXXS although parts will be harder to get. Was thinking about an OFNA JL-10e but will pass on the fiberglass chassis (I broke a few of those back in the day). I will take a look at a TA-05.