raycerZ

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With regards to the HPI M car, the hobby shops in Okinawa, Japan (where I live) told me not to hold my breath.

raycerZ

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Have you this full-scale Mini Cooper rallycross video yet? I've seen the M03 run on off-road tracks and I'm going to try and organize a little rallycross event in Feb. with the guys in the M03 class.

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=1atzJ0b9e4Q

Herkimer Jitney

ooh the alfas nice but that nissan thing is sure ugly.

monkeyracing

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Don't do it man! M-03s are cheap! You can buy a whole chassis for $8! Don't give in the the evil.

Jim

TJ

Just a question: Other than TCS is there any other series in the world that you can run your mini at???? Not single one off event but a series that runs across the year???

raycerZ

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If your club has a class for M03s, who cares about any other series? I am just thankful the club I race with has an M03 class. We bash and crash into one another, and nobody gets pissed. It's way laid back and so much fun.

raycerZ

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>>Don't do it man! M-03s are cheap! You can buy a whole chassis for $8! Don't give in the the evil.

Jim<<

I agree wholeheartedly, Jim! I'm not entirely into proprietary spec racing but if HPI and other companies get in on the act it might spoil the whole thing.

tony gray

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I don't think the HPI car will change anything really. Most places probably just wont allow it.

We'll look into it, if there's a way of achieving parity between the 2 chassis, then MAYBE they'll run together, but somehow I doubt it.

SirSwiftAlot

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Happy New Year Everyone

Mabuchi540

The NZRCA (www.NZRCA.co.nz) races a mini stock class in their National Champs every year.

Rules are pretty tight though, you must use the kit esc and batteries are restricted to 1500. The motor is a hand out silver can.

Most clubs run a mini class series through out the year, following the same rules.

Toon

Hi all.

Happy New Year, and I'm sorry my 1st post is *long*.


My local RC club (which is primarily for 1/10 electric tourers) has recently started running a mini class. I've always been an off-road basher, not raced at all, and never really fancied a touring car, but I decided that a 'mini' might be a good starting point to get into club racing.

The class rules are:

Car : Any Tamiya M-Chassis
Bodyshell : Any Commercially available M Chassis Specific Bodyshell
Motor : Standard Silver Can, Sport Tuned, 17.5 Brushless or Ezrun 3000kv
Tyres : Any Commercially available M Chassis Specific tyre (non-smelling additive allowed)
Batteries: NiCad, Ni-MH or Li-Po Allowed
Weight Limit: 1250g


I've been reading as much as I can about M03's on rc-mini.net & various forums, trying to find what the most worthwhile hopups are, and what best starting setup is. So, I've ordered an M-03L Mini Cooper-S (I wanted an M-03M Suzuki, but I couldn't find anywhere in the UK that had stock just after xmas), and a 'few' hopups to either fit straight away, or later if I feel the need. The kit is yet to arrive, but I've already got waiting for it:

Bearings
Sport tuned motor
Super Mini CVA shocks + tuned spring set
Titanium turnbuckles
20T hardened pinion
Suzuki Swift white wheels (I just like the look better than the standard Mini wheels)
2 pairs of 60D Super-Grip tyres (with regular + hard tyre sponges)
TA03 Ball Diff + hardened output shafts
Anti-Roll Bar set
Hi-Torque servo saver (ali servo horn to come if I can get one)
Universal driveshafts (3Racing ones, had difficulty getting the Tamiya's)
2x Yeah Racing 3200 LiPo's (with a Novak Smart-Stop LiPo cutoff, and plenty of weights to add if needed)


The track is indoors on carpet, so I thought my starting setup would be - hard tyre sponges on the front, regular on the back (any need to double-stuff the fronts with 1 hard + 1 regular, or glue the front tyre sidewalls?). Hard springs front, medium/soft on the rear. Tightly set ball-diff, but can change to gear if needed. I won't fit the rollbar set straight away, I'd like to see how the car handles without it first.

Any advice for someone new to the mini world, and racing tips so I don't roll it at every corner?


And breathe...

raycerZ

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Toon, every RC racing club in the UK should be mandated to run a Mini class!

Here's a first impression that may throw you off. Having raced touring cars I was first quite appalled at the amount of slop in the M03's steering. So I swapped ball joints and tightened up things as best as I could. Problem was, the car wouldn't track straight. It would veer to one side, but the slightest opposite trim would make it veer to the other side. Then I remembered the experience I had years ago with Tamiya's first front driver, the FF01. I went back to the sloppy steering and the car now tracks straight as an arrow! So don't let the wobbly front wheels fool you.

Mike

raycerZ

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The track is indoors on carpet, :[/QUOTE]

I know it's not possible year round where you are but M03s are so much more fun on asphalt...

Mike

tony gray

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I don't know how many times I try to tell people this..they don't believe me and try it for themselves.. And guess what...

I've even got it in our FAQ section now and yet I STILL get people emailing me with the same question....

Drifting101

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Lol I often have to tell people this too