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#3197
#3198
Tech Champion
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pretty sure the only savox is 1250mg. thats what im running. dunno how it feels compared to jr/futaba/airtronics though.
first real race day with the car today. second day racing pancar and second on carpet.
new crc tires started with kit settings but blue center spring silver sides. changed to blue sides and left it for the rest of the night. not sure what else to change, probably have to just drive it for aw hile and get a feel for pancars.
one question though, how do you set droop? do you have to change the spacers in the center shock?
first real race day with the car today. second day racing pancar and second on carpet.
new crc tires started with kit settings but blue center spring silver sides. changed to blue sides and left it for the rest of the night. not sure what else to change, probably have to just drive it for aw hile and get a feel for pancars.
one question though, how do you set droop? do you have to change the spacers in the center shock?
How is the car working for you now ?
#3199
Tech Elite
iTrader: (13)
when you say turn the shock end, do you mean move the ballcup/setscrew?
car runs pretty nice though i dont have any pancar setup tools. i dont know how i would measure the droop even if i could adjust it. i use the clubs tweak station and the rest i just use my calipers.
put a new set of crc tires on it. grey lows i think. its hard for me to describe how the car behaves as i dont know anythinga bout pan cars. changes direction a lot faster than my tc and seems to hold more corner speed but seems like it could hold more speed and respond a little quicker.
with the silver side springs it was a boat, blue helped a lot. wanted to try gold but wasn't sure if that would work for me as i had my dual rate set down pretty low. i also dont have any other center springs.
there were a couple other assocaiteds when i walked through the pits. one guy was running the 5.2 with speed merchant rear. asked him about setup opinions but all i got was "ah, im running a differet this and that so cant help you" was running gold center spring though so i might try that too.
maybe ill ask someone to take a vid next time for me. i tended to drive it smoother and more arcing than most of the fast guys. still not used to how much traction and how fast these things turn on carpet.
car runs pretty nice though i dont have any pancar setup tools. i dont know how i would measure the droop even if i could adjust it. i use the clubs tweak station and the rest i just use my calipers.
put a new set of crc tires on it. grey lows i think. its hard for me to describe how the car behaves as i dont know anythinga bout pan cars. changes direction a lot faster than my tc and seems to hold more corner speed but seems like it could hold more speed and respond a little quicker.
with the silver side springs it was a boat, blue helped a lot. wanted to try gold but wasn't sure if that would work for me as i had my dual rate set down pretty low. i also dont have any other center springs.
there were a couple other assocaiteds when i walked through the pits. one guy was running the 5.2 with speed merchant rear. asked him about setup opinions but all i got was "ah, im running a differet this and that so cant help you" was running gold center spring though so i might try that too.
maybe ill ask someone to take a vid next time for me. i tended to drive it smoother and more arcing than most of the fast guys. still not used to how much traction and how fast these things turn on carpet.
#3200
Tech Fanatic
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when you say turn the shock end, do you mean move the ballcup/setscrew?
car runs pretty nice though i dont have any pancar setup tools. i dont know how i would measure the droop even if i could adjust it. i use the clubs tweak station and the rest i just use my calipers.
put a new set of crc tires on it. grey lows i think. its hard for me to describe how the car behaves as i dont know anythinga bout pan cars. changes direction a lot faster than my tc and seems to hold more corner speed but seems like it could hold more speed and respond a little quicker.
with the silver side springs it was a boat, blue helped a lot. wanted to try gold but wasn't sure if that would work for me as i had my dual rate set down pretty low. i also dont have any other center springs.
there were a couple other assocaiteds when i walked through the pits. one guy was running the 5.2 with speed merchant rear. asked him about setup opinions but all i got was "ah, im running a differet this and that so cant help you" was running gold center spring though so i might try that too.
maybe ill ask someone to take a vid next time for me. i tended to drive it smoother and more arcing than most of the fast guys. still not used to how much traction and how fast these things turn on carpet.
car runs pretty nice though i dont have any pancar setup tools. i dont know how i would measure the droop even if i could adjust it. i use the clubs tweak station and the rest i just use my calipers.
put a new set of crc tires on it. grey lows i think. its hard for me to describe how the car behaves as i dont know anythinga bout pan cars. changes direction a lot faster than my tc and seems to hold more corner speed but seems like it could hold more speed and respond a little quicker.
with the silver side springs it was a boat, blue helped a lot. wanted to try gold but wasn't sure if that would work for me as i had my dual rate set down pretty low. i also dont have any other center springs.
there were a couple other assocaiteds when i walked through the pits. one guy was running the 5.2 with speed merchant rear. asked him about setup opinions but all i got was "ah, im running a differet this and that so cant help you" was running gold center spring though so i might try that too.
maybe ill ask someone to take a vid next time for me. i tended to drive it smoother and more arcing than most of the fast guys. still not used to how much traction and how fast these things turn on carpet.
To see how much droop you have take wheels off and spur then set on flat table. Then push down on shock where it meets rear pod and how much it compresses is how much rear droop
So basically rear droop is how much pod sags down which I use shock length (spacers) to adjust
A good place to set ride height is about 3.2
If there are many bumps set a little higher
For now set your toe even and ft camber so the tires wear flat
Rear tire size 44mm ft 42mm to start
Caster set maybe 3-4 degree's
Start off with less dampning than more and if your car seems too knarly add more dampning
12th scale cars are lighter than before so they will need softer springs in general so try .020 in ft and the soft/medium on rear sides
I've noticed the softer the top shock spring the more steering you'll get and with harder you'll push but think of these things as relative to the track/conditions
The tires I use are magenta ft/rear and dbl pink ft and pink rear
I have no experience with the black ft and yellow rear or other exotic rears
Good luck
#3201
Tech Elite
iTrader: (13)
shock length spacer is the one that's inside the shock? do you know part numbers for the different sized ones?
im not truing the tires down at the moment. running them straight out of the box which was 47ish rear, adjusted rollout to 81ish.
front tires got kind of chewed up from the body though. most of the chunks are out of the middle of the tire so hope i can still run them a few more race days before changing them out. rears dont seem to have worn at all.
also where do i get kingpin lube? amain turned up nothing on the search.
im not truing the tires down at the moment. running them straight out of the box which was 47ish rear, adjusted rollout to 81ish.
front tires got kind of chewed up from the body though. most of the chunks are out of the middle of the tire so hope i can still run them a few more race days before changing them out. rears dont seem to have worn at all.
also where do i get kingpin lube? amain turned up nothing on the search.
#3202
Tech Fanatic
iTrader: (3)
shock length spacer is the one that's inside the shock? do you know part numbers for the different sized ones?
im not truing the tires down at the moment. running them straight out of the box which was 47ish rear, adjusted rollout to 81ish.
front tires got kind of chewed up from the body though. most of the chunks are out of the middle of the tire so hope i can still run them a few more race days before changing them out. rears dont seem to have worn at all.
also where do i get kingpin lube? amain turned up nothing on the search.
im not truing the tires down at the moment. running them straight out of the box which was 47ish rear, adjusted rollout to 81ish.
front tires got kind of chewed up from the body though. most of the chunks are out of the middle of the tire so hope i can still run them a few more race days before changing them out. rears dont seem to have worn at all.
also where do i get kingpin lube? amain turned up nothing on the search.
Yea side chunks are worse
You can just use diff lube to start on kingpins
Find someone who is little more friendly also to help you at your track
I'd stay smooth and arc'y cause some drivers are all car and no driving and being smooth is what end's up being faster
#3205
Tech Elite
iTrader: (1)
Well I just had the opportunity to try out the new chassis conversion today. At first I had to chase down a traction issue but once that was resolved I really like the feel of the inline conversion. Very smooth and consistant transition into turns, good corner entry and very good exit.
I like it. TQ and 1st in A-main, not bad for opening day.
I like it. TQ and 1st in A-main, not bad for opening day.
#3208
Tech Regular