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Old 06-30-2011, 08:50 AM
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If you like your car to feel free and aggressive through corners, the lowered towers are something you might like. It moves the piston of the shock further up into the shock body. This reduces the volume of oil on top of the piston, thus reducing pack. That pack makes the car feel really stuck and stable. When you reduce that pack, it makes the rotate more aggressively, at the expense of stability.

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Old 06-30-2011, 08:54 AM
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OK, thanks!
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Old 06-30-2011, 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by theDover
Does anybody know if the SpecR Gear Diff. for a TCX is compatible with the older Cyclone TC? If so..(or not)...is there anything that needs to be changed to make it compatible or is the diffs the same? Thanks...
yes, it will work, but you need the following

I bunch of diff spacers - so that the Spec-R diff will be centered correctly for the belts..but by adding a bunch of spacers, you need to replace the bulkhead bearings with ones that have a smaller inner diameter - I never got around to measuring what that inner diameter should be, but since the diff is moved so much (since the TCX bulkheads are narrower), the bearing that should have supporter the thicker (close to pulley) portion of the difff floats around...so that's the need for a smaller inner diameter bearings

I put them in my TC, but then pulled it out because there was too much wobble and not enough riding on the bearing

make any sense???
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Old 06-30-2011, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Ooxus
But why this change is often below 2 mm?
Here is the quote from Hi-LowBlow

Originally Posted by Hi-LowBlow
Actually, it will change the piston position in the shock body. When the 2mm lower shock mounting holes were used, the piston position will be 2mm higher that will generate less pack in the shock. It frees up the car a lot.

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You can check the link: http://www.tqrcracing.com/shop/produ....asp?p_id=1872
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Old 06-30-2011, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Ooxus
But why this change is often below 2 mm?
I'm using him, and as said Korey, increase in the response of the model in curve and the small shock pack decreases the overheating of tires, great in hot weather, the originals are still good in the cold season and when you want more grip.
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Old 06-30-2011, 11:57 AM
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I have a question for Korey or Hiro: no idea when it will be put on the market the new chassis?
I need to buy a new one, and I would not make a double purchase soon ...
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Originally Posted by AGNO
I have a question for Korey or Hiro: no idea when it will be put on the market the new chassis?
I need to buy a new one, and I would not make a double purchase soon ...
I really don't know. They keep finding the current chassis is very difficult to improve upon. So there isn't an expected release date as far as I know.
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Old 06-30-2011, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Korey Harbke
I really don't know. They keep finding the current chassis is very difficult to improve upon. So there isn't an expected release date as far as I know.
Thanks for the reply, Korey, in fact, the original chassis TCX works really well, so I think I shall buy one...
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I would like to thank all the racer for their help with this car.The factory should do something about the spur problem with most racing in usa is blinky 17.5 or 13.5. These classes use smaller spurs.
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Yes, this is true. The original top deck and bottom chassis is hard to improve upon. The HB team tested couple different chassis and top decks but they tell me its hard to beat the original ones. What i would like to see is a narrower variation of the original chassis. Hara was using a narrow one at the Reedy but couldnt tell what thickness it was.

Originally Posted by AGNO
Thanks for the reply, Korey, in fact, the original chassis TCX works really well, so I think I shall buy one...
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Old 06-30-2011, 04:50 PM
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I just bought a tcx. how about exotek , smokem chasis? one more question . since ther is nobody has the steel pro d cvd. should I buy spec-r (spring steel , direct fit?) or use bd5 cvd and spool cup , or even tamiya or xray??
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Hi All!

New 46mm hardened steel axles are now shipping;

http://www41.instantestore.net/merch...el-axle--1.cfm

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Old 06-30-2011, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by AGNO
Thanks for the reply, Korey, in fact, the original chassis TCX works really well, so I think I shall buy one...
Not sure what kind of track you run on, but the Exotek has proved to be very good in lower traction conditions as well .
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Yep Korey exotec is the way to go for medium bite parking lot racing,just got my tcx together for our sat.night point series start this Saturday,testing this new car has given new confidence,here's a few pics!
Attached Thumbnails Hot Bodies TCX-wp_000075.jpg   Hot Bodies TCX-wp_000076.jpg   Hot Bodies TCX-wp_000077.jpg   Hot Bodies TCX-wp_000081.jpg  
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Old 07-01-2011, 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by MikeR
Hi All!

New 46mm hardened steel axles are now shipping;

http://www41.instantestore.net/merch...el-axle--1.cfm

thanks mike...you have my order! i have a feeling they won't be in stock for long just reading the last 20+pages! i hope my aluminum ones last this whole weekend!
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