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Old 07-22-2011, 06:01 AM
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Originally Posted by mattwoodcraft
i have changed the rear pistons to the 4 hole and running 40wt oil in the rear 3hole in the front with 40 wt oil.

i have the serpent white springs on there way but at the moment i am using the the xray springs
Is that you carpet set up you are posting.
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Old 07-22-2011, 06:33 AM
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Originally Posted by bag67
are you 100% sure that T3 Xray Gear diff will works on S411???

i've tried to put one T3 ball diff on S411... and this don't fit !!!!

T3 ball diff is 1 mm larger (on bearing holder) compared to S411 spool/gear diff
sorry ..yes you are right...the Serpent is much narrow than T3 Xray...what was I'm thinking ..
For sure the NT1 will works
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I wouldn't say 4 bevels in the diff is nessasary but the "diff action" is far better in this format. My brother is getting around in 17.5 ok even with a very light diff however I liked the heavier oil and 4 bevels much better. The gears are cheap so I recommend trying it.
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Originally Posted by gearhead_22
Is that you carpet set up you are posting.
no i have not yet run it on the carpet yet.

but with all my previous touring cars i have always used the bigger pistons in the rear and played around with the oil wt
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Originally Posted by Marcos.J
nice cut wheelwells
Thanks buddy. I cut them with a circle cutter and I also cut them so the front of the body can 'curl' under itself. There's no cracked wheelwells that way

Race ready for tomorrow
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Originally Posted by JayBee
Thanks buddy. I cut them with a circle cutter and I also cut them so the front of the body can 'curl' under itself. There's no cracked wheelwells that way

Race ready for tomorrow
nice paint man, with the wheel wells, be good to run just a one colour job till you get setup, wheelbase changes wreck the wheel wells. haha Nice Job .
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Originally Posted by JayBee
Thanks buddy. I cut them with a circle cutter and I also cut them so the front of the body can 'curl' under itself. There's no cracked wheelwells that way

Race ready for tomorrow
Looks good!
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Originally Posted by kobiwan
What dog bone blades are people using? I tried the Xray 3.5 ones and they are too big.
Best so far for wear and fit have been the SPECR BD5 White blades.

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Did a bit of running today at my local club trying to find a well balanced base setup for this chassis for my local tracks. Made a few changes but one change was quite significant, being the screw between the top deck and motor mount. I found removing this with all the others in place gave a much better balance of grip front to rear. This was particularly noticeable in switchbacks (or s-bends) and hard braking while steering. If you race on asphalt, give it a try.
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Originally Posted by Dragonfire
Did a bit of running today at my local club trying to find a well balanced base setup for this chassis for my local tracks. Made a few changes but one change was quite significant, being the screw between the top deck and motor mount. I found removing this with all the others in place gave a much better balance of grip front to rear. This was particularly noticeable in switchbacks (or s-bends) and hard braking while steering. If you race on asphalt, give it a try.
well i had a different experience with that. my screw actually fell out in practice, and i couldnt work out why my car wasnt handling as good. then i found the screw was missing. it will for sure add more flex, but i also feel it is a last resort effort to make the car work. id look at other things first before doing so. just from what i have felt, and found. it may work better on slower technical tracks, but not fast flowing tracks. it really unsettles my car into the sweeper at over 100K an hour.
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removing the screw from that place could also cause meshing problems to i would think. with additional flex since the motor is then pnly supported by 2 screws,certainly worth a shot what ever help put the power down in corners
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Surprising to hear that. Personally I am against flex, it just takes performance away from the car. This however gave the same lap time as with the screw in but planted the rear of the car. I have tried screws in and out before but just this one by itself seemed to work well. I'll get some more testing in this friday under different conditions so we will see how it translates there.
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Originally Posted by mattwoodcraft
removing the screw from that place could also cause meshing problems to i would think. with additional flex since the motor is then pnly supported by 2 screws,certainly worth a shot what ever help put the power down in corners
i have no problem putting power down out of corners. one thing im trying to find is a little more steering, but so minimal, im almost not too worried about it. but it wont stop me going out with a completely new setup come sunday.
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what gear ratio you using and wind ?

do you start with the recomended settings on the paper that comes with the motor
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Originally Posted by mattwoodcraft
what gear ratio you using and wind ?

do you start with the recomended settings on the paper that comes with the motor
im using 3.5T mod software. but still tryign things out . set new lap and race records last meet. its fast. i like it.
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