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Old 03-06-2013, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by liljohn1064
I was running a 25 and was only slightly slower than the DD cars. I put the 30 in to test and am hoping for decent temps, torque and top end. Last time I ran the stock motor mount and 34, the motor came off at 200*. Not cool!
I used to try 38, temperature was around 150-160, changed it down because the straight way is not long enough for the top speed, and I was struggle with low/mid speed acceleration.

I'm using 35 and it's good. Temp is around 130F.

I'm still rookie with electric motors, perhaps our outdoor track isn't grippy enough?
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Originally Posted by nicholasxuu
I used to try 38, temperature was around 150-160, changed it down because the straight way is not long enough for the top speed, and I was struggle with low/mid speed acceleration.

I'm using 35 and it's good. Temp is around 130F.

I'm still rookie with electric motors, perhaps our outdoor track isn't grippy enough?
I was running on a very small indoor carpet track last year. I had to go with a 21 or 22 pinion. This year the track is 20 feet longer and I was maxing out halfway down the straight. I'm thinking 26 to 30 is about the right range. With a 25 I was @ 110 or so after 8 minutes and still topping out a little early
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Originally Posted by chrisk
its not the exotek chassis as the exotek top deck doesn't reach the motor mount to screw it in. i had done the same mod to my alloy mount, dremel away to fit a larger pinion as we run 21.5 Blinky
McKune came out a week before the Exotek. Sadly Troy stopped making them. The McKune FGX finished second at last years carpet nats.
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Our vinyl wing decal kits have gone out to the printer for the FGX, I'll post pictures when they come in! Hopefully shipping no later than Tuesday next week!
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After racing the fgx on carpet I have found that for the size of the tracks I run on the car is just not fast enough to compete against the DD cars, It handles fine but the straight away speed is lacking, so I am working on a little something. I cobled some spare parts together to make the mock up and I will be having some real parts made. I am currently working on cad drawings for the new design. Here is what I am doing.
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Originally Posted by mrod
After racing the fgx on carpet I have found that for the size of the tracks I run on the car is just not fast enough to compete against the DD cars, It handles fine but the straight away speed is lacking, so I am working on a little something. I cobled some spare parts together to make the mock up and I will be having some real parts made. I am currently working on cad drawings for the new design. Here is what I am doing.
A couple of those were done last year, but a kit was never produced. It would be nice if an actual production belt system was available.
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yes, i agree also. i think thats all this car needs is dd.
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and gets me a step closer to a Nitro FGX.....bwah ha ha ha ha!!
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has anybody converted the front end of there f113 to the tamiya f103 ????many thanks for any help
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TQRCracing described how to put an F104 front end on the F113. I think I saw it here on RC Tech, but you may find it at www.tqrcracing.com as well.

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the f103 front i want on it not f104 already got a f104 pro ver 2 lol
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The mod to fit the F103 front end is the same as the F104, shave the chassis inserts and bolt it down. I'm guessing you have a fixed sliding kingpin rule?
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None of my mods showed drastic improvement. Re-gearing didn't show enough additional pace. On a long flowing track where this car doesn't have to slow down too much or where open motors are used, this car will be a gem. With 21.5 restricted timing on a twisty carpet track, I'm afraid this car just doesn't have it when geared where it should be. I ran 2 heats with the FGX yesterday. It drove great, perfect traction, ball diff was flawless, but just couldn't hold a candle to the F104 V2 guys on acceleration. So I put down the F1R and ran faster. Same brand Electronics and motor in both cars. Same timing, same gearing @ roughly 3.0 and it was night and day. I am going back to DD for indoors. Sad, but true.
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Originally Posted by liljohn1064
None of my mods showed drastic improvement. Re-gearing didn't show enough additional pace. On a long flowing track where this car doesn't have to slow down too much or where open motors are used, this car will be a gem. With 21.5 restricted timing on a twisty carpet track, I'm afraid this car just doesn't have it when geared where it should be. I ran 2 heats with the FGX yesterday. It drove great, perfect traction, ball diff was flawless, but just couldn't hold a candle to the F104 V2 guys on acceleration. So I put down the F1R and ran faster. Same brand Electronics and motor in both cars. Same timing, same gearing @ roughly 3.0 and it was night and day. I am going back to DD for indoors. Sad, but true.
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i just am used to kingpin style f1 fronts versus the shock idea,we can use whichever which is faster tho





















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