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Old 01-26-2015, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by mhopper
I have my car built. I am running narrow front and rubber tires. How many spacers should be in the front bulkhead? I built it according to the narrow instructions but the front wing is dragging the ground!

http://www.rctech.net/forum/attachme...etup-12114.pdf

try this spacer setup for Pit tyres.
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Old 01-27-2015, 03:37 PM
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Uuuuggghhhhh! The nose is still on the ground!
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Old 01-27-2015, 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by mhopper
Uuuuggghhhhh! The nose is still on the ground!
Check the front lower arms. Sounds like the flex part is broken. You can harly see it from outside though.
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Are you using the V1 or the V2 front suspension mount with the 10 grub screws ?

you should have almost no clearance from the top flex arm to the upper suspension mount running shimizu tyres.

ill post photos tonight If I remember
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Old 01-28-2015, 09:41 AM
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v2 front end. Pictures would be AWESOME!
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Here is my front end from the last time I drove the car at our Nationals last year, I think I had ride height at about 4mm,

Looks like I was using 4.25mm shims under the arm, and on the kingpin 0.25 below and 2.25 above the arm.

I usually just play around with spacers to get the ride height I needed.
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Old 01-31-2015, 02:39 PM
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Can you run rubber tires on the "W" car or does have to be the "N"?
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Old 01-31-2015, 05:59 PM
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you can use rubber tires for f103 (pit 541 545 for exemple) on the W
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Old 02-03-2015, 06:34 PM
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Troubles with rear ride height?

Well you can bolt on the Yokomo R12 rear bulkhead if need be. I spoke with the designer of the chassis about foam tire setup and he said "If you're running small foam tires 48-49 mm diameter, you can use the R12 rear bulkhead for this."
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Old 02-08-2015, 09:08 PM
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For anyone else that might be curious, the new PROTOform bodies do not fit properly on the YRF. These bodies have side pods that get really low at the rear of the car, and that just doesn't mix with the Yokomo's high body mount location. This means the body sits really high in the rear, and looks just plain wrong.

Is there anyone who makes a replacement shock mount and rear brace that would allow the body post to be mounted at the lower rear brace height, but still at the stock position? Basically something similar to how the body post are situated on the VBC Lightning F1.
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Old 02-09-2015, 06:53 PM
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Hey Guys, what sofness tires would you recommend for carpet on the front and rear? I was going to guess hard or medium front and soft rears. Thanks
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Originally Posted by AZ Wolfie
For anyone else that might be curious, the new PROTOform bodies do not fit properly on the YRF. These bodies have side pods that get really low at the rear of the car, and that just doesn't mix with the Yokomo's high body mount location. This means the body sits really high in the rear, and looks just plain wrong.
Thank you so much for this, was going to order one on payday
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Originally Posted by jamminjim
Hey Guys, what sofness tires would you recommend for carpet on the front and rear? I was going to guess hard or medium front and soft rears. Thanks
Really depends on the carpet,
I run mine with medium fronts for good turn in and super soft rears for the necessary traction out of the corners
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Just trying to decide on wheels. I've seen some with grooves in the wheels and some without. Can the non-grooved wheels be used for rubber tires? ( I will be running rubber tires. )

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Originally Posted by jamminjim
Just trying to decide on wheels. I've seen some with grooves in the wheels and some without. Can the non-grooved wheels be used for rubber tires? ( I will be running rubber tires. )
This depends on the tyres you choose to run. Pit Schmitzu (spelling may be incorrect) use the foam rims (non grooved) and the majority of others use the one with the groves in the wheels.
I hope this helps
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