Xray M18

[BadSign]

Thanks Killing, I guess you'd call it "painting outside the box".

What is everyone racing on? I'm running on carpet here in Indy. Grizz, your track rules sound similar to mine:5-6 cell and a Venom Fireball (300).

Thai, sounds like that cra$h was worthy of video....

[twan]

i use the red kimbrough in both. i cant find any better.

[Grizzbob]

Around here the surface has changed, actually, we have run for a long time on a surface called Skid-Not(it's an abrasive painted on coating for paved surfaces, kind of like that on a tennis court), works alot like med-low grip asphalt, but we've just recently changed to carpet, & honestly, I think we're all in for a learning curve. We've already tried the rubber tire setups that worked for us before & the cars felt terrible, so we're gonna have to experiment with more foam tire stuff(most of the micro guys here switch to running on the dirt oval this time of year, so we'll mostly be tire & setup testing until the cooler months come back, or until the oval gets rained out, & in the meantime I just run my FT TC4, & when I have the cash I'll likely get into 1/12 scale again).....

[XrayFK]

I remember racing micros back in the day and it was pretty big. Unfortunately racing died out alot once all these trucks flooded the 1/18 market. If they ran micros where I race I'd probably pick up an M18 once again.

[{VIC_RDX}]

i run a m18

hot ups:

4 xray uni's
xray ball diffs front and rear
alloy motor mount
carbon fibre battrey strap
alloy body posts
team orion mod elite motor
ib 1400 packs
atomic servo saver
spy speedy
carbon firbre upper deck

will post pics when i get a chance

[[[john]]]

I Run:

Team Xray CF Chasis.
Team Hammer CF Battery Strap.
Unkown Brand CF Top Deck.
Xray Alloy Uni's Up Front.
Optional 6* Front Arms.
2.5* Rear Tow In.
Standard Diffs.
Much More Fan To Keep Motor Cool
Ellegi Foams: 35 Rear / 45 Front.
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Either A Novak Spy/ Micro Elite Mod. Or A LRP QC2/ Cobalt 14t.

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John.

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[BadSign]

Grizz, I chased set-up for half the winter season I settled on this:
Front:
GQ 35's
Blue atomic spring
6* caster
3/64" nylon tie spaced inside tires
FX dope on inside half

Rear
GQ 25's
Stock Spring with 1/2 turn cut off
Add Atomic spacers to balance and raise ride
Nylon tie inside tires.
FX on full tires

The ties are very important on the rear to stop traction roll through fast S's.
Keep the springs stiff on the front to prevent traction roll everywher else. I ground the underside of the front diff case on the output so I could tighten down the deoop screws and lower the front end.

[Grizzbob]

Originally Posted by BadSign

Grizz, I chased set-up for half the winter season I settled on this:
Front:
GQ 35's
Blue atomic spring
6* caster
3/64" nylon tie spaced inside tires
FX dope on inside half

Rear
GQ 25's
Stock Spring with 1/2 turn cut off
Add Atomic spacers to balance and raise ride
Nylon tie inside tires.
FX on full tires

The ties are very important on the rear to stop traction roll through fast S's.
Keep the springs stiff on the front to prevent traction roll everywher else. I ground the underside of the front diff case on the output so I could tighten down the deoop screws and lower the front end.

Cool, thanks for the setup, btw, would you happen to know where HPI's foams might rate(as far as shore numbers go) compared to those GQ's? One of my buddies tried his basic setup but changed the tires to HPI firm foam fronts & medium rears, & he said it flt pretty good like that(so it made me wondr how the softer foams like GQ's would figure into it)....

[duneland]

Xray M18 CF chassis
Mamba esc
Dyn C4 9200 bl
2 cell thp 1320
Futaba 3101/Xray saver
rear inner wheels at both ends of car
2mm spacer in rear wheels
Xray truck upper plate w/ truck steering (More ackerman)
Mostly run asc diffs w/stock plastic unis (they last longer than any of the alloy units)
2.5 deg rear links
Atomic threaded shocks/spring sets
Experimenting lately with one-way in front, spool in rear.
had to go to titanium unis & stock rear toe links.
Xray foam tires.

[geeunit1014]

i have an m18 with:

penguin chassis
vertical motor mount
xray/integy alu universals
mamba 5400 brushless
ib1200 saddle packs
xray hard front tires (no sauce)
xray soft rear tires (full sauce)
atomic gold front springs(with 2 wolfe motorsports 12th scale spacers)
wolfe motorsports green progressive springs
futaba 3101w/ xray saver
2.5 degree links
mazda 6 body
front 1 way
18t rear diff
rcscrewz stainless hex screw set

has anyone tried the micro stratus yet?

[BadSign]

Originally Posted by Grizzbob

Cool, thanks for the setup, btw, would you happen to know where HPI's foams might rate(as far as shore numbers go) compared to those GQ's? One of my buddies tried his basic setup but changed the tires to HPI firm foam fronts & medium rears, & he said it flt pretty good like that(so it made me wondr how the softer foams like GQ's would figure into it)....

Sorry, I've never run the HPI's. I did use the orions with the hard-med-soft rating, but never felt their soft tires gave enough rear grip. They felt like 45, 40, and 35. The Ellegis are good but they don't make a tire softer than 35. GQ's seem to work best for me.

[duneland]

Personally, I never run the soft foams from HPI, Orion, TRC. They seem WAY too soft for me. They tend to roll over in the corners & make the car less predictable. The Xray foams retail for 5 bucks a pair & work great. I usually run mediums all around when using diffs at both ends of the car. Firm fronts when using the one-way.

[BadSign]

I forgot to mention, apply a layer of CA to the sidewalls of the tires, both front and rear. This was a big help with traction rolls.

[duneland]

The ca helps a lot with chunking too. Clear finger nail pollish is another alternative.

[geeunit1014]

found this m18 setup sheet on one18th, thought id share it with all