Originally Posted by
Velocitygt
Just for the guys wondering which Bushings/Blades to use in the outdrives. Here is what we have found so far.
Square Brass Bushings - They wear out pretty quickly although do not wear the outdrives at all.
Round Steel Bushings - Zero wear on the bushing and Zero wear on the outdrives after about 30 runs! Awesome.
Cant see why you would use the plastic blades at all when you can use a bushing that doesnt wear and creates zero friction under load due to being able to roll in the outdrive.
We are hoping to find some 2x4x2 chrome steel bearings soon to try.
On the weekend just past Sandy Iavazzo (Awesomatix) won modified with Track record at quite a large event down here in AUS - I ended up fourth. Over 90 entries in total.
Very promising for a car that has only been in our hands for a couple of months.
Next stop is TITC!
Found the exact results with the outdrive ends. Bearing replacements could be marginal above the steel bushings. Brian Kinwald developed those for the Losi cars that became known as the BK Bones. Pretty trick back in the day.