caltek1

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The Big Wig,

I don't call 40 grams heavy. That is with oil. With the BL systems we are using in mini we get wheel anyway. Once they are rolling, less wheelspin and more drive out of the corners with the added advantage of less maintenance.

Calvin.

cannon

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FYI ....

TA03 ball diff .... 30 grams

Oil gear diff ...... 25 grams (the oil gear diff is a standard gear dif with a gear added ... more info coming)

So in fact the oil gear diff is lighter

The Big Wig

For maintenance I can understand but peformance wise I think ANY fwd is better of with a ball diff (as long as it lighter).

25 With no oil. 30 For a heavy TA03 one. M05 ball diff is lighter (and smoother) but needs some work to keep its settings right.

cannon

iTrader: (35)

FYI .. the oil gear diff is 25g WITH OIL . The M05 ball dif is around 18g so 7 g is hardly a problem.

For all your comments have you actually run an oil gear diff in your Mini? I doubt it

Lets see .. at TITC in Thailand all the worlds best like Groskamp etc what did they use in their Minis and FWD cars ??????? ....... gear diffs because they pull better out of corners

The Big Wig

7g x3 Becouse its rotational mass. Only in my M04. Jilles wanted allmost spool like action and used cleaning putty.

bjspinner

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Um mine weighed 55 grams ( moddified Durango gear diff ) at the masters Calvin, and the car was slow.

More weight in the diff makes it spool up slower (less wheel spin) and carry more momentum through the corners.

The Big Wig

Ok but with that theory you should use a steel pinion/outdrives/driveshafts/ect,alu wheels and so on. Look at real race cars. The ONLY time they consider using a havier part would be a flywheel on a combustion engine. Lighter is ALWAYS better. When a heavy car works better then a light car then it's the lighter one that isn't set up right.

bjspinner

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We run the Hobbtwing 13T brushless system, it has plenty of torque.

Heaps of wheel spin equates to tire wear. With control tire's that weight slows down the spool up speed (less wheel spin more tire life) and also carries speed through the corner (smoother cornering).
I have tried them all (diff's) the oil filled gear diff is by far the best that I have used.
I don't care to much about the weight, my MO5 tips the scale's at 1500+ grams and it is fast.

The Big Wig

I get U. But U probably wack the throttle to much. Very tempting in an FWD becouse U won't spin out.

caltek1

iTrader: (38)

Bruce,

I have to agree with you. I am using a modified 3Racing oil gear diff with 500 000 wt oil which gives me a diff which works very well.

I tested it today on a semi tight track and the car is working really well. I will be monitoring its durability, however with graphite gears from a nitro car oil gear diff and nitro diff outdrives I'm sure it will last. All of the guy's who have a oil gear diff fitted to there mini seem to like them.

I still have the TAO3 ball diff in one car that I use regularly. Today I ran against two of the faster mini drivers and I can keep up with them, so the diff is working well. Now it is car, tyre and driver setup.

Bruce will contact you later.

BTW,

Don't take to much out of this as my mini is kinda slow. LOL

Regards,

Calvin.

Granpa

Just thought I'd post an update on my struggles with my evil M05M. It had resisted all my efforts and the suggestions on this thread and a number given to me in PMs. That damned evil piece of S--- behaved the same way no matter what we did to it short of total destruction.

A fellow racer, Kevin Nino, whose M05M is excellent, took that evil monster home with him and went thru it. He returned to me, a car that was very, very good. I like to run very little droop in the shocks cause that's what my M03 M&L seem to like. Kevin increased the droop about 1.5 to 2mm over what I had and we had us a new car. He says that was about the only change required. I now have a car that responds predictably to spring changes, drives in a straight line, doesn't pull one way then another under acceleration. I forgot. he raised rhe front ride height a mm over what it was before. I've taken to calling Kevin the exorcist.

In some ways, I envy my Australian friends and others, who have the benefit of using different tire and insert combinations. But, tire changes may have made the car driveable and I then would still have a car in need of an exorcism. I'm changing my position on the Spec tire and think it's not a bad idea. Not trying to start anything here, just saying I like the one we're using.

I guess the new B compound tire aren't selling cause the rumor mill has been floating the possibility of a new Spec tire for TCS in the USA. I'd heard that was for next year. Don't know if it is an addition to one we have now, or a replacement.

gruman28

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Can anyone tell me where I can order the tamiya aluminum steering set up and front damper stay in the USA? I can find the steering set up on ebay, but not the other.

Thanks
chris

Granpa

Try Speed Tech. Decent prices and good service

gruman28

iTrader: (18)

thanks, they even have TOP parts.


Chris

Guddam

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