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Old 03-24-2010, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Francis M.
I'm using all 6 gears in the mugen diff. I just tried using the Capricorn Composite Gears to save weight... I didn't like the results so far, The diff action got way too light even when using 100k or 200k in the front. It actually felt like 30k when using the standard mugen gears inside. I need to play around with it a little more.

I'm just trying to get my car close to the legal weight limit... I'd prefer loosing most of the weight within the drive train....
Wish I had some ideas for you; but I don't. Good luck with it. I'm looking at the same scenero with running a mugen 4 gear diff. I had to run about 250wt to get the feel of 50wt with the stock parts.

I'm going to do further testing this season.


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Originally Posted by Francis M.
I'm using all 6 gears in the mugen diff. I just tried using the Capricorn Composite Gears to save weight... I didn't like the results so far, The diff action got way too light even when using 100k or 200k in the front. It actually felt like 30k when using the standard mugen gears inside. I need to play around with it a little more.

I'm just trying to get my car close to the legal weight limit... I'd prefer loosing most of the weight within the drive train....
Hey man, I am using Diff-lock in my front diff with Capricorn gears. Since the NT1 diff is so small it might simulate the same problem as the mugen diff being too big for the gears. The diff-lock (from OFNA) feels like 100kish from when I was running the MTX-4R with 100k.
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Old 03-24-2010, 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Riketsu
Hey man, I am using Diff-lock in my front diff with Capricorn gears. Since the NT1 diff is so small it might simulate the same problem as the mugen diff being too big for the gears. The diff-lock (from OFNA) feels like 100kish from when I was running the MTX-4R with 100k.
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whats a good site for nitro onroad goodies?
I found one a few months back that sold a bunch of different type of clutches and stuff like that
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Old 04-05-2010, 12:39 AM
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MUGEN WINS 1/10 & 1/8 NSW TITLESBUY BIG MARGINS AGAINST ALL THE NEW BRANDS
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Thats because i didnt race there
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Old 04-05-2010, 09:53 AM
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Nice to see the MTX4 still doing so well, makes me happy I bought one, and even more keen to get it out on track.
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Originally Posted by Bishop
Nice to see the MTX4 still doing so well, makes me happy I bought one, and even more keen to get it out on track.
It is not a bad car at all (I am rolling two of them). Parts and support is still plentiful. Once you find that setup that fits your driving style, others at the track will take notice.
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Originally Posted by Casey Belarde
whats a good site for nitro onroad goodies?
I found one a few months back that sold a bunch of different type of clutches and stuff like that
www.Ashfordhobby.com

Robert has been in this for many years, so good info and pricing.
Not affiliated with them, just a happy customer.
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Old 04-05-2010, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Grenade10
www.Ashfordhobby.com

Robert has been in this for many years, so good info and pricing.
Not affiliated with them, just a happy customer.
I already have them in my favorites lol
I guess I just should search his site for clutches, was looking for cappricorn or sirro clutches what's the hot setup for a clutch now?
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Originally Posted by JLock
It is not a bad car at all (I am rolling two of them). Parts and support is still plentiful. Once you find that setup that fits your driving style, others at the track will take notice.
Parts support is certainly impressive, in fact I'm stunned by how cheap most parts are out of Japan, done two small orders so far from ProShop-Futaba, and given I'm a cheap bastard, it's got my head spinning over the fact it's looking cheaper to maintain than my G4JS.

I did get a tuning run in late last Friday with it, thanks to some spare parts from friends (and tuning help because I still can't tune worth a damn), what almost floored me was how stupid easy it is to drive, it's not like my G4JS is hard, just the MTX4R seems 'overly' easy.
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Got to do some racing with my MTX4R last night, I felt it did rather well, posted some of my best times, it does well at my track.

Downsides, I broke a rear belt during the final, although somehow my lap times did not drop off anywhere near as much as I would have thought?, also I'm unsure about the front spool when it comes to tyre wear, I seemed to have a lot of front tyre wear.
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Old 04-20-2010, 05:04 PM
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still kicking ass in some races.this time against some of the world's best drivers

thanks to marco paffi, great pics

http://www.flickr.com/photos/252stud...7623745081207/

1 tironi mtx4 sirio
2 balestri g4 nova
3 ielasi v10 idm
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plan on racing the (new to me ) mtx4r this weekend..... haven't even driven the car yet.....hope it goes well
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Old 04-20-2010, 08:31 PM
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Marc whatsup this chet, keep us posted on how it goes with the Mugen, Nel told me hes got 1 to, Seisick the guy in gubbio in 3rd isnot Ielasi, looks like Ielasi was TQ, but he didnt finish 3rd...........
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