BMI's DB12R
02-03-2009, 01:13 AM
#6918
Tech Adept
Hi,
We in South Africa only race on Asphalt and the BMI has plenty traction. I been running it in Modified for about a year and recently upgraded to the RR, it is only improved the car more if you can believe that...
Also the easiest 1/12th I ever worked on, it never tweaks.
Hi, Jason, I been sending email to you, not sure if you got it...
Thanks
We in South Africa only race on Asphalt and the BMI has plenty traction. I been running it in Modified for about a year and recently upgraded to the RR, it is only improved the car more if you can believe that...
Also the easiest 1/12th I ever worked on, it never tweaks.
Hi, Jason, I been sending email to you, not sure if you got it...
Thanks
02-03-2009, 03:17 AM
#6919
Please send me your questions through PM. I have been having issues with my email. Or just send them to [email protected]
02-03-2009, 09:45 AM
#6920
It was great meeting you Jason, Matt loves the shirt and wishes he could placed a little higher for you and I wanna thank you for stopping by our pit and checking over his car, he said "it was great, he was a little off" Thankz again, Ken and Matt Miller........customers for life.
and I wanna thank you for stopping by our pit and checking over his car, he said "it was great, he was a little off" Thankz again, Ken and Matt Miller........customers for life.
02-03-2009, 01:50 PM
#6922
Tech Adept
I sent you a PM and same to the email.
Thanks
Thanks
02-03-2009, 01:53 PM
#6923
Tech Adept
I just check and that email is bouncing back. But the PM should be OK.
Thanks
Thanks
02-03-2009, 03:36 PM
#6924
Hey fellas!
What can I say. It was a heck of a week and a lot of hard work. After starting practice/qualifying off with stupid mistakes on my part regarding electronics and car setup, I was happy to finish 2nd behind a blazing fast Donny Lia. Donny has been basically unstoppable in 12th scale for the past year and it will continually be tough to keep up with him. With more work, I think we can catch him.
As for setup, here's what I ran...
-Front-
-Parma Magentas (cut to 1.62" and sidewall glued)
-10* caster blocks w/ 6* caster
-Associated .020 springs with about .020 spring sag when the car sat at race weight (#3 sure lube on kingpins)
-Lower arms were standard associated arms with .060 milled off bottom... no ride height spacers needed (these were arms I got from an oval racer at the race since I was tired of the IRS arms splitting)
- -1.5 camber and about .020 total toe out
-servo angled
-Rear-
-Parma Yellows (cut to 1.72" and bead glued)
-Rear width at 172mm
-Battery all the way back
-.065 Black side plates mounted in long position with tweak screws lightly touching chassis
-#3 sure lube in dampener tubes
-Hot Bodies center shock with 50wt oil and associated copper spring
-Shock mount all the way back in car (shortest position) 2mm spacers under shock mount and medium ball stud on shock mount.
-1mm pod droop
Body was a Parma Speed 8 HD lightweight.
The car was very neutral throughout racing. It didn't try to do anything dumb and was very easy to drive. There was more speed left in the car, I just ran out of time to try more things. Needless to say, the DB12RR is the real deal and it will only get better with more testing/racing.
If I missed any setup items that anyone is looking for, just let me know. I left gearing info out as it's kind of only pertinent to the size track at the Birds anyway.
What can I say. It was a heck of a week and a lot of hard work. After starting practice/qualifying off with stupid mistakes on my part regarding electronics and car setup, I was happy to finish 2nd behind a blazing fast Donny Lia. Donny has been basically unstoppable in 12th scale for the past year and it will continually be tough to keep up with him. With more work, I think we can catch him.
As for setup, here's what I ran...
-Front-
-Parma Magentas (cut to 1.62" and sidewall glued)
-10* caster blocks w/ 6* caster
-Associated .020 springs with about .020 spring sag when the car sat at race weight (#3 sure lube on kingpins)
-Lower arms were standard associated arms with .060 milled off bottom... no ride height spacers needed (these were arms I got from an oval racer at the race since I was tired of the IRS arms splitting)
- -1.5 camber and about .020 total toe out
-servo angled
-Rear-
-Parma Yellows (cut to 1.72" and bead glued)
-Rear width at 172mm
-Battery all the way back
-.065 Black side plates mounted in long position with tweak screws lightly touching chassis
-#3 sure lube in dampener tubes
-Hot Bodies center shock with 50wt oil and associated copper spring
-Shock mount all the way back in car (shortest position) 2mm spacers under shock mount and medium ball stud on shock mount.
-1mm pod droop
Body was a Parma Speed 8 HD lightweight.
The car was very neutral throughout racing. It didn't try to do anything dumb and was very easy to drive. There was more speed left in the car, I just ran out of time to try more things. Needless to say, the DB12RR is the real deal and it will only get better with more testing/racing.
If I missed any setup items that anyone is looking for, just let me know. I left gearing info out as it's kind of only pertinent to the size track at the Birds anyway.
02-03-2009, 04:17 PM
#6925
Hey fellas!
What can I say. It was a heck of a week and a lot of hard work. After starting practice/qualifying off with stupid mistakes on my part regarding electronics and car setup, I was happy to finish 2nd behind a blazing fast Donny Lia. Donny has been basically unstoppable in 12th scale for the past year and it will continually be tough to keep up with him. With more work, I think we can catch him.
As for setup, here's what I ran...
-Front-
-Parma Magentas (cut to 1.62" and sidewall glued)
-10* caster blocks w/ 6* caster
-Associated .020 springs with about .020 spring sag when the car sat at race weight (#3 sure lube on kingpins)
-Lower arms were standard associated arms with .060 milled off bottom... no ride height spacers needed (these were arms I got from an oval racer at the race since I was tired of the IRS arms splitting)
- -1.5 camber and about .020 total toe out
-servo angled
-Rear-
-Parma Yellows (cut to 1.72" and bead glued)
-Rear width at 172mm
-Battery all the way back
-.065 Black side plates mounted in long position with tweak screws lightly touching chassis
-#3 sure lube in dampener tubes
-Hot Bodies center shock with 50wt oil and associated copper spring
-Shock mount all the way back in car (shortest position) 2mm spacers under shock mount and medium ball stud on shock mount.
-1mm pod droop
Body was a Parma Speed 8 HD lightweight.
The car was very neutral throughout racing. It didn't try to do anything dumb and was very easy to drive. There was more speed left in the car, I just ran out of time to try more things. Needless to say, the DB12RR is the real deal and it will only get better with more testing/racing.
If I missed any setup items that anyone is looking for, just let me know. I left gearing info out as it's kind of only pertinent to the size track at the Birds anyway.
What can I say. It was a heck of a week and a lot of hard work. After starting practice/qualifying off with stupid mistakes on my part regarding electronics and car setup, I was happy to finish 2nd behind a blazing fast Donny Lia. Donny has been basically unstoppable in 12th scale for the past year and it will continually be tough to keep up with him. With more work, I think we can catch him.
As for setup, here's what I ran...
-Front-
-Parma Magentas (cut to 1.62" and sidewall glued)
-10* caster blocks w/ 6* caster
-Associated .020 springs with about .020 spring sag when the car sat at race weight (#3 sure lube on kingpins)
-Lower arms were standard associated arms with .060 milled off bottom... no ride height spacers needed (these were arms I got from an oval racer at the race since I was tired of the IRS arms splitting)
- -1.5 camber and about .020 total toe out
-servo angled
-Rear-
-Parma Yellows (cut to 1.72" and bead glued)
-Rear width at 172mm
-Battery all the way back
-.065 Black side plates mounted in long position with tweak screws lightly touching chassis
-#3 sure lube in dampener tubes
-Hot Bodies center shock with 50wt oil and associated copper spring
-Shock mount all the way back in car (shortest position) 2mm spacers under shock mount and medium ball stud on shock mount.
-1mm pod droop
Body was a Parma Speed 8 HD lightweight.
The car was very neutral throughout racing. It didn't try to do anything dumb and was very easy to drive. There was more speed left in the car, I just ran out of time to try more things. Needless to say, the DB12RR is the real deal and it will only get better with more testing/racing.
If I missed any setup items that anyone is looking for, just let me know. I left gearing info out as it's kind of only pertinent to the size track at the Birds anyway.
now i have to cahange my whole car again cause every time i run your setup at 360 i go faster
02-03-2009, 08:05 PM
#6929
Hey fellas!
What can I say. It was a heck of a week and a lot of hard work. After starting practice/qualifying off with stupid mistakes on my part regarding electronics and car setup, I was happy to finish 2nd behind a blazing fast Donny Lia. Donny has been basically unstoppable in 12th scale for the past year and it will continually be tough to keep up with him. With more work, I think we can catch him.
As for setup, here's what I ran...
-Front-
-Parma Magentas (cut to 1.62" and sidewall glued)
-10* caster blocks w/ 6* caster
-Associated .020 springs with about .020 spring sag when the car sat at race weight (#3 sure lube on kingpins)
-Lower arms were standard associated arms with .060 milled off bottom... no ride height spacers needed (these were arms I got from an oval racer at the race since I was tired of the IRS arms splitting)
- -1.5 camber and about .020 total toe out
-servo angled
-Rear-
-Parma Yellows (cut to 1.72" and bead glued)
-Rear width at 172mm
-Battery all the way back
-.065 Black side plates mounted in long position with tweak screws lightly touching chassis
-#3 sure lube in dampener tubes
-Hot Bodies center shock with 50wt oil and associated copper spring
-Shock mount all the way back in car (shortest position) 2mm spacers under shock mount and medium ball stud on shock mount.
-1mm pod droop
Body was a Parma Speed 8 HD lightweight.
The car was very neutral throughout racing. It didn't try to do anything dumb and was very easy to drive. There was more speed left in the car, I just ran out of time to try more things. Needless to say, the DB12RR is the real deal and it will only get better with more testing/racing.
If I missed any setup items that anyone is looking for, just let me know. I left gearing info out as it's kind of only pertinent to the size track at the Birds anyway.
What can I say. It was a heck of a week and a lot of hard work. After starting practice/qualifying off with stupid mistakes on my part regarding electronics and car setup, I was happy to finish 2nd behind a blazing fast Donny Lia. Donny has been basically unstoppable in 12th scale for the past year and it will continually be tough to keep up with him. With more work, I think we can catch him.
As for setup, here's what I ran...
-Front-
-Parma Magentas (cut to 1.62" and sidewall glued)
-10* caster blocks w/ 6* caster
-Associated .020 springs with about .020 spring sag when the car sat at race weight (#3 sure lube on kingpins)
-Lower arms were standard associated arms with .060 milled off bottom... no ride height spacers needed (these were arms I got from an oval racer at the race since I was tired of the IRS arms splitting)
- -1.5 camber and about .020 total toe out
-servo angled
-Rear-
-Parma Yellows (cut to 1.72" and bead glued)
-Rear width at 172mm
-Battery all the way back
-.065 Black side plates mounted in long position with tweak screws lightly touching chassis
-#3 sure lube in dampener tubes
-Hot Bodies center shock with 50wt oil and associated copper spring
-Shock mount all the way back in car (shortest position) 2mm spacers under shock mount and medium ball stud on shock mount.
-1mm pod droop
Body was a Parma Speed 8 HD lightweight.
The car was very neutral throughout racing. It didn't try to do anything dumb and was very easy to drive. There was more speed left in the car, I just ran out of time to try more things. Needless to say, the DB12RR is the real deal and it will only get better with more testing/racing.
If I missed any setup items that anyone is looking for, just let me know. I left gearing info out as it's kind of only pertinent to the size track at the Birds anyway.
You the man as always Jason!
02-03-2009, 08:29 PM
#6930
-#3 sure lube in dampener tubes
What wt is this...I'm thinking around 10000???
What wt is this...I'm thinking around 10000???
