Apex

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Are you running the stock motor plates on the X1? I'm thinking the carbon plastic is tweaking on the X1, but on the pro the aluminum is staying true.

After hearing this maybe I need to upgrade the motor plates to aluminum. Anyone know if the black motor plates are still available?

TryHard

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My diff is just a smidge above slipping when accelerating hard. Still have to tune it on the track, but have got close to getting it right in the pits now, slips a bit by hand.

HiH
Ed

TryHard

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Don't think so, never been able to find them... been thinking about stripping the anodising off my blue ones!

BP SHADOW

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They are, but they are backordered through Tamiya America. As soon as I can get them again I will have them in stock

Markus

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Greg,

They should show up again. I looked everywhere online in Japan and the US. Tamiya just finished doing their inventory audit so the online shops will soon have their supplies refilled. I usually watch for f104 parts on Tq's website since they are just down the road from Tamiya.

I couldn't wait since my fellow racers peeled me into a wall at full speed and broke my carbon plastic motor mount into 2 pieces. I bought the blue ones and rattle canned them black.

dfx

Try plastic one:
http://www.rcmart.com/rc-mrr2-hopup-...=595_1075_1076
I'm going to use these for wide link setup.

Apex

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I just placed an order with TQ last night for some stuff. Will keep a lookout. I plan to do both TCS races in MD this year so starting to build and get my F1 car ready.

robk

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You have double tubes, so you may have to go a bit lighter than typical X1 setup..

idbdoug

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Will the rsector high capacity lipo conversion work with the tamiya upper deck/roll damper conversion on my my f104 pro???
Thanks
idbdoug

BP SHADOW

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Yes it will, it's good on both the pro and x1 setups

durtbag

thanks robk, makes sense. one nice thing about the double tube setup is the instant visual feed back on the tweak of the chassis. if the cam lever is not at 90 degrees when the car is at rest on a level surface, then you need to re-tweak. and man was my chassis tweaked.

InspGadgt

Well that can be an indication...but you could also just have a high spot or low spot in the tire...especially if you are using rubber tires. Or even you could have one front spring more compressed than the other...both would cause the cantilevers to not be at 90*.

durtbag

all good things to check, new pits, springs same, plastic ride height spacers replaced with aluminium spacers long time ago. bent aluminium front bolts replaced with Stainless Steel.
It's those hard front hits that tweak me

dfx

How do You guys measure caster when building custom made link setup? Is there any accurate and simple solution?

Pro10noob

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I have seen people use there TC setup system with a adaptor for the f1 axle.
Other use a camber gauge when the tires are mounted.
Caster adjustment is another thing.

regards Roy