1/12 Scale Setup Tips

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08-01-2006 | 08:33 AM

Corey The Great

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1/12 Scale Setup Tips

Hi, I've just acquired a 1/12th scale car as that this seems to be booming again. Can anybody help me with set up tips for my little beast, Motor, Tyres Pinions ETC all information would be helpful.
I am looking forward to your responses

08-01-2006 | 10:20 AM

Marcos.J

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try this

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if the track is smoothe i would run a .075 T plate.if not go with a .063.double pink front and rear wrap tires,.020 front springs,10 degree castor block shimmed to center on upper arm(1 shim front and 1 shim rear of upper arm in front),25 wt. shock oil w/ olive green spring,1.5 degree camber,rear track width at 169-170mm wide,1.800 diameter rear tires and 1.700 front tires,4mm ride height front and rear(if there are any tight sections coming off a high speed section,run front ride height .25-.5 mm lower in front),parma speed 8 body,hmm,i cant think of anything else right now.if i do i will post some more.hope this gets you going.

08-01-2006 | 04:20 PM

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Most seem to be using Purple fronts & Pink rears. Suitable motors are generally in the 8x2 to 12x2 range, although a 19T may not be a bad choice to get a feel for it.

Rollout is a mystery for me so far. I could give you a rollout, but its only good for 6 mins.

What sort of car did you get?

08-01-2006 | 05:10 PM

Matt Dall

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Hmm, Well my 1st 1/12th outing in a while was fun. Nice track out there at whalan reserve.
Pulled the old Corally SP12M out of the box, tidied it up and put in a 6x2, it was not that scary.

Primarily due to the old, old batteries and way too tall a gear ratio.
Plenty of grip was had on very old Corally Gold Dot Fronts & Rears, no need to sauce them. So you could run a quite hard tyre out there I think.
Gear ratio with the 6x2 was 78/13 with 50mm tyre diameter. Way too big!
I will be back in future with a 9-10turn i think.

Regards,

08-01-2006 | 09:21 PM

Jaybo

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here's a few things to help

tyres:
purple front, pink rear, most brands work well - jaco, trc (trinity), parma, yokomo (though they have different ratings)

try fx2, or tyre tweak for additive, or even sunscreen, cover the whole rear tyre, and the inside half of the front tyres.
if using tweak, massage it into the tyres as much as you can, make sure you wipe off any excess moisture before going out.

speed 8 or 12 bodyshell works well most of the time, try a yokomo ms-1 if you can get your hands on it, they're not the fastest but heaps of downforce & fairly easy to drive

9x2 is a great motor if you've got one, usually go for double winds rather than singles, as atomix said try a 19t if you want to get some lower speed practice in with it.

9x2 @ 18deg timing, ~38mm rollout for a medium sized track should work out ok. try softer springs than what you would with a touring car, if you're using a V2 motor drop back to the old med-hard or hard springs (not the MR ones)

michael lufaso (ae team driver) has a fantastic webpage with heaps of good setup tips on it - located @ http://home.sc.rr.com/mlufaso/rc/12l4/index.html

thats all i can think of right now