High Performance Nitro
01-27-2006 | 02:07 PM
#122
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Originally Posted by MassiveMods
We need to stipulate fairly specific rules, I mean we are racing off road vehicles on road. so some lee way is needed as off road tyres just dont cut it, and there are plenty of on road truck tyres avalable as some guys use in truck class, I recall some truck drivers using foamies, these things are exactly like buggy wheels with just more meat on them.. Are these ok ? Now in all the other classes people can run whatever foam or rubber compound they want and i think this should be the case with truck too. As far as running buggy rims last tuesday i had no choice, i shredded a tyre on my truck rims , .. I mean seriously my Huggy looks like a bad double decker bus ! lol especially with buggy wheels on.. I have some really cool Chrome truck wheels and tyres ready for next week, and i completely agree that truck and truggy class should have some specific rules to keep within the spirit of truck racing , I hope this wont cause segregation in future as the new hybrid Truggy has a lot of peoples noses out of joint because of the obvious handling and weight advantage ... I think if we concentrate on what Kev said "So all is well and lets have fun" thats exactly what will happen..
Cheers
MM
Cheers
MM
truck based tyres would be in fairness. the foamies that some run are the imex foam tyres for a t-maxx so yes they are truck tyres. Not basing this on tread but rim size(buggy tyres give lower cg and better handling) so any truck rim with any type of tyre on it and mark won't be leaving my log in on the comp again
01-27-2006 | 03:24 PM
#123
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Originally Posted by mikecatts
Do you balance your cranks?
I use a lazer guided turbo balancer,,this unit costs $60000 its a briiliant tool.
,My best mate builds turbos, and i have the benifit of his knowlidge and exsperiance..im still trying to get a small enough turbo so as to turbo charge a nitro motor..should be interesting.
I balance EVERYTHING that i can...it makes a huge difference to performance, ware and tear.
regards
mike
I use a lazer guided turbo balancer,,this unit costs $60000 its a briiliant tool.
,My best mate builds turbos, and i have the benifit of his knowlidge and exsperiance..im still trying to get a small enough turbo so as to turbo charge a nitro motor..should be interesting.
I balance EVERYTHING that i can...it makes a huge difference to performance, ware and tear.
regards
mike
hi mike, can i ask how is it possible to balance a crank? with half the crank not perfectly circular, how is it possible to balance the part where there is no metal? coz if you spin any stock crank on a bearing you can feel the crank is unbalanced. i suppose the best you can really do is to make it not more unblanced than stock?
01-27-2006 | 04:07 PM
#124
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Originally Posted by dangles
truck based tyres would be in fairness. the foamies that some run are the imex foam tyres for a t-maxx so yes they are truck tyres. Not basing this on tread but rim size(buggy tyres give lower cg and better handling) so any truck rim with any type of tyre on it and mark won't be leaving my log in on the comp again
Sweet man ! i knew we could sort this out ! so what you running anyway , i like the body on your truck man ,.. who painted it for ya ?>
01-27-2006 | 07:40 PM
#125
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hey mark,
Ive heard alot about you through friends they say you offer great service...im going to by the 18os or the tekwell 12 ...and then bring it in for the whole lot....what would you reccomend is better for moddin? the tekwell or the os.
Ive heard alot about you through friends they say you offer great service...im going to by the 18os or the tekwell 12 ...and then bring it in for the whole lot....what would you reccomend is better for moddin? the tekwell or the os.
01-27-2006 | 08:33 PM
#126
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Well they are both pretty well performing engines .. Its a personal preference after that..
OS 18 is better on torque over the 12 but the 12 is more economical.. imo
Either way ill be happy to help you out !
Cheers
MM
OS 18 is better on torque over the 12 but the 12 is more economical.. imo
Either way ill be happy to help you out !
Cheers
MM
01-28-2006 | 03:10 PM
#127
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The OS 18 is a very very torquey and powerful engine....if your car has the drivetrain to be able to handle the power its making.
I was helping a guy out a few months ago who was running one of these in his car, and the standard 2 shoe clutch just couldnt get the power to the ground....it was slipping rather badly with all the power this engine was making.
If youre gonna run the OS18.......I`d recommend its with either a centax or a 3 shoe clutch.
Cheers
I was helping a guy out a few months ago who was running one of these in his car, and the standard 2 shoe clutch just couldnt get the power to the ground....it was slipping rather badly with all the power this engine was making.
If youre gonna run the OS18.......I`d recommend its with either a centax or a 3 shoe clutch.
Cheers
01-28-2006 | 11:55 PM
#129
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hi mark i;m not running the truck, i'm in open pan. Its one of the bosses running in truck.
the rules for truck were made when i was on the committee about 18 mths ago. As far as i can remember the rules were truck wheels(tyres open)/body for truck class. Others were also under this opinion but since looking into the rules i guess they left the truck wheels out
. i'm sure this will be in the rules for next championship.
just clearing things up
daniel
the rules for truck were made when i was on the committee about 18 mths ago. As far as i can remember the rules were truck wheels(tyres open)/body for truck class. Others were also under this opinion but since looking into the rules i guess they left the truck wheels out
. i'm sure this will be in the rules for next championship.just clearing things up
daniel
01-29-2006 | 08:39 PM
#131
Originally Posted by MassiveMods
Yeah no worries dan ! i have some Dominator rims ready with some off road nobbies ! Ready to Truck it ! i hope they are ok they are the only ones that wont rub the body .. lol
01-29-2006 | 10:02 PM
#132
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They arent the wheels and body im running same wheels but with road rage tyres like the revos.. the body is a crowd pleaser truck body.. loking forward to tomorrow night !!! yee haa And every thing Empty touches goes way too quick !! lol
