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lrp is top of the line you will not be disappointed and their customer service is phenomenal
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What is wrong w/ the Castle Creations stuff? I have a Mamba Max Pro in my RB5 SP2 and love it... What edge does LRP have? CC and Novak seem to give the biggest bang for the buck.. and very respectable brands.. Now Castle motors I won't do... I much prefer to have my sensored motors (Tekin Redline and Novak Ballistic)...
What he said
It will also give you a little more on power traction
I run *2 . 2.5 toe block and *0 hubs
eh...not a whole lot, very minimal if hardly noticeable. It was a good thing if anything because my car had a little too much, and i needed some push. i've actually been meaning to switch back to the trailing axles to see what i notice now that I've been driving with the in-lines for quite awhile now. I love how the car handles, has the perfect amount of steering, just need a taaaaaaaaaaaaaaad bit more rear traction upon corner entry but not so it grabs too hard. Which reminds me, I know it has been brought up wayyyyyyyyyyyy back, but i am currently running 1* anti-squat, what kind of change would I see if went to 2*
I run *2 . 2.5 toe block and *0 hubs
What is wrong w/ the Castle Creations stuff? I have a Mamba Max Pro in my RB5 SP2 and love it... What edge does LRP have? CC and Novak seem to give the biggest bang for the buck.. and very respectable brands.. Now Castle motors I won't do... I much prefer to have my sensored motors (Tekin Redline and Novak Ballistic)...
I'm only giving MY honest opinion here but Castle is for bashers, novak motors don't seem to hold power for very long, tekin seems a tad on the slow side too. Now all that could be my set-up, but that is just what I have found. LRP has great customer service and there esc's are pretty bullet proof unless you get one of that bad batch that was just out. Now I am partial to this brand but if you want bang for your buck try Viper. Trinity D3 motors are fast too.
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What is wrong w/ the Castle Creations stuff? I have a Mamba Max Pro in my RB5 SP2 and love it... What edge does LRP have? CC and Novak seem to give the biggest bang for the buck.. and very respectable brands.. Now Castle motors I won't do... I much prefer to have my sensored motors (Tekin Redline and Novak Ballistic)...
Just because pro's do not run it does not mean it cant be competitive, maybe this guys only racing club races. If CC stuff is what you have try it before selling it. I find that if you have working gear (no matter what brand) it normaly comes down to driver skill. The fast guys at my local track could kick my but with a manual speed control
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I hear you... but I don't race professionally... The Castle Link program is enough for me.. I am a carpet racer, so the Mamba Max is plenty for me..
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My set up
Im running 2 degree camber on all 4 tires
Shock weight is 30 front 27.5 rear
Springs front brown rear green
Shock positions rear: Tower inside axle outside, front: tower inside axle outside
1/2 oz behind battery 1/4 oz next to reciever 1/2 oz in front
What does ajusting the ballstud positions do and mines a rtr
It pushes really hard on power and needs more rear traction at points when going fast.
Also how in the world to people run like 90% brake i had mine on 40% and slide out really easy when just barley tapping the brakes so i run at 25% now
By the way im just getting into the sport so dont know to much about setups
Ive seen some people put the c hub for more traction would that be a good idea
This is the track i race at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9DSBxBF8Zo
Im running 2 degree camber on all 4 tires
Shock weight is 30 front 27.5 rear
Springs front brown rear green
Shock positions rear: Tower inside axle outside, front: tower inside axle outside
1/2 oz behind battery 1/4 oz next to reciever 1/2 oz in front
What does ajusting the ballstud positions do and mines a rtr
It pushes really hard on power and needs more rear traction at points when going fast.
Also how in the world to people run like 90% brake i had mine on 40% and slide out really easy when just barley tapping the brakes so i run at 25% now
By the way im just getting into the sport so dont know to much about setups
Ive seen some people put the c hub for more traction would that be a good idea
This is the track i race at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9DSBxBF8Zo
Last edited by chancejeff; 02-22-2012 at 02:53 PM.
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My set up
Im running 2 degree camber on all 4 tires
Shock weight is 30 front 27.5 rear
Springs front brown rear green
Shock positions rear: Tower inside axle outside, front: tower inside axle outside
1/2 oz behind battery 1/4 oz next to reciever 1/2 oz in front
What does ajusting the ballstud positions do and mines a rtr
It pushes really hard on power and needs more rear traction at points when going fast.
Also how in the world to people run like 90% brake i had mine on 40% and slide out really easy when just barley tapping the brakes so i run at 25% now
By the way im just getting into the sport so dont know to much about setups
Ive seen some people put the c hub for more traction would that be a good idea
This is the track i race at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9DSBxBF8Zo
Im running 2 degree camber on all 4 tires
Shock weight is 30 front 27.5 rear
Springs front brown rear green
Shock positions rear: Tower inside axle outside, front: tower inside axle outside
1/2 oz behind battery 1/4 oz next to reciever 1/2 oz in front
What does ajusting the ballstud positions do and mines a rtr
It pushes really hard on power and needs more rear traction at points when going fast.
Also how in the world to people run like 90% brake i had mine on 40% and slide out really easy when just barley tapping the brakes so i run at 25% now
By the way im just getting into the sport so dont know to much about setups
Ive seen some people put the c hub for more traction would that be a good idea
This is the track i race at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9DSBxBF8Zo
Radio setup will vary according to your electronics but rule of thumb is higher bite = higher brake epa. Lower bite = lower brake epa. Basically you have to lower it so you don't spin out when you grab the brakes hard. Start running drag brake. It will make you faster (is what everyone tells me anyway lol). I myself am just starting to run it so I'm not that experienced with it yet. I picked a setting of 5 to start on my LRP SXX v3 with 3.0 software. My epa on my brakes will be 80-90 depending on the track. I run it as high as possible without spinning out.
EDIT: also run 1/2 a deg of camber all the way around. maybe 1 tops.
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before you do anything else. Move the rear shocks in on the arm and then make sure your shocks (all 4) have 2 limiters in them. Start there.
Radio setup will vary according to your electronics but rule of thumb is higher bite = higher brake epa. Lower bite = lower brake epa. Basically you have to lower it so you don't spin out when you grab the brakes hard. Start running drag brake. It will make you faster (is what everyone tells me anyway lol). I myself am just starting to run it so I'm not that experienced with it yet. I picked a setting of 5 to start on my LRP SXX v3 with 3.0 software. My epa on my brakes will be 80-90 depending on the track. I run it as high as possible without spinning out.
EDIT: also run 1/2 a deg of camber all the way around. maybe 1 tops.
Radio setup will vary according to your electronics but rule of thumb is higher bite = higher brake epa. Lower bite = lower brake epa. Basically you have to lower it so you don't spin out when you grab the brakes hard. Start running drag brake. It will make you faster (is what everyone tells me anyway lol). I myself am just starting to run it so I'm not that experienced with it yet. I picked a setting of 5 to start on my LRP SXX v3 with 3.0 software. My epa on my brakes will be 80-90 depending on the track. I run it as high as possible without spinning out.
EDIT: also run 1/2 a deg of camber all the way around. maybe 1 tops.
Ya definitely go with the LRP ESC. The best ESC in my opinion, and dont even want to compare to a CC. I would go with the reedy motor. They are known to be slower than the LRP motor, but are known to be smoother, and stay cooler. Also practically none of the pros run them now. Maifield switched form lrp to Reedy 





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Ya definitely go with the LRP ESC. The best ESC in my opinion, and dont even want to compare to a CC. I would go with the reedy motor. They are known to be slower than the LRP motor, but are known to be smoother, and stay cooler. Also practically none of the pros run them now. Maifield switched form lrp to Reedy 







look at the pics closely from the reedy race
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the .30 is the smallest and you will want to use 2 of them the .60 is bigger and is like using 2 .30s and the largest is .90 and that is like using 3 of the .30s I would recconend use a .90 or 3 .30s in the front and then .60 limiter in each of the rear shocks.



