Cygnus X

sometimes freak accidents occur...happens with all brands...i have had 5 associated kits, each one have had something wrong with it or parts missing, that would keep the car from driving...i did get a b5m and everything was in order...but then i heard about a bunch of people who where missing stuff or had parts that was messed up (missing threads, holes too small, warped a-arm)


a thing to consider is these buggies take a beating...it sometimes take a while for the damage to appear...so i may have crashed it hard the week before...but its not until 10 batteries later that the damaged part fails in whats seems to minor crash

i have one shock cap that now pops often...i have never popped them off my self...just wear and tear..but now that it has popped a few times, i think its simply done for...tower has them in stock so no big deal

Speedychris22

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At hot rod race, Ty was using the new shock caps. Hopefully they will be out soon. I see he's also using the HB springs.

Matt :-)

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Looks like Tower has the carbon a-arm covers in stock for $49.99

Neither Tower, or HPI's web sites gives a description that I can find. Is this price for all 4 arms ? I sure hope so.

AMorgan

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Just curious since this has a similar layout to an Ebuggy, has anyone tried running Ebuggy type diff weights like 5/5/2? Just curious if anyone has attempted it. I'm also looking for a decent starting point for a drier indoor track with medium to high bite. Thanks!

yzracer758

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Yes, this is for the full set.

evolution03

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These diffs are really small so I don't think it would work well. I went as low as 8 and 4 in my xray but totally different car it has slipper so I think that plays a big role.

boudin4evr

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true

Matt :-)

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thanks

Matt :-)

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evolution03 is correct. You especially DO NOT want run 5000 in the center. It would diff out to the front so bad, it be like a front wheel drive only.

Seems like almost everyone is staying around 100,000 in the center.

The manual build suggest 10/100/10, and these weights are provided in the kit.

I started with 7/100/3

Then went to 15/100/3

My local track gets pretty lose. I'm considering going to
15/80/3 to give me more on throttle control in the sweepers.

Of course, these are just examples to possibly help you with a starting point. Every body tends to eventually tailor their car to suit their own driving style & track conditions.

You may find this helpful

http://www.tytessman.com/setups/d413-setups.php

Cygnus X

running 15-80-3....with 100 i saw rear tires wearing out 2-3 times faster than front...with 80k the front is wearing out just a tad slower than rear

alderboy went 20-100-3 i think, which should help out with the front diffing out, i might try that

ScottyP

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Regarding shock pistons, I'm unclear how people are mounting other brand pistons (e.g. Losi) since the centre hole in the piston is larger than the HB ones. Surely this does't allow the piston to centre properly. Sure you can clamp it, but it would be hit and miss as to whether it's perfectly centred.

How you guys doing this?

AlderBoy

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20/100/4 actually.

kdeleon

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I wanted to mount up a second set of arms with the carbon inserts, so I bought a set of screws. But to make things worst, I did not check the count. The screw package only comes with 10 screws. A pair of arms needs 12. So I need to buy at least two more. Oh well.

Stevomatik

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I tried losi pistons too... Wondering the same thing

AlderBoy

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Why are folks trying other pistons, not enough HB ones available or folks don't want to drill HB blanks?