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Old 01-14-2015, 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Socket
Latest I've heard is the 3 gear is really good.
A few on B5 nation said the same. Reedy will be interesting.
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Old 01-15-2015, 02:10 AM
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Hello B5 owners, I see that every plastic part is available as spare part in "standard" and "hard".

From your experience is there a downside at mounting every hard plastic part or should this be a no-brainer when buying new arms, hubs, towers etc?
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Old 01-15-2015, 02:14 AM
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Hello B5 owners, I see that every plastic part is available as spare part in "standard" and "hard".

From your experience is there a downside at mounting every hard plastic part or should this be a no-brainer when buying new arms, hubs, towers etc?
Hard breaks more easily. Had a front suspension tower break already. Not sure if any weight benefits. Kyosho carbon comp parts are lighter but hard also might suggest heavier?
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Old 01-15-2015, 04:19 AM
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Are the schelle mounts available yet?
It's available to order, go get you one.
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Old 01-15-2015, 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by WagwanBumba
Hard breaks more easily. Had a front suspension tower break already. Not sure if any weight benefits. Kyosho carbon comp parts are lighter but hard also might suggest heavier?
The only benefit hard parts offer is that they don't flex so when you use like the hard arms and tower your suspension is able to do all the work instead of your arms flexing.

IMO I couldn't tell a difference in the hard arms other than they were wayyy more brittle. I have never broken a plastic arm but I have broken a hard arm.

And the hard parts are heavier.
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Old 01-15-2015, 06:43 AM
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The hard parts are much heavier. I have the hard rear hubs,front arms and tower. It added about 10 grams to the car. They are more brittle for sure, but they are reasonably strong. Meaning, they break because you deserved to break. The plastic parts are stupid strong and dont break in a crash where they should have.
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Old 01-15-2015, 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Razathorn
In regard to ride height changing for tires, you should always adjust ride height back after a tire change.

The shorter a tire gets, the less leverage the bottom of the tire (contact patch on track) has against the hub/spindle hinge pin fulcrum (think longer bar == more leverage) as the car is in a corner. This results in less ability to pull the camber link outward toward the outside of the corner and produce chassis roll. Raising the ride height up, as we all know, increases roll, so correcting ride height in this case replaces some of the lost chassis roll.

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In theory I doubt you feel it. If you change it like 4-5 mm yea
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Old 01-15-2015, 09:50 AM
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A few on B5 nation said the same. Reedy will be interesting.
I have been watching B5Nation. Who has actually run the tranny yet? Besides the AE guys?
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Old 01-15-2015, 10:06 AM
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I have been watching B5Nation. Who has actually run the tranny yet? Besides the AE guys?
Several phoenix guys ran it at W3 last night. Mine will be here Saturday, schelle bearings will be here today, and gears ship today.
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Old 01-15-2015, 10:10 AM
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ah, ok. I have not had a chance to talk to the locals yet. I am curious to see what the C and D main guys think. I never fully trust what the Amain guys have to say. Sponsorship's make you lie, lol. Humpty is usually pretty straight about his opinion on things like this though.
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Old 01-15-2015, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Bubonic-X
In theory I doubt you feel it. If you change it like 4-5 mm yea
I can definitely feel the difference between 1mm of ride height, regardless of the cause.
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What grit sandpaper do people use for diff rings?
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What grit sandpaper do people use for diff rings?
Roughed up 180
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What grit sandpaper do people use for diff rings?
600... Never failed me
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Old 01-15-2015, 12:55 PM
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What grit sandpaper do people use for diff rings?
De-groove with 320, then finish up with 600.
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