108LikesTeam Associated T5M Discussion
06-14-2015, 07:53 PM
#1891
Broken in tires. I would assume your tires are just as new as your truck. Are you using traction compounds? I run Pro-Line Primes and clean and apply traction compound after every race. Tire care is the biggest part of racing on clay indoors. I also do not run clay compound tires, they never seem to get as much traction as regular rubber. I run either Proline M4 or Jconcepts Green or black depending on the car and class.
I have experienced when our track starts to dry, clay compounds perform WAY better than other compounds.
06-14-2015, 11:17 PM
#1892
Built my T5m last week, raced it today for first time in 13.5 class, truck was awsome, most fun I have had in RC yet !!! I hear people talk about pulling wheelies, I was running indoor on clay with Bar Codes and couldn't get on throttle hard with out spinning rear tires with my 13.5 , how do you guys get so much rear bite
06-15-2015, 06:43 AM
#1893
I am having a terrible time with my T5M so far. At first I thought I had a bad kit but my buddy just built and ran his and it was doing the same thing. Basically what happens is as if you turn into a corner about midway through the corner (and not every time either) it will just loop out and spin all the way around. The truck has so much mid corner steering its crazy and I have tried everything to get rid of it. Stiffer front spring. All kinds of things to the rear to gain more rear traction to take steering away. 30* kick up with 0* inserts. The only thing that stopped it was Clay fronts with SS rears. I am totally lost.
Setup is as follows:
Stock setup in the front other than 3 limiters vs 2 and 1.5mm on the front tower.
Rear is stock other than 1 limiter 30 wt and kyosho gold springs, 3.5*s of toe with the 20 gram brass C block, arms spaced forward, middle camber link.
Ride height is 30/29 even tried 29/29
Tires are SS chainlinks all around.
Idk if this is the right place to ask but I am absolutely stumped and I think I am pretty good at setup.
Any help is appreciated.
Setup is as follows:
Stock setup in the front other than 3 limiters vs 2 and 1.5mm on the front tower.
Rear is stock other than 1 limiter 30 wt and kyosho gold springs, 3.5*s of toe with the 20 gram brass C block, arms spaced forward, middle camber link.
Ride height is 30/29 even tried 29/29
Tires are SS chainlinks all around.
Idk if this is the right place to ask but I am absolutely stumped and I think I am pretty good at setup.
Any help is appreciated.
06-15-2015, 06:55 AM
#1894
I am having a terrible time with my T5M so far. At first I thought I had a bad kit but my buddy just built and ran his and it was doing the same thing. Basically what happens is as if you turn into a corner about midway through the corner (and not every time either) it will just loop out and spin all the way around. The truck has so much mid corner steering its crazy and I have tried everything to get rid of it. Stiffer front spring. All kinds of things to the rear to gain more rear traction to take steering away. 30* kick up with 0* inserts. The only thing that stopped it was Clay fronts with SS rears. I am totally lost.
Setup is as follows:
Stock setup in the front other than 3 limiters vs 2 and 1.5mm on the front tower.
Rear is stock other than 1 limiter 30 wt and kyosho gold springs, 3.5*s of toe with the 20 gram brass C block, arms spaced forward, middle camber link.
Ride height is 30/29 even tried 29/29
Tires are SS chainlinks all around.
Idk if this is the right place to ask but I am absolutely stumped and I think I am pretty good at setup.
Any help is appreciated.
Setup is as follows:
Stock setup in the front other than 3 limiters vs 2 and 1.5mm on the front tower.
Rear is stock other than 1 limiter 30 wt and kyosho gold springs, 3.5*s of toe with the 20 gram brass C block, arms spaced forward, middle camber link.
Ride height is 30/29 even tried 29/29
Tires are SS chainlinks all around.
Idk if this is the right place to ask but I am absolutely stumped and I think I am pretty good at setup.
Any help is appreciated.
06-15-2015, 07:10 AM
#1895
Take the rear brass off 3* toe kyosho white spring or ae green. Arms spaced middle. My truck has a little push to it but is very easy to drive. I tried kit pistons and 5 hole kyosho pistons and like the 5hole kyosho a little better front and rear 35 30. I didn't care for the kyosho gold springs. White front and rear felt more in the track vs on the track. Idk what your shock positions and lengths are but I'm in on the tower and out on the arm in the front 26.5 stroke. Rear in on the tower in on the arm 35 stroke. Lap times with truck are within a 10th of buggy.
06-15-2015, 07:36 AM
#1896
Trust me it is nothing in the rear I have tried everything softer rear spring, in on the arms, in on the tower, softer oil, more toe, more weight and although they help a little it still did the same stuff. I know it is all in the front end but thanks for your input. Rear traction is not my issue it is the front end unloading midway through the corner
06-15-2015, 08:05 AM
#1897
Yes you are right but I am running on a dusty SS track and my buddy was running 3*s of toe with no brass and his was doing the same thing.
06-15-2015, 08:56 AM
#1898
I was having the same issue. I put the screws in the castor blocks to limit steering. Worked great, no more wash out. Still has tons of steering.
06-15-2015, 09:20 AM
#1899
My truck was doing the same thing as well. I found a couple of things wrong, first the camber links were still very stiff even after squeezing them with the pliers and I had mis-built build one of the steering spindles (one side had 2 trailing axle and the other four). After this the truck was a lot better, just a thought on some things to check.
06-15-2015, 09:25 AM
#1900
Outdoor Setup
I am going to be running my truck for the first time outdoors and I was wondering if anybody would like to post set up and tire choices for a hard packed dirt surface?
06-15-2015, 09:58 AM
#1901
And all my stuff is built right and the ball cups feel perfect it deff isn't any of that.
06-15-2015, 10:24 AM
#1902
06-15-2015, 11:27 AM
#1903
Anybody know if the t5m body fits the centro ct4.2?
06-15-2015, 11:33 AM
#1904
I am having a terrible time with my T5M so far. At first I thought I had a bad kit but my buddy just built and ran his and it was doing the same thing. Basically what happens is as if you turn into a corner about midway through the corner (and not every time either) it will just loop out and spin all the way around. The truck has so much mid corner steering its crazy and I have tried everything to get rid of it. Stiffer front spring. All kinds of things to the rear to gain more rear traction to take steering away. 30* kick up with 0* inserts. The only thing that stopped it was Clay fronts with SS rears. I am totally lost.
Setup is as follows:
Stock setup in the front other than 3 limiters vs 2 and 1.5mm on the front tower.
Rear is stock other than 1 limiter 30 wt and kyosho gold springs, 3.5*s of toe with the 20 gram brass C block, arms spaced forward, middle camber link.
Ride height is 30/29 even tried 29/29
Tires are SS chainlinks all around.
Idk if this is the right place to ask but I am absolutely stumped and I think I am pretty good at setup.
Any help is appreciated.
Setup is as follows:
Stock setup in the front other than 3 limiters vs 2 and 1.5mm on the front tower.
Rear is stock other than 1 limiter 30 wt and kyosho gold springs, 3.5*s of toe with the 20 gram brass C block, arms spaced forward, middle camber link.
Ride height is 30/29 even tried 29/29
Tires are SS chainlinks all around.
Idk if this is the right place to ask but I am absolutely stumped and I think I am pretty good at setup.
Any help is appreciated.
The only two things I can think of, is that either 1) your camber links (or something else) are binding and the truck isn't rolling correctly, or 2) you have a tire/insert/prep issue.
06-15-2015, 12:21 PM
#1905
Instead of limiter screws, max out steering epa and then use d/r to adjust per layout.