Cain

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How would you compare the nessis to the darts as far as pin pattern and pin height?

mes

I don't have any Darts here at the moment, but I'd say they are similar. Nessi pins could be a bit longer, but they are really close. Jconcepts pink compound is in between Schumacher yellow and blue, and seems to be perfect for the overall shape of the tire and pin profile. On other cars I found the Swaggers could have needed a bit more bite, but that did not seem to be the case when I drove the CAL3.

Cain

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good info. I'd be curious to get a tire here that is in schumachers "green" compound to compare to Jconcepts Nessi.

yeah swaggers feel like they have less bite to some of the schumacher tires we use for fronts here, enough so that some do slight setup changes when using them because of that. The do seem to be consistent in grip longer.

Milkdudd

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With the new cars out for a while now has anyone built a DTM3 yet? How did the build go and how do you like the performance?

Computerjoe

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I built my dtm3 and ran it last night for the first time at a club race and all I can say is wow. The only thing I change is on the rear inner turnbuckle I ran no washer and 30 weight shock oil all around and this car blows my dtm2 away. I run on indoor med to high bite clay. I let a couple of other drivers try it and couldn't believe how it ran so smooth.

Milkdudd

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Thanks for the feedback. I'm not a hardcore racer like the rest of you guys although I was a couple decades ago. That said, I still love awesome machines. I think this is probably the next car I will build

mes

The #3 generation definitely has a great basic set-up. Yesterday I headed to Arena33 for some practice, and all I changed was moving the battery a bit to the rear, increasing rear shock oil just a tad (AE 32.5 = 388 vs. kit 350) and tinkering a bit with springs. The RP Dirt greens in the rear seem about to be the same as the kit universal greens, so that was not really a big change, and the RP Dirt front greens together with moving the battery one hole to the rear made it more comfortable to drive while retaining the high amount of steering.
As I am running in a just for fun class with no weight limit, I checked the buggy's weight for the first time yesterday, and it was at 1414 g, with a 4000 mAh Performa battery, fat Highest DT2200 servo and the kit steel arm mount. I wonder whether I should try to push it below 1300 just for the fun of it. With a light servo and the plastic arm mount I should be more than halfway there, add some Lunsford...
Edit: 1349 g with a Futaba 9571 and the plastic mount!

Cain

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be curious what is the biggest gain part folks are seeing? like is it the lower shock towers or the new steering rack, etc. Got a daughter here who is very intersted in rc all of a sudden lol. Have 2 cal2s sitting here and and variety of parts including stuff to do lower towers, could set up one for her with those changes lol

This week may get my CAL3 together.

xenon55

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Milkdudd

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I would be interested in this and also how are parts supplies in general with the Yokomo? Is it common for parts to be backordered for these and for that matter Kyosho too?

mes

They usually don't discontinue parts immediately, at least plastic parts. I am quite sure, you can still parts for the original YZ-2, but newer ones also fit in most cases.

xenon55

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mes

Completely forgot about that! You'd also want the steel front arm mount and the wider rear arms. The plastic camber link mount is pretty solid, no worries. If you break the top plate, replace it with the sturdy truck version, which is also included in the CAL3 and DTM3 kits.

mtbwrench

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All of the alloy option parts(Of which I think all are DTM2 & DTM3 Compatible) went on backorder when the DTM3 kits were released, so I am guessing the new kit rush is responsible for most of what's on order. That being said, I haven't really had any issues getting parts otherwise. Most parts are in stock, and if not they are within a week or two. In reality, this is a chassis with sparse LHS support so most folks keep a good amount of common spares on hand. I always make sure I have extra shock towers, arms, carriers, knuckles/hubs, hinge pins, and shock shafts on hand just in case.

The car is also very durable. I have only ever broken a carrier and a knuckle in an entire year of club racing. Even the wheeler holds up just as well. I have only broken a few front arms.

Cain

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funny thing about the wheeler I think the B74 a-arms will work on it. I measured them up ad other than getting the right hingepin sizes, I think they will fit with 1mm of dremeling for the carrier,

In general I usually go alloy on the ball stud mounts. with the new car using the wider front mount those definitely have gotten hard to come by lol. Seen them pop up though a few times.

I general on the 2wd broken only some carriers.