DavidNERODease

I'm very happy with my Eclipse 2. Handles very well right out of the box... so well that I didn't test the durability yet

patorz31

Mine handles great, love the corner speed it carries. No 12th scale likes taking a hit from a mod tc........

Erhard

Yes I can confirm, no complaints about the handling of the eclipse cars (both - 1 and 2!).
Midseason resumee and comparison of E1 vs. E2:
The new front is mechanically much more precise, due to removing all the joints. The E1 front to me is good after refinement (vertical Dampers are messy without mod).
Rear suspension concept is different to all others, and with some advantages. I like the simplicity and exactness of adjusting droop and clearance height.
The single tube for damping the rear spring is also an advantage. Light, no breakaway force, linear damping force, easy to change damping constant.

Erhard

Any news about the updated part?
We are now running 3rd Axis-bar in Eclipse 2 and 3 rd repair in Eclipse 1.
I tend to be convinced Eclipse 2 axis performs better. Way more grip than E1. I compensated grip issue on E1 with softer tyre.
We ran 17,5 turns GT class and my son could win it! (due to having spare axis)
BR Erhard

patorz31

The new is the bomb. It's tough as hell and lets you run tires down to the rim. I'm very impressed. I don't have my cars unpacked yet from a weekend race but when I get time this week I'll unpack it and take some pics.

DavidNERODease

Myself and another local racer really like our Eclipse 2's - it's a keeper but we really need this new part. I haven't broke my front end yet but it's gonna happen (as it did to my fellow Eclipse 2 Racer) The car is awesome and I want to run it at the Canadian Nationals in March. I'd also like more camber options - more upper plates with smaller camber changes. A dedicated Eclipse 2 aluminum chassis is highly desired as well.

DavidNERODease

BTW, after much debate - I made zero modifications to the kingpins/steering blocks and ran car as is despite the friction in the front end. It still handled perfectly and after only a few runs the front end was much smoother. After 3 race nights the front end is now buttery smooth. I'm very glad that I made zero modifications and preserved the slop free nature of the front end.

Erhard

I wonder where to get the part. We want to run it in the German Nationals if possible. At the Schumacher homepage the part can not yet be found. The kit part is out of stock.

Looking forward to seeing the pictures!
Thx in advance!

Best Regards, Erhard

Erhard

Which Grease do you use?
BR Erhard

DavidNERODease

I have only used the kit damper fluid on the steering blocks so far but will try a variety CST diff fluids in the future. BTW, the tip suggested earlier in this thread to fill the kingpin with fluid from the top works extremely well (be sure to clean out the gunk first though).

TrevCoult

The U7476 front beam is now back in stock at Schumacher.

We tend to use Contact 12K or 15K on the kingpins.

cyclone

As per trev's post, the U7476 spares bag for the beam is in stock. And everyone one in stock is the updated stronger (MAYBE unbreakable) version! Enjoy guys! Its great read all your posts above regarding the performance of the car Please let me know if theres any other issues we need to work on and we will keep on improving together

Andy Murray

qcrc

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Hi Andy, is there a spool option available for this car?

patorz31

Im running a Roche one in mine. I think Andy is working on one for it, from our last conversation.

DavidNERODease

Can we please see some pics of the V2 front end and/or an explanation of what was changed?