GeorgePravata

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reds front gold rears or golds front and red rears

DOTMAN

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gold-front/blue-rear or red-front/gold-rear

BIG DADDY8

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Down here we race on a parking lot asphalt surface. They resurfaced it a few months ago so we have med/high grip. It is a little bumpy in some spots. Where we race there very few cars that park there so we dont have to worry about oil and stuff like that. We use grape soda for track spray and it works great and lasts all day long on the track. I can't wait to race it for the start of the new season. Jan. 5th. Here is a video that one of the guys down here does from time to time. That way you guys can see what i'm talking about.


www.promofo-racing.org/Elec-TC-A-Main-428.html

DOTMAN

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Our track is also asphalt with a few bumps and we use grape soda as well. I'd start with Gold/blue. I don't run sway bars either

LOW ET

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can some one shed some light on the foam things that go in the shock? when to use them and which one to use? i'm building my tc5 now for rubber tire on asphalt and i'm not sure if i need the foam or not. i'm following the ae set up sheet for brent thielke, http://www.teamassociated.com/racerh...yrace_2007.pdf

Maybell

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for most rubber tire racing...the ticket is to run no foam at all(0-25% rebound)

knoxvillerocco

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well its been a little while but im back into racing strong now, here is the q? As of now i running a little diffrent then out of the box but not by much Im running gold springs in the rear and copper up front, stock oil, pistons, foam inserts ect. If I run silver springs in the rear I should get more side bite with less high speed steering? I have a big sweeper at the local and if i stay into the throttle i get a slight push...So i changed them from blue to silver, it got worse so i went to golds and it helped?
Chris

LOW ET

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can someone explain hex spacing to me? my set up calls for 0.5mm on the front and 0 on the rear. i see the diagram on the ae setup sheet but where are they taking the measurement from? the face of the hex to where?

wallstreet

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Hex Spacing is a term used when adding a washer type spacer( shim) that is almost the same diameter of the hex itself. I know tamiya makes them as well as others company's. All you do is just put it on the axel before you put the tires on. It is a simple way of lengthening the front width of the car.

They come in different sizes. Basically a larger shim . I will post some pics so you can see what i am talking about.

LOW ET

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thanks!

wallstreet

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Here are the pictures. the shims i have are tamiya and come in .50mm and 1mm shims

Scottmisfits

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Hey guys, I was doing some experimenting with this car and was driving it really hard. My local shop has no TC5 parts yet and I snapped a C-Hub. I don't do mail order. I was wondering if anyone knew another c hub that might fit. Hot bodies, Corally? I've already tried X Ray. Maybe even TC4 parts might wok?

Thanks guys.

wallstreet

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TC4 caster blocks would work best and there would just be minimal dremeling . And if memory serves best you might have to drill out the hole for the hidge pin cause they are different sizes. A fellow racer runs these on his car and i believe this is all he does to them.

He will prob be able to give you a how to later on today

Scottmisfits

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Thanks

C_Money

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I know I have ask this before but I never really got a good answer to make my choice. I am between the tc5 and the xray 08, What are some problems with these cars and how has each one been doing in big races? I am ordering a car tomorrow so i would like to know whats going on with both of these