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Old 10-29-2003, 04:49 AM
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Originally posted by Herminator
Some people funnily enough they don't seem to be the cleanest overtakers...
So very true and then wonder why they must by parts to replace broken ones
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LOL, we have a couple of those guys at our club I'm not one of them, but I've seen cars thrown around or kicked....
Some people funnily enough they don't seem to be the cleanest overtakers...

Come on KO time for you to show some pics of your car in action, or atleast your track or do you spend too much time on your roof?
ok here are some old pic's but hope to have some good ones on the 1st of nov for you.


old layout of carpet track
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the asphalt track me and heath call home
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Old 10-29-2003, 04:58 AM
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Originally posted by berger
Herminator, what parts have you found brake the easiest and you need to keep hold of trackside. Just thinking there isnt a UK distributor of the Alex cars so if i buy one what else to order as spares.
Hmm, broken parts.....
well there's..... erm.... well....
nothing really broken so far

I have had a few bevel gears chewed up though, from tiny stones getting stuck in the teeth of one gear and then imprinting on the other gear So a few of them each is a good idea if you're running outdoors.
I ordered some c-hubs and steering knuckles, a pair of A-arms just in case
Diff parts are always a good idea, you need an extra diff anyway if you don't want a one way in all the time.

There isn't a UK ditributer for Alex Racing but it doesn't mean there won't be parts available for the Cuda soon....
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oh yeah herm then we have this track which is a 4hr drive for me
must say i dont get there a whole lot http://www.tfbraceway.com/
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That tarmac looks nice and smooth you could do with cutting two grooves for the timing loop though, we use a wooden thing for our loop outdoors, it seems people are magneticly attracted to it at times Ours has a join in the middle where it hinges, one unlucky car got its ariel in the join while driving under it at high speed and it left the ariel attached to the loop instead of the reciever talk about mm perfect.

So do you use different specced Cuda's at each track? Or are any differences just setup?
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Originally posted by Ko Racer
here is a spring chart steve posted....... man this should help alot!

Thank you steve for going to all the trouble of getting us the chart
Now all Steve needs to do is get the ALEX Springs done for us

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Old 10-29-2003, 05:18 AM
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Originally posted by Ko Racer
oh yeah herm then we have this track which is a 4hr drive for me
must say i dont get there a whole lot http://www.tfbraceway.com/
no wonder you don't go there often, four hours is an awful long drive, even for an outdoor track that nice, the indoor one looks a little small though.
Lots of silky smooth tarmac on US tracks, must be yet another thing thats cheaper there
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I have 2 cudas now and I use to have one for asphalt and the other for carpet but not anymore . I have them both set -up for carpet racing now and if i get to a sunny place i will set one up for some outside racing.
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The spring rates in gf/mm would be good too....

So were any brands more varied within a supposed spring rate than others Steve?
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Originally posted by Herminator
The spring rates in gf/mm would be good too....

Isn't that whats in the back of the manual

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Yeah,
kinda noticed they were missing?????

Come on Steve, help the boys out here, maybe you could use one of them there Xipp spring thingys that look cool as ****
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Old 10-29-2003, 05:27 AM
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Originally posted by JDM_DOHC_SiR
Isn't that whats in the back of the manual

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for the other companies springs I mean sheesh, I think too much work has fried your brain
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you talking about this one?
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