Nerobro

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I got the blue (front)/white (Rear) springs for my M05 installed. And the v2 arms. Now I can really set the ride height. I should build that gear diff tonight too.

I'm starting to think I'll need to maintain a set of tarmac tires, and a set of carpet tires. The CA just disappears rather quickly the moment I get the thing out on my driveway.

You learn something every day.....

marcos graveyar

This is not my car, I was just helping an elderly gent at our club, (we have racers from 8 to 78 in the Minis ). The chassis had split, as they silvered ones are prone to do, so I was working with what he had. He races for fun and to be involved with his son and grandkids and is not out there to win championships.

It is surprising how sensitive the chassis is, 10g on a 1400g chassis is very small, there's less than 3g difference in the cross weights so in effect that's the amount you are playing with.

Make sure there is no binding in the suspension/steering/dampers , try and build the dampers with zero rebound, set up all your angles and make sure they are equal, set your ride height and then put the car on the scales.
You can play about with esc/receiver placement, counterweight if fitted, (I run brass plates between the 3Racing bumper and the chassis which give 15g-40g more weight up front and over the drive wheels) . The fine tuning is then done by adjusting the individual spring heights, 1/4 of a turn in one shock collar will make a difference to the weights on all 4 wheels.

32819toon

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Thankyou 😊

Schs2013

Found 2 brand new protoform 225 mini panel wagon bodies yuppy!
Excited

FMW

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Today I got to see the ALL NEW M-07 Concept and test drive it.

One, this thing does not drive like any Tamiya M-chassis before it. It drives like a touring car. It's precise and it completely has a direct feel. Two, it design is just like the TA-07. It's construction and ease of assembly is very evident. Accessing the diff is simply done by removing the bottom of the gear case with 8 screws. The sway bar attachment is very similar to the TA-07. Once you set it correctly to your liking, the setting won't change when you need to access the diff of the car. The designer is very proud of that tid bit.

Internal drive ratio is 3.1221
You can choose the following pinion 06 module sizes: 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24. With a 24 your final drive is 4.813

I have pics, but can't post until the first official day of the show.

Remember, the kits go on sale worldwide on June 25th!

tony gray

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Xxxx - Ignore post, I wrote the wrong thing - oops

ErikJan

So when 24 relates to 4.813 then:

17 6.79
18 6.42
19 6.08
20 5.78
21 5.50
22 5.25
23 5.02
24 4.813

Looks like that with the most common used 20T pinion the gearing should be the same.
We will see the final result.

PizzaDude

makes sense, if i m not mistaken 37t spur again
well...makes sense for whatever it is worth

PizzaDude

Hi Erik-Jan,
Agreeing.
almost too logical from M-perspective

gigaplex

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Not exactly the same, but very close

tony gray

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We need to thank Fred for getting us the info we really wanted...that whole fdr thing was doing everyones head in waiting to find out what it was going to be

Tim K

It wasn't doing my head in, I still have an M03 and a few round packs that are only slightly puffy ... although having to undo only 8 screws to change a diff instead of the 10 screws on the M03 does have some appeal :-)

gigaplex

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Does that mean you've given up on the M05 again?

Tim K

Yep, I think I'll just skip straight to the M07. Although reading that an M07 drives like a touring car is not good news for me, I want a mini to drive like a mini.

monkeyracing

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Well, this was good news to wake up to. Thanks Fred!