Congrats Phil on your first place! The car looks good. You're running the short, 210mm, wheelbase, correct?

I just finished my M05 build. I painted two bodies - Mini Cooper(original) and Suzuki Swift. I did a search of this thread, but could not find the answer to the following question.

What chassis length is most competitive for the M05 - S - M - L ? I'm looking to Race TCS for the first time this year in the mini class.

If you were going to race a mini, what chassis length would you Use and Why? :)

The Mini's are already a little unstable---longer wheelbase will make that less of a problem> I ran my MO5 this past weekend with the Swift body--220 wheelbase--TQ'D and won the race by two laps.
FYI
Tim

I have to disagree with that statement a little , my mini is planted , quicker to change direction than the swift/500's

I think it is all about how you drive if you like a more dosile/stable car use the longer chassis , if you want a reactive car use the short chassis

No one in my club can believe how well my M05 is , now quicker than my M03 was

Received my shipment from RC-Mart last evening and went to work installing some blue bits. The Tamiya steering upgrade (all three parts) are a work of art. They tighten up the steering slop about 90% I'd say. Expensive but very effective. I got the front steering knuckles as well and was really disappointed to find out they use 1050 bearings rather than the 1150 that come with the kit. Of course, I don't have any extra 1050s laying around so I removed the rear aluminum uprights and installed the plastic ones which gave me the bearings I needed for the front. I seem to recall reading here somewhere that the 2 degree plastic rear uprights work better than the 1.5 degree aluminum anyway. We'll see. Sure would have been nice though to be able to install everything as intended. :cry:

One last note, I also ordered the 12mm x 6mm clamp on hex wheel hubs. They are awesome as well. The reason I mention these is because I recently got a set of these from 3 Racing for my TA-05. I figured these were so simple that 3 racing couldn't possibly screw them up. Wrong. They're just crap. Just like everything else I have ever ordered from 3 Racing. I am so done with them. I know there are those of you that have had good luck with some of their stuff and that's fine. From now on, I'll pay the extra money to get a quality part the first time from Tamiya.

Phil,

Thanks so much for sharing some setup info with the rest of us. I see so many noob requests for this kind of info that go ignored including some of my own. I've kind of gotten to the point that I just don't ask anymore. Can you share which inserts you used? Congrats on the success you are having with your M05!

Thanks
Andy

you are welcome , we were all noobs at one stage and if i can help then i will :p

as for inserts they are from the Vtec30 touringcar tyres i cut them down and use them , i find they fill the tyre more and you dont get the funny wear pattern you do with the M chassis inserts

Sorry to be such a bother.....but can anyone help me out with this? I want to order some parts this week and want to get the right stuff

these will be ok , i used the longer shocks on my M03 just added 5mm spacers under the piston inside the shock to limit down movement

you are better off with the M chassis TRF dampers these are shorter and they come with the short springs ;);)

I use the Tamiya CVA #50746 short shocks with the included oil and they work great! Like Phil said, use the internal spacer, included with the shocks, to limit the travel both front and rear. I also use the short spring kit, blue front, yellow rears and shim accordingly. These shocks are the plastic version of the high dollar TRF shocks.
All these are avaliable from RCBoyz on ebay out of Utah. Fast shipping with great prices.

What do you use to shim the slop out of the rear axles? Part number? US source?

Thanks
Andy

Andy,

Caltek gave me this idea. He showed me his car and it was setup that way..

When I replaced the front axle with a Universal. Which left me the 2 wheel cups(drawing a blank on what they are called). I took the cups and put them in the rear replacing the axle things...

There is minimal slop and puts a bit of weight on the car which helped me get it over Windsors minimum weight.

Its just an idea and it has worked for me so far.. Others may have different ideas.

Jason

Tamiya #53587. My LHS carries them.

X2! Yep, this works great in reducing slop.

GREAT IDEA

i will try that , i use the Tamiya spacers left from my TRF416 but i think there is about 10cm's of spacers in there :sneaky::sneaky: