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Old 12-14-2013, 10:39 AM
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Hey all, not sure if any of you have heard or not, but it looks like Tamiya America, Inc will be holding a special on-site sale at their race track in Aliso Viejo this Saturday, 10:00am – 4:00pm. Per their email…

“If you are in the Southern California area we have a special treat for you this coming Saturday, December 14, 2013.

Tamiya America is having a special on-site sale at its World Famous R&D Test Track facility in Aliso Viejo, California. See the attached flyer for exact details and time.

The items included in this special sale include: TRF416/417 race kits, M-Chassis special edition kits, TA-06 Special edition kits, TA-05 special edition kits, F104 special edition kits, TRF Hop Up Options and accessories, Limited Edition Body sets and more.

Quantities are limited and all sales are final.”

I wish I could make it, but I have to work. DAMN!!!
A friend of mine is down there right now. Says there ain't much worth buying.
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Old 12-14-2013, 04:58 PM
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What does everyone prefer, grease or silicone for their damper tubes? If silicone what weight do you use?
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Old 12-17-2013, 05:55 PM
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if you were to run a rubber tire f1 car on carpet for 24 hours straight --- how many sets of tires do you think you might need???
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Old 12-17-2013, 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by hanulec
if you were to run a rubber tire f1 car on carpet for 24 hours straight --- how many sets of tires do you think you might need???
Oh my I am afraid of where this might be going!
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Oh my I am afraid of where this might be going!
oh yes.
we are just talking right now.... nothing serious
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Old 12-17-2013, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by hanulec
if you were to run a rubber tire f1 car on carpet for 24 hours straight --- how many sets of tires do you think you might need???
I have logged a number of miles at our local carpet track with my F1 car. I would say TQ Raceway is a medium grip carpet track. Running 571 fronts and 575 rears, I have put 3 UF1 race days and 3 local Club race days on a set and was still competitive so that is about 3.5 hours. Depending on how competitive you want the times to remain, I would estimate you could go 4-5 hours with a drop off of maybe 0.3 - .05 seconds depending if you pit to clean and re-sauce tires. You would get the longest run time running 571 fronts and 572 rears. Just estimating, I would think you could go 6-7 hours before the side walls give out so probably 4-6 sets would get you through 24 hours.

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Old 12-17-2013, 09:13 PM
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great info Panda -- if anyone else has some thoughts about running for 24h please chime in.
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Old 12-17-2013, 09:57 PM
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I think you would need twice the amount of sets of tires. Unless you are planning to change tires every 30 to 60 minutes to give them time to cool down. Don't know if the tires would be able to survive the heat generated from them longer then 1 hour.
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Old 12-17-2013, 10:16 PM
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We used to run rubber tires on asphalt with the F201s for 45mins and would get many runs like that on a set of tires before we needed to replace them. The F104 rubber seems a good bit softer though so probably won't last as long.
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Old 12-18-2013, 05:17 AM
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Originally Posted by hanulec
if you were to run a rubber tire f1 car on carpet for 24 hours straight --- how many sets of tires do you think you might need???
Originally Posted by Kevin CBR
I have logged a number of miles at our local carpet track with my F1 car. I would say TQ Raceway is a medium grip carpet track. Running 571 fronts and 575 rears, I have put 3 UF1 race days and 3 local Club race days on a set and was still competitive so that is about 3.5 hours. .....

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I think you would need twice the amount of sets of tires. Unless you are planning to change tires every 30 to 60 minutes to give them time to cool down. Don't know if the tires would be able to survive the heat generated from them longer then 1 hour.
Why not set an arbitrary limit (I would guess 3-4 sets) and let teams use strategy to see who has a "fresh set" for the end of the event? That would be fun, see who figures out the best time to put on the stickers for the race to the finish.

Can always use Pardus tires, they are cheap and so far are pretty good this year.
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Old 12-18-2013, 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by hanulec
great info Panda -- if anyone else has some thoughts about running for 24h please chime in.
Would love to know where you are going with this..
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Old 12-18-2013, 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by j.d.roost
Would love to know where you are going with this..
+1... This could be VERY interesting.
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Old 12-18-2013, 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by oeoeo327
+1... This could be VERY interesting.
not too mention, VERY scary
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Some images I've been taking the past two years as homage to on road / F-1 and TCS - enjoy!

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http://s721.photobucket.com/user/Hel...rcos%20Wanless

PS Are you in the photo?
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Old 12-18-2013, 09:50 PM
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