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I race maybe once a month with my OLD F103 and Im still within 1 sec of guys running the latest and greatest. I know 1 sec is an eternity on a small track but Im fully convinced that its me thats the issue, not the old girl with the beat up Ligier Mugen livery. The latest and greatest isnt worth a lick of salt once you hit a couple pipes.
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I race maybe once a month with my OLD F103 and Im still within 1 sec of guys running the latest and greatest. I know 1 sec is an eternity on a small track but Im fully convinced that its me thats the issue, not the old girl with the beat up Ligier Mugen livery. The latest and greatest isnt worth a lick of salt once you hit a couple pipes.
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If you want to know where to get parts check their website Serpent Model Racing Cars - Home
In terms of durability, I've hit thing's VERY hard and so far only broken one ball joint on the front end. Plus the fact I don't need to compromise on shells compared to the rear jungle gyms of others means I'll definitely stick with the Serpent F1 cars in the future.
That's my experience.
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For you guys running the 24k 25.5, what timing/ratio is working with that motor? 96x48ft track.
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Mark your calendars for mid February for the Pan Car Championships at Windy City RC
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I successfully converted my F103 to Exotek side dampers instead of the OE friction damper! Small victories....
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I'll get them up tomorrow. Was almost late for work trying to finish up. It was fairly simple.
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I have tested the f103 with the stock damper plates, single side damper and no damper. The best grip by far was with no damper. Generally speaking thicker dampening only reduces grip unless the car is bouncing in which of course it helps. Same goes for the centre shock I believe.
Also to improve the t—bar action you can use 2 o—rings, one inside the other on each hole. This will help the t—bar return.
To be honest the f103 can and still does win races against all the latest cars.
Things that help:
F104 diff
Graphite axle
Graphite lower deck
Removing damper plates altogther
Use 2 oring per hole t bar setup
Use carbon front suspension but cut standoffs and add spcers so you can adjust camber.
Things that dont work:
Ball type rear suspension
Link front suspension
Rear damper
Also to improve the t—bar action you can use 2 o—rings, one inside the other on each hole. This will help the t—bar return.
To be honest the f103 can and still does win races against all the latest cars.
Things that help:
F104 diff
Graphite axle
Graphite lower deck
Removing damper plates altogther
Use 2 oring per hole t bar setup
Use carbon front suspension but cut standoffs and add spcers so you can adjust camber.
Things that dont work:
Ball type rear suspension
Link front suspension
Rear damper
Last edited by ixlr8nz; 12-23-2017 at 11:29 AM.
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What I did is simply drill 2 holes on the original damper plate, then made 2 extensions off of the body posts to attach the Exotek dampers. I used 10k weight grease on the dampers. Also Shimizu makes or made o-rings for the F103 in soft, med and hard and included some double wide rings. I use the hard in the front and the pivot ball in the rear. I have not yet tested this. Also, to center the posts I ground down some front suspension bushings (top hat) and it fit perfectly inside the original hole in the top deck.
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What I did is simply drill 2 holes on the original damper plate, then made 2 extensions off of the body posts to attach the Exotek dampers. I used 10k weight grease on the dampers. Also Shimizu makes or made o-rings for the F103 in soft, med and hard and included some double wide rings. I use the hard in the front and the pivot ball in the rear. I have not yet tested this. Also, to center the posts I ground down some front suspension bushings (top hat) and it fit perfectly inside the original hole in the top deck.
Btw other thing you can do is remove the rear suspension mount and mount the shock directy to the motor mount. Also you would need to turn your front shock mount 180 degrees and maybe dependig the shock, readjust the shock length.
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I wasn't really looking for more rear grip. I just wanted to see if it would work. Worse comes to worse, I'll put the old damper plate back on but now the center shock is not influenced by the damper plates. if it does work, I have a better place to mount the transponder! Also the pivot ball prevents the hole from enlarging on the flex plate and those aren't exactly getting easier to find if I need one.
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/479236...posted-public/
Check out the suspension in the photo above of my car.
BTW those T-Bars are readily available and very very cheap! i have hacked several for F1 different projects. Another mod, I am planning to do over xmas, is to remove the battery doors, and use long body clips instead. This will be a big improvement in weight + also means the car is higher off the ground on each side, as I can see lots of rub marks. So more roll is possible without grounding out.
Check out the suspension in the photo above of my car.
BTW those T-Bars are readily available and very very cheap! i have hacked several for F1 different projects. Another mod, I am planning to do over xmas, is to remove the battery doors, and use long body clips instead. This will be a big improvement in weight + also means the car is higher off the ground on each side, as I can see lots of rub marks. So more roll is possible without grounding out.
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I went with a shorty lipo that I tape to the top deck instead of doors. Checking ebay, there are not a lot of those soft plates except in Japan and they are pretty cheap until you add up shipping. If I can prevent the destruction of the one I have, I will.