Subliminal

Adam I take it you are aware that the ball diff can be filled with Oil for the Awesomatix and that it wasn't a stupid question ??? Just checking (unless im very much mistaken as ive never got round to building mine)

MDawson

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The ball diffs can also be built with oil as well. I have one. Just curious if he tried it.

And yes, the gear diffs do as well.

erchn

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I'm sure Mark was asking due to steps 29 and 30 in the manual show the option of using oil. I was interested in the answer also, as it's possibly a novel approach to reducing ball diff maintenance.

MDawson

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My normal gear diffs run anywhere from 70-120wt oil. Anything lighter than 70wt with mid to high bite on carpet made the car feel erratic during rotation, almost as the car was diffing out.

I built up a ball diff with 10wt and found on higher bite carpet that I could get the car to have more rotation than gear diffs.

Ultimately - better performance than the gear diffs and but equal up-keep.

Magnet Top

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Has anyone tried running the ball diff in front with something thick , like 500,000 cst? I'm assuming it could act like a slipper spool, but possible too inconsistent...?

P.s. on second thought I wonder if the balls would skid instead of roll, which would cause harm to the balls and plates .... Hmmm
Jake D.

erchn

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Just to be clear, equal upkeep to gear diffs, or to ball diffs with grease?

MDawson

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I have not tried it.

I would assume that for the purpose of getting more steering - that would be an option. I havent tried it yet. My cars tend have enough steering with a spool (low-med bite) and gear diffs with 300K-500K-Putty (high bite).

MDawson

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I would be impressed to find ball diff performance with gear diff life.

John Doucakis

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Hi guys.
It's been a while since I last posted here.

I finally managed to runs some tests with the car and also compete in my first race with A700.
Car performed quite well. I am very pleased with the balance, behavior, consistency, durability and reaction to set up changes.
I did get TQ, lap record and overall win in the warm up race to our upcoming 1st National race in 10 days time.

Here is my set-up.
http://data7.blog.de/media/846/6203846_116d51f10f_d.pdf

some photos from the race

adam lancia

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Oh wow, complete brain fart on my part guys, I thought I was in a different thread altogether Please resume the regularly scheduled high-tech talk







*feel like a bit of a tool right now, I gotta say.... sheesh *

MDawson

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No problem Adam.

EAMotorsports

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Mark...Poland?

EA

Magnet Top

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Thanks. If I have the "balls" to try it , I'll let everyone know the results.

P.s. John, great job with your tq and win ! I've been wondering through the winter how well the car can handle bumpy asphalt, so I'm happy to hear you found a good setup !
Still a while before the Seattle outdoor season starts up.....

Jake D.

MDawson

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Will know on Friday.

Airwave

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I did! But I was not sure about the oil, so I went with a "basic" setup of 1000...

Smoooooothy!

The only question is how the diff will remain tight with all this oil all around!