143LikesAwesomatix EP Touring Car (A700 Shaft Drive)
12-11-2011, 08:58 AM
#1081
12-11-2011, 01:05 PM
#1084
Tech Initiate
Where I can buy this car (please all possibilites, not only official shop).
12-11-2011, 01:08 PM
#1085
12-11-2011, 08:57 PM
#1087
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anyone selling
Just wanted to see if anyone in the US might be looking to sell their Awesomatix.
drop me a PM if so.
I am digging the quality of the car. Love the machining of the parts.
drop me a PM if so.
I am digging the quality of the car. Love the machining of the parts.
12-12-2011, 04:34 AM
#1089
Good to see you went for it 
Did you receive the long links in the package?
Did you receive the long links in the package?
12-12-2011, 08:08 AM
#1090
Now I'm begining to understand about the car better than just reading the manual online ....lol
. after building the car ,it make more sense to me to see how the suspension work and set up the car...
I know some people are useing the Oring to hold the two parts together...imo
I think is okay to use the O ring as long they aren't too tight..cause when the lower arm goes up and down the two part slided together in and out..
Question to jake
On your hangar30 set up sheet..your spring load set up is max setting ,why is
that? ( too much rolled or too much steering into the turn)
will the sway help?
Last edited by OVA; 12-12-2011 at 10:26 AM.
12-12-2011, 08:40 AM
#1091
12-12-2011, 11:22 AM
#1092
Glad to see the build went quickly. I spent way too much time gazing at the parts. It took me three days ( according to the time stamps on the pictures ).
Yes, with soft spring rates the car rolled a bit more than I wanted through the chicane near the drivers stand. I wanted it to be more direct and confident through there since a crash there can really tear up a car... but more importantly the stiffer spring rate helped through the bumpy high speed sweeper. My feeling is the car compressed too much and bottoms out upon landing after the car "launched" from the big bump. The result is a snap oversteer. I also had to drive a very precise and smooth arc through the sweeper even with the stiffer spring rate or it would oversteer and I'd have to counter steer a bit ( again, all due to the bumps). That being said, with more track time I bet a softer than max setup is probably best, I just was using coarse "binary" adjustments to see what the car would do with extreme spring settings.
At Time Zone II there were fewer abrupt transitions and no bumps, so I was able to run softer spring rates. Of course I really haven't had adequate time to test and tune at the Hangar or at Time Zone II.
I haven't tried sway bars yet, that could help in the chicane for sure.
I haven't run Symmetrical Damper settings either, so maybe that will help in the bumps and allow softer spring rates. Also, I want to play with bump steer.
And by the way Franko, we will be moving the track position quite a bit this next race so hopefully the bump in the sweeper will be less of an issue. Then the new layout in January should remove these bumps from being as much of a problem. Thats a local thing so if you want to discuss that its probably better to PM me about that than bore everyone here !
Cheers,
Jake D.
Last edited by Magnet Top; 12-12-2011 at 12:32 PM.
12-12-2011, 11:33 AM
#1093
Tech Fanatic
Concerning methods to remove the free play in the damper-spring assembly...
I totally agree.
But only lap times must be the evidence of truth.
Please compare it with and without any additional rings or tubes.
But only lap times must be the evidence of truth.
Please compare it with and without any additional rings or tubes.
Last edited by Oleg Babich; 12-12-2011 at 12:23 PM.
12-12-2011, 12:35 PM
#1094
Hey Franko,
Glad to see the build went quickly. I spent way too much time gazing at the parts. It took me three days ( according to the time stamps on the pictures ).
Yes, with soft spring rates the car rolled a bit more than I wanted through the chicane near the drivers stand. I wanted it to be more direct and confident through there since a crash there can really tear up a car... but more importantly the stiffer spring rate helped through the bumpy high speed sweeper. My feeling is the car compressed too much and bottoms out upon landing after the car "launched" from the big bump. The result is a snap oversteer. I also had to drive a very precise and smooth arc through the sweeper even with the stiffer spring rate or it would oversteer and I'd have to counter steer a bit ( again, all due to the bumps). That being said, with more track time I bet a softer than max setup is probably best, I just was using coarse "binary" adjustments to see what the car would do with extreme spring settings.
At Time Zone II there were fewer abrupt transitions and no bumps, so I was able to run softer spring rates. Of course I really haven't had adequate time to test and tune at the Hangar or at Time Zone II.
I haven't tried sway bars yet, that could help in the chicane for sure.
I haven't run Symmetrical Damper settings either, so maybe that will help in the bumps and allow softer spring rates. Also, I want to play with bump steer.
And by the way Franko, we will be moving the track position quite a bit this next race so hopefully the bump in the sweeper will be less of an issue. Then the new layout in January should remove these bumps from being as much of a problem. Thats a local thing so if you want to discuss that its probably better to PM me about that than bore everyone here !
Cheers,
Jake D.
Glad to see the build went quickly. I spent way too much time gazing at the parts. It took me three days ( according to the time stamps on the pictures ).
Yes, with soft spring rates the car rolled a bit more than I wanted through the chicane near the drivers stand. I wanted it to be more direct and confident through there since a crash there can really tear up a car... but more importantly the stiffer spring rate helped through the bumpy high speed sweeper. My feeling is the car compressed too much and bottoms out upon landing after the car "launched" from the big bump. The result is a snap oversteer. I also had to drive a very precise and smooth arc through the sweeper even with the stiffer spring rate or it would oversteer and I'd have to counter steer a bit ( again, all due to the bumps). That being said, with more track time I bet a softer than max setup is probably best, I just was using coarse "binary" adjustments to see what the car would do with extreme spring settings.
At Time Zone II there were fewer abrupt transitions and no bumps, so I was able to run softer spring rates. Of course I really haven't had adequate time to test and tune at the Hangar or at Time Zone II.
I haven't tried sway bars yet, that could help in the chicane for sure.
I haven't run Symmetrical Damper settings either, so maybe that will help in the bumps and allow softer spring rates. Also, I want to play with bump steer.
And by the way Franko, we will be moving the track position quite a bit this next race so hopefully the bump in the sweeper will be less of an issue. Then the new layout in January should remove these bumps from being as much of a problem. Thats a local thing so if you want to discuss that its probably better to PM me about that than bore everyone here !
Cheers,
Jake D.
Last edited by OVA; 12-12-2011 at 09:27 PM.