John Tag

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Fpart, Where you from? and where are you racing. Theres a GOOD track in Horshman PA just outside Jersey where alot of us go on sat nights. They run touring stock as there biggest class and normally get over 35 enteries per sat in that class.

TryHard

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hmmm I like your thinking, I'll try that.

TRF415boy

You could have asked me mate, I'd have given you the tip, he he...

rtypec

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Pssst.....wanna know another little tip? Take one of those red shock sponges and put in the thrust bearing side of the outdrive before you put your universal shaft in....keeps dirt out...but can keep dirt in if you run on a poo covered surface But yeah, the o-ring idea is very cool too!

rtypec

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Yeah, among my many other distractions from RC cars, anime is one of them.

Here's a link to the very large broadband versions:

Gunslinger Girl

Rico and Henrietta

Randy Caster

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It's looking like that, not getting any serious hits on it... I guess people are expecting me to ask $200 for it

Randy Caster

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Ahh, Rod and his elite websites, I'm unauthorized to view them! Maybe you should have given me permission too instead of just Neil

s2

my mate got some from r10, let me try a pr, they warped when i used motorspray to clean my diff during a rebuild though

s2

so the narrow width, will give generally more steering through all parts of a corner? or is the effect particulally noticable at certain points during the corner?

cheers

TRF415boy

narrow width will give more traction and less grip on the concerned end. Beware I'm not talking about narrow hinge pins with same overall width.

Randy Caster

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I guess I kinda said that wrong, it isnt so much the narrow width that brings the steering, the narrow width will make the car very fast reacting.

One thing I noticed is that I actually had to go back to a Mazda 6 body when the track had a chicane in it, the car would want to break loose without it, just gave more stability in the back of the car.

Yesterday at SoCal there were 2 fairly tight back to back turns, the first was a little over 90 degrees, and the second was a 180, my car rotated extremely well around them with the narrow blocks and spacing.

I also changed from yellow springs all around, to blue springs all around, and it loosened the back end up a lot, making it rotate even better. I think Im going to stick to that setup for SoCal, but maybe use an X-B combination instead of an X-A, give a hair more bite to make it easier to drive.

Randy Caster

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Also, I tried the flipped front blocks yesterday, an A-D combination to give sweep. It gave a lot more high speed steering, coming off the straightaway we usually have a tight turn, I noticed with this setup I could stay lower in the turn and carry more speed through it. Normally I have to run a little high and scrub quite a bit of speed.

I'm also getting used to using brakes with the 1 way again, it's a little tough because I only use them at the end of the straight, and SoCal has a banked oval outer track, but it definately helps rotate the rear of the car when I just tap the brakes quickly.

Casey

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Carl,

do I need to bring my Tamiya car to Southshore this weekend ?????????????

dawgmeat

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your battery it hitting the belt on impact, it was happening to me but i glued a thin graphite brace onlong the inboard battery slot

Randy Caster

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Mine isnt

I guess to prevent the problem you guys could file your battery slots so that the batteries sit as low as possible, that will give a little more reinforcement.

The Yokomo center chassis stiffener from the origional black and ssg SD's might make a good brace to glue to the chassis like you did for the people that havent.