jonnymorrow

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Hey does anyone have a pair of yellow springs?

BCbud

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Well the race was a huge success. We had 62 racers with 116 cars. I had trouble with my T1FK04 with rear traction. after 2 qualifier rounds I tightened the front diff and stood the front shocks up 1 hole and got the rear bite I needed. Now with the rear end sticking good I needed to add more steering travel. Unfortunatly for the main I still did not add enough steering and had a hard time in the corners.

Here is a link to some pictures from the race.

http://s738.photobucket.com/albums/x...k%202011%20CE/

angry-alien

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Wow... sounds like you had a blast man... sorry about the handling issues though... do you only run this car on carpet? and if you do... any additives? I am still trying to work out traction on a asphalt surface that nitro cars are mostly run on... very challenging... I was thinking of using additives to help a little... what do you think?

UrabusDenis

Of course use aditives Try to find tyre aditives from e.g. LRP , also a basic can of WD-40 will do a very good job

angry-alien

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WD-40??? really? have you tried this yourself?...

perez62682

iTrader: (51)

awesome t1

BCbud

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Yes, I have used it on both rubber and foam. I also have used suntan lotion on foam tires.

Indoors I use Jack The gripper (club rules for the smell)and I only used it on my rear tires on the T1FK04 to help get the rear end stuck. Outdoors I use Paragon black.

BCbud

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This is the first time I have run this car on carpet. I ran it on asphalt last outdoor season. This is also the first run with this component layout and aluminum front c-hubs and rear aluminum bearing carriers.

angry-alien

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very interesting ... wow... definitely will give it a try especially if it will reduce the effect of dirt sticking to the tyres...

BCbud

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No, it will not help with dirt sticking to the tires, it will make the rubber soft and sticky. When our club runs outdoors, we clean the track with a large gas leaf blower and then spray the track with sugar water. The sugar water helps keep the dust down and is sticky to add traction.

angry-alien

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Oh... understood... Our track is actually prepped in the same fashion too... hmmm... I'm going to try and and find a good bottle of 'stuff' and hopefully get my hand on a tyre warmer soon...

alcyon

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your car is a little front heavy now right? i gotta try the moving the shock outward thingy, as far as i know it adds initial response but reduces some grip in the middle and exit of the corner.

BCbud

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The front of my car is about 8 grams heavyer than the rear. I moved the shocks out one hole to try and remove a bit of grip in the front. I think tightening the diff had more efect.

alcyon

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tried softer rear springs yet? i tried it and really makes a difference, even though shocks are kinda straight. the rear end really sticks.

BCbud

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After my adjustments, I had so mutch traction that I would traction roll in the corners. The yellow springs I have in the back are the softest ones I have, 14lb. I may have gone a little too far so now I will try to fine tune it.