Grub Maker you and your friends excitment is the thing that will make this class grow!! Good Luck.

today I look at my manual I realize there is caster setting. What is the starting setting reccomended?

what size spur shoudl i run. i already have a 100 on there but as my tures wear down the spur is getting close to the carpet. and that is with 46 mm rears. should i go to a 94 or somthing like that?

96 tooth spur is a good fit for stock or mod. I use a 92 when I need a really high gear, like for 19 turn.

What is a good motor brush combo for 1/12 scale? I am running Putnam reds and purple springs (ouch) in my crc

I have been running an 88T spur for about 18 months. For the pedantic wise asses out there (you know who you are -cough OD cough-). That doesn't mean the same one.

Chris

88, then 87, then...at what point do you change it? :D

I know Putnam uses their green springs for 1/12th scale tuned motors. I go back and forth between red +/green - and green/green using trinity springs. For brushes I've only used F brushes and they seem to work well in my monster and roar stock, Putnam uses green/blue combo which I may give a shot once I run out of F brushes, 767s are also the good old standby.

I'll usually change it when you get within 4 laps of me, last time I was down to about 14 teeth. :lol: :lol: :lol:

On adifferent note... A friend of mine gave me a bunch of colored computer power supply wire that is 18 gauge and says to use it for my RC cars.
Can this wire be used for it? I see 12-14 and some 16 gauge seems to be the standard for 6 cell cars and I also see some that uses slot car wire for their 12 scale cars.....

THX in advance.

Front droop?
 

hey all,

I have been seeing racers adding back in droop to the front suspension. Not droop like we do on our TC's per se, more like sag in the front springs.

Can anyone tell me what running the front end with a little sag does compared to running shimmed up tighter?

Thanks,
Ray

Sag at rest, or when you lift the front?

Looking for new 1/12
 

Hello friends:
I am looking for a new 1/12.
I am thinking in Calandra Carpet Knife 3.2R and Corally SP12M2
What do you think?
My first use will be asphalt.
Another model?

I would be very grateful if you could help me.

A lot of thank's

16 guage is the norm for four cell 1/12th scale cars. It has more voltage drop per length than 14 but I can't tell the difference on the track. Slot car lead wire is 18 or 20 guage but I've never seen anyone use it for RC power wire. You may have seen pictures of cars on this forum using Castle Creations 16 guage wire, which has a very thin jacket (that's why we use it); and it looks like 18 ga.

I honestly dont know and I am not running my 12th scale for awhile to test it. I would assme its up in the air and how much you can raise the steering block before contacting the spring. I have always built my front ends with zero preload and zero sag (or as close to it as I can get).