Huh?
 

Nitro 1/12? Never heard of it.

One reason I race 1/12 is 8 minute heats and mains. More track time for my $s.

Trying Suntan Lotion this weekend. I also have some Trinity Tire treatment. It looks like suntan lotion, the instructions say treat with tire sauce, then put this stuff on, it will keep the tires softer longer. It looks like suntan lotion. Gotta try everything.

David Root

davidl: I would appreciate that. You're already a national champion, so please let the little people offer up our knowledge when ever possible. :lol: Really, I was complaining about ACTUALLY HAVING TO WORK for a little while. This PESKY JOB!

Re: Huh?
 

David R wrote: "Nitro 1/12? Never heard of it."

The first 1/12th scale car I ever saw was powered by a Cox .049-
it was slow and unreliable, but that's the way they came back then before the advent of electronic speed controls etc. And oh, yes, dinosaurs roamed the earth.
O'D

And you use part of a bicycle to start the car... no clutch..... no brakes....WHEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D :D

CMW - Hahahahahahahahahaha..........ops. (I said I wasn't going to post)

Nothing to do with 1/12,BUT
 

Wen I was a kid back in the 60s, I had a Shrike. It had 4 wheels, no steering, Prop on the back with the Cox .049 engine. I just fired it up and let it go. It did have a loop for a teather, but I never knew what it was for. After a while we learned to start the motor backwards, then the car would go until it got up some speed then spin out and take off in a different direction. Saved on crashes that way. I'm getting old, but the cars are much better now.

David Root

showing your age
 

I remember the Shrike! I didn't have one though. I did have the wire tether car powered by a CO2 cartridge...Fahwhoosshhh!!!

question again
 

Hello again and Mabuhay!!!(good health good life!!) from Manila Philippines!!!!!

1. I'm running an L3, the stock steering is great and have no problems with it, question is: what will happen If I change to in-line steering? If i do what should I expect from the car after?

2. Has any body here modified the L3 by using damper tubes? I did, and I used the ones from CRC, my question is: after you did the modification, how did you fine tune your car.

3. Our "lone" indoor carpet track is narrow/small and tight, i use an 11x2 motor, with a 75/15 combination, a rollout of about 30.457 the rear wheel spins when I gun the throttle, is my gearing to high? (i'm using the stock foams that came with the kit)

lastly: what are the factors that make the rear wheel spin? loose/tight diff? gearing?

wd-40 seems to work on our track!
thanks and sorry for the long post!!
Peace to all!!!

Hi All... I'm occasionally racing a 4 cell/ mod powered 1/12 Associated L3. There is no 1/12 class at my local track, so the 1/10 pan cars allow me to race with them. We race 5 min on a high grip asphalt track. I am running an Orion 8x1 @ 18-20 degrees with new sanyo 3000's. I cruise the practice lap, then race 5 min. Gearing is 17/72 (48 pitch) with full size tires. Car is very fast and runs well and has won the "A" a few times.

Issue: I'm having problems dumping or getting VERY soft on the last lap.

Questions: Am I running too much timing, too much motor, too much gearing?

What do you guys run for winds, motors, gearing? I couldn't make 8 minutes with this set-up. Why can a mod sedan make run time?

Comment: 1/12 scale rocks! Kinwald was turning 8.7's with a 7x1 in his sedan....I was turning 8.9's! YaaaaHooooo!

I couldn't afford a Shrike.....so I took an .049 motor and made a chassis out of an "Erector" set. (dated myself with DavidRoot on that one...) Lived on a street with a concrete curb/gutter. On street sweeping day noone could park on the street , so we ran our prop car down the gutter at about 40 mph. Between that and all the other things I did, It's no wonder all the neighbors wanted to thump on me.....man, wish I still had that car.....:nod: :D

1- yeah you probably have too much motor..... but then agian that would be just enough huh??

2- switch to 64 pitch gears, they are much more efficient...

3- being smoother on the throttle will yeild you the extra 10-20 seconds RT you yearn for....

4- If you would run an 8 min. race you would probably go with less motor and much more conservative timing...

1/12 scale teaches you throttle control.

Throttle control will help your batteries last.

Lower timing will give more torque on the low end, and save some battery along with motor maintnence. Its only a 29 oz car.

I let a freind that was driving a Sedan (TC) with a brush less try out my carpte knife. He was yanking and jerking the throttle. I tried to show him how to use the chasis and some control so the car would go around the track. I have never driven a TC. No interest.

graphitedust- I assume you are the track you are talking about is Socal? That seems kinda small for a 8x1 for 12th scale. I would go to a 9 or 10 double, you will have slightly less torque and thus more runtime. maybe even try an 8x3 or 4 and gear it more agressively. also pick up some 3300's, that should help you out alot as well. and if that doesnt work try a reciever pack.

David,

yes there is a 12thscaler Nitro , I have pictures email me

What company makes a 1/12 nitro? Or is it something that some guy made with custom made parts? Sounds pretty cool though.

I have to say that getting the rear ride height adjusters on the carpet knife to fit is the biggest pain in the ass. It took me like 10 minutes to get them to fit because I kept having to sand them down and than check em so I didn't make them too small. But otherwise the car is working great. It seems like the front tires wear out faster than the rear tires. I thought the rear tires would wear out faster because of how much softer they are. But it looks like the front are wearing faster.