For those of you that have been using the odourless (Jack the Gripper etc) how long have you been applying it before the race, and when have you been wiping it off??

Cheers

if your front tires are wearing too fast, your car is pushing. Youre having to turn the wheels to much to turn the car, and that scrubs them. Tune in more steering.

1/12 SCALE F1 BODIES
 

HEY GUYS..For those who has been running 1/12 for some time, have you seen 1/12 SCALE F1 BODIES? :tire: and if so where can i get one?

Thank's R/C Paperboy :) ! I will try that, so to get more steering you can stiffen the center spring, right? But when you stiffen the center spring, you also loose some rear traction. But when you run with caster, you car tends to push more right? So if I got rid of the 2º of caster that I'm running I would eliminate some push right? I could also try softening up the front springs, I'm running the 22's in the front right now because that's what came with the kit. I might try some 20's. I don't want to lose any rear traction if I don't need to, so I think the first thing I'm gonna try is softening the front springs because that wouldn't make me lose any rear traction would it? Does anyone have any ideas on this? Thanks :)

:) For more High Speed steering Stiffen the center spring :)

I have my dual rate set around 3 , make the chasis do the steering. You wil have more control.

Kit comes with .018" springs. Check them with a dial caliper.

What center spring are you using now?

Don't worry about the caster. It won't make that much of a difference.

What are you running for tires? Kit?

David Root

trueing front tires
 

I just bought a Hudy tire truer. I have the 1/12th and 1/10th arbors but my Jaco fronts won't fit either arbor. My BSR fronts fit the 1/10th arbor. What arbor do I need? Other advise?

newracer-this sounds really bad-but you need to either force the wheel on-or-turn on the truer and push the wheel against the arbor and it will thread itself on.

One last resort that I have never tried is to drill out the rim with a drill bt the same size as the arbor's threads.

Sorry-as I am sure these are not the answers you were looking for. On the biright side-I have never bent or broken a JACO front rim doing these shadetree methods!!!

do I then need to use flanged bearings? not a problem since I have them.

newracer-Jacos use a non-flanged bearing. TRC uses Flanged.

newracer-

only drill out the center to the same size as the arbor threads, do not completly drill out the bearing stops. But if you did/do then yes you will need to use flanged bearings.

Eric

Thanks for the response! Yea, the track is SoCal, but I'm using all of that 8x1. I've experimented with turning the timing up to 30 degree and the car was a rocketship, yet very drivable. Needless to say, run time suffered. I'm actually looking for more power. I have two trains of thought:

1 - go up in winds, say to a 10, and also go with a more aggressive timing to get the power I'm looking for.

or

2- go with a lower wind, like a 7x1, and use less timing.


At any rate, I think I'm looking at buying some 3300's for this car. Is 8 min run time still an issue for you real 1/12 scale guys running 3300's?

hi guys, trying to start into 1/12... maybe into a RC12L3....but wat are the brands of tyres suitable for the car???
and anyone got the website for TRC tyres??

thanx

What is a "conservative timing" for a 1/12 scale car? I've been running 18 degrees....and sometimes as much as 30 degrees (yup, that more power thing). Are you in the low teens or single digits with your timing ?

lonestar1127

go to the team trinity site for trc information

trinity

newracer-sorry-missed the "then do I need" part.....