Re: 2 motors
 

If you want a 4wd 12th scale, why don't you just buy the Yokomo 1/12th scale 4wd touring car?

ran my CRC carpet knife for the 1st time today :nod: i liked it a bit better than my RC12L3 - without traction compound, the CRC handled just as well as my old RC12 with tire sauce :eek: also, the kydex front bumper and mono-ball suspension kept me from the usual broken front lower arm and rear t-plate. im still looking to improve the handling - im gonna experiment with tire sauce and different rear springs next time.

carpet knife owners, what usually breaks in the car? what spares do i need? im looking at stocking up on potential parts to break since the LHS that carries CRC products is a bit far from where i race. though the track's hobby shop has RC12 parts so i can get front suspension parts.

in my opinion, the weak point i see here is the mono ball mounting (carbon fiber and plastic) and the one-piece rear links. although i had some pretty strong board hits, none came loose or broke. but im sure that over time, i will break something (as i regularly destroy my RC12's front arms and t-plate :lol: ) is the rear suspension assembly tough enough so that i dont need to get spares? thanks for any info :)

Good News
 

I have never broken anything except many bumpers, one king pin and one axle. The king pin and axle were both broken after I ran with out the bumper. I did get "punted" by a 1/10 TC and it took a chip out of my spur gear, but that is alll since January.

Expierment with a stiffer center spring. The difference is amazing.

I have never broken the rear ball or side links.

Most parts are replaceable with 12L parts anyhow.

MARVI
 

Too bad the first ever "BIG" 1/12th race was scrapped!! Grrrrrrr!!!
My shedule is clear on Wednesday!! See you at Rockwell??

Does anyone here tried using the tri-shock setup on L3??if so what oil wt should i start with on the 2 sid shock??

Thanks

FreshJive:

Mark A posts alot in the "1/10 pan car" thread (see 1/8 scale and larger forum) and he has been experimenting with a 3 shock set-up on his 10L2. He races both stock (SoCal) and mod (Revalation) with this set-up and does well. He's also very approachable. He uses two 1/12 scale shocks on the sides and the regular 1/10 shock in the center position. He may be able to give you some good starting point tips.....:nod: :D

just check out the thread..as i remembered he had a link in his signature to the tri shock mods that he ran on the L2..but it's not on his signature anymore...will PM him later for the link...thanks graphitedust

Here is the link, but..
 

It is tempororly disabled. This is a 10th scale mod, makes the L2 like the L30 with 3 shocks and does not use tweak screws.

http://www.openwheelnews.net/L25stuff.htm

1/12th asphalt
 

OK I finally desided to deviate from my T-bar car for convenience reasons, I am about fed up with strapping tape!!!

Which car would be better on a very smooth, good bite asphalt track. The REV.3 or Carpet knife.

Please add a reason why I should sway towards 1 or the other and I will be ordering the new car on Tuesday right now I really like the REV.3, but all of the competition is running the Knife......

The track doesn't carry specific parts for either, but can get either...... they however do carry front end parts for both associated suspensions.........

CypressMidWest: Do you have ANY pictures of how the damper goes on this thing? Or how a 12LW goes? (theres a long story here)

Muffin: Still waiting on the next T-shirt order....hang in there!

To the 1/12 scale general population:
Does anyone know of a website that might have old pictures of 1/12 scale cars for a period spaning 1985 to about 1988? Maybe pictures of Kinwald, Cliff Lett or any of the old racers?

if you goto

www.12thscale.com

and look on the forum for a thread called "12th thru the ages" or something like that there is a couple of decent sites there! has alot of pics of really old cars.

NOW WILL SOMEBODY pleeeeeeeease answer my question about T-bars?:( :nod: :cry: ;)

cheers

12L
 

12L

12LW
 

12LW

CypressMidWest: PERFECT!!!!!! Thank You!!!:nod: :D Are those pictures or do you actually have those cars? There great! I checked those pictures out at 8am and they had already been looked at 21 times! I think that others on this thread are checking out the old stuff too!

Rice98W: Thank you! I'll give it a try.:D

Any news on the new Trinity 1/12?

??? Has anyone heard of a TQ Eagle from years past?? Like to see a pic if you have.

Looking for pics of older 1/12 scales.... Please post or email to me with a description.

EchoLogicRC