It's interesting that the adjustment is shown on the setup sheets, but isn't mentioned in the manual etc

Its something that we have been doing ourselves since the car came out but they never changed the mold to allow it to be done easier. I hoped they would do that when they made the new lower arm last year with the insert but it wasnt included in the updates. Hopefully it does make it this year.

It was toward the top of my "wants" list to them.

EA

Agreed, I was speaking to Olly Jefferies and others about it and they mention 'well, you need to Dremel off....' :rolleyes:

Hi guys,

I'm looking to get a VBC Lightning 12 for my first 1/12 :)

Does anyone know if this is a good overall kit for asphalt and carpet racing?

Thanks everyone.

Olly Jefferies won the UK Mod national rounds with it against Dave Shashett etc. In fact I don't think he lost a round of quali. (This was on carpet)

BUT, there will be a new version out very soon, hopefully the next few weeks

From memory Ollie won the first 3 rounds with an Associated and the last 3 with an Xray. There are a few UK drivers planning to run the Lightning this season but none of the front runners as far as I am aware.

Yep, he changed at Christmas, mid season.

I meant rounds as in rounds of quali, not rounds of the championship.

P.S. I haven't broken or replaced a single part on my Xray X12, I broke something almost every meeting with my CRC.

Are you talking about the xray x12? I don't think Olly ran a VBC, unless I am just completely out of the loop. Stranger things have happened, though...

You're absolutely right, for some reason I thought he was talking about the Xray X12, not the Lightning 12.

Need more sleep :D

The Lightning 12 has had pretty good success here in the US over the past season. Dave Ehrlich finished 3rd at carpet nats in modified with it, while Max Kuenning finished 3rd in mod at IIC last fall with the car. I have had pretty good success with it in both 13.5 and modified over the past year, and am looking forward to driving the car at worlds this fall (Max will be there as well.)

I believe we have a bunch of folks over in Asia who have raced the car on asphalt, although setups are typically difficult to get from those guys.

You will likely want to replace the camber and steering links with either Ti or the VBC hardened steel versions, but otherwise the car is awesome with a lot of good option parts and setup options (transverse and inline are both possible, for instance.)

There should be a bunch of setups on petitrc, although I think a lot of them are mine (whoops!):

http://www.petitrc.com/reglages/vbcr...ghtning12.html

Let us know if you have any other questions, either here or in the Lightning 12 thread.

No worries! It looks like you are on the mailing list for Worlds. Looking forward to hopefully getting the chance to meet in person down in FL.

- Chris

Yep, I'll be there for both events with the GB team :)

hey guys need a little help, I have a CRC Bloody Knife that I would like to convert to lipo... Your thoughts ? tx

Ill sell you an XTI AE for 145 shipped with lots of spare parts. Only a little more than what you might end up spending on a conversion and the car is in fantastic condition, near new.

AWD

I ran my 3.2R for a while with LiPo by taping the battery into the chassis and being creative as to how I crammed the motor into the pod but it was never great. The new cars are specifically built for lipo and brushless.

If you just want to get on the track some strapping tape to keep the battery centered and going with it will get you running, but you should think about a newer car if you keep racing.

Man...its like pulling teeth to find Team Purple Fronts from BSR:(
Does anyone have info when they will be available again?
Thanks