It was reedy motor spray. We had the Mid atlantic carpet clash in MD yesterday and I spent the whole day battling with too much rear traction. After it was all over I figured I'd try cleaning the tires and run a practice run, the car was F'n money with the tires cleaned off and then traction compound applied for a few minutes. I wish I'd tried it before the main. Apparently everybody but me knows about the cleaning tires with motor spray trick. I just made it to the A main in last spot with my first run of the day(lower traction) by the second heat my car had turned to crap and by the main I just spent the 8 minutes getting out of peoples way. My tires did'nt go down in diameter the whole day, a friends tires got bigger through out the day as they sucked up compound. At least I know how to deal with it in the future. :lol: :lol:

Man...I'm really looking forward to racing 1/12th as touring has gotten a bit insane lately.

Reading this thread reminds me that I still have alot of new stuff to learn. Thanks for the tip Fatdoggy! :)

Ran 12'th mod last night at SoCal. Was a BLAST - finally, the car ran great. Didn't have a lot of speed, but was able to put down decent laps.

Had a new servo (borrowed a KO digital) that was supposed to be the same as the 9602 that I've been using - but it felt WAY faster - had to adjust my hand but was FUN.

Qual'd 2nd, but in the main, the top motor mount screw came loose so, while I didn't screw up my spur gear (somehow. . .) I didn't finish.

We're really gonna try and get the class going at SoCal. . . :D

What do you like, dislike and what would you change about your 1/12 car?

Thanks AdrianM lazyboy and wes for all the help. Ive noticed that it is very hard to install and remove my rear ride height adjusters, and the bearings inside the ride height adjusters. Should I remove some of the material so that they slide in and do not need a lot of force to install?

you shoudl want them to fit in their snug you dont want them moving aroudn jsut make sure your bearings are free thats all you should need to worry about but make sure the burrs on them are removed that can give you a little trouble

Hey guys, just got back from practice and my shock keeps like poping out.. aka the piston pops out with all the washers and red seal and all the fluid goes on the battery:-/. i dont know what the cause is... and i notice Hara was using a touring car shock on his car and i was wondering what you all think of using a touring car shock instead of the mini shock..... for me it would be added sucurity it seems.
Any help...

you need a shock rebuild kit the associated shocks tend to do that

Chad - Each time you rebuild the micro shocks you must replace the star clips.

Switch - Irs has some new ride height adjusters out. They are awsome and for $10 you can't go wrong. Each pair drops 1/2mm so you can always get the perfect ride height. They slide right in place and don't bind.

Soviet - Good to see your back on rctech.

Chad if you go to the IRS website Silva makes a shock for the 12th scale that screws(top of cap) on like a touring car shock or offroad shock

Your best bet would be to get the irs shock not to much money either.
mike

Oh ok. Im goign to look for IRS website right now.
oh yeah.... hust to add my Threaded front axel snapped too.. like it was weak metal... anyone have this problem.

Ya I saw the new ride height adjusters on their web site and am planning on getting them very soon, along with the big d-ring diff for my l3.

Any of you guys know what kid of shock Hara was using on his Hammer???

looks like a regular 10th scale shocks to me.