I don't have any calipers yet so I can't calculate rollout but with brand new tires I have been running 28/96 with my green machine, one or two teeth higher with a P2K.

Tres- Try e-m'ing Speedworld on the stock motor. Their mod's are great and I just saw a review of stock motors where the Luna was included (try RC Car or Car Action, Extreme had one but the Luna wasn't in it).

I THINK roll-out is: Pinion x Tire Size x Pi / Spur (ie. 22x1.90"x3.14/104=1.26=my normal 8turn roll out. OR 29x1.85"x3.14/100=1.685=stock motor??)

KenSmith- Everything newracer said except we normally put the traction compound on the Inside edge working toward the outside edge of the tire. BTW we normally use Paragon Ground Effects as it is the best. When wintergreen based tire traction addative like Paragon is not allowed then we normally use Racer's Choice TQ8+ or TQ Mod. Trinity Zip Free is also a pretty popular non-wintergreen based traction compound. Read back through the previous posts if you can since they contain a lot of information including tire traction do's and don'ts.


LouisB- I Think flipping the beam over helps to keep it straight since the beam can probably suffer some fatigue in the center of it. Thus turning it over every now and again helps to keep it from bowing and thus adversely affecting the spring rate.
Also would check out either the Parma Speed8 or the Yokomo Body that Masami used. The Parma Speed8 really makes the car stick better with better steering. The Protoform P35 is still a good body especially if you are running stock but for mod I think one of the other two bodies work just a little better. Protoform may be doing something with their Bentley Speed8 but we will have to wait and see. Mr. Dale Epp is a fantastic guy and good Christian brother who tries his best so expect good things in the future as I hear his new Sedan body is killer.

darnold,
Do you think it is o.k to use Motor spray/lighter fluid on foam tyres(corallys) or is it to aggresive.?.
steve

We use lighter fluid to clean our tires when we run oval. I wouldn't expect too much of a difference in the foam used for our cars between different foam tire manufacturers.

Hey ya'll....havent been here in awhile......No racing going on????Maybe when it kewls down.......My 12LW is almost a 12L3....cept for the chassis..........Carpet Knife got to race....finally....about a month ago....now is on extended vacation.

Well, got my car speedo, servo, 10 sets of tires, parts, springs, you name it, i am ready. just waiting on the cells. Thought about calling in sick today........

question?
 

where can a person find teflon tape? for the pod plate pucks.

E

EricF: plumbing section of any hardware store?

EricF....I belive that CRC sells the stuff that you are looking for. I think the stuff Tres is talking about will not work for this aplication.

Halloween Trophy race
 

For those of you interested there will be a Trophy race held at Ultra Racing in Hamilton, OH on October 26th. There will be some great 12scale action as this is the home track of guys like Eli Ezrow, Junior Norton, Chris Doseck, Michael Lufaso, Mike Pulfer and so on and on, There will be 12scale stock and mod classes as well as sedan stock and mod.
check their website for details or visit the thread.
www.ultraracing.com

http://www.rctech.net/forum/showthre...&threadid=7959

Stevie- Kraig hit it on the head. i personally use motor spray because it dries faster (i picked this tip up from Josh Cyrul). Your tires should be fine doing either one since this is what most people do during the indoor season of carpet racing (late Sept-March). At big races we normally run a set of tires twice during the weekend, anymore than this can slow lap times and cause traction rolling. At club races usually the grip level isn't as high and you can run a set of tires for three runs. This means that using the standard 2 practice, 3 qualifier, 1 main club race format you only need two sets of front and rears. At big races where you often get a full day or two of open practice (except Cleveland) so that you do around 4-6 practice runs, 4 qualifiers, and 1-3 main runs if you make the "A" you obviously need a few more sets. Something like 4-6 sets of front and rears would be in order.

darnold, do you bring frankie to the track with you?

Here's my G2, and very hurried paint scheme:nod:
Edit: sorry about the picture I've got a very crappy digicam

Louis,

Nice paint bro.. do you run that car on asphalt or carpet?

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works like a charm
 

darnold,

Motor spray works great! I got that one from Trips at a local race a few months back when I was starting in the hobby. Some people gave me flack saying it degraded the rubber and contact cement that the Jaco uses to mount the foam on the rims but feel that the people teaching me about the hobby, like Trips, know a great deal more than these weekend warriors. He also showed me the Ronson lighter fluid trick but it's one less thing to pack in my already staggering pit boxes.

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