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#9182
what is the difference in running the 6 degree castor blocks up front, instead of the stock ones??
#9183
R/C Tech Elite Member
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Originally posted by jkerr0043
Nice! Losi sweep. How was the punch coming out of the corners?
Nice! Losi sweep. How was the punch coming out of the corners?
#9185
Tech Rookie
motor help
my friend and i were racing our triple X-S and he has a 27 turn motor and i have a 19 turn motor, but he beat me. we were both using 2400 mAH batteries. however, his wires were soldered onto the motor itself whereas my motor has these clips that you can clip the wires on, does this make a difference? and how can i maximize the performance of the motor? thanks!
#9186
Tech Champion
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There could be a hundred variables that made him faster than you. What 19 turn do you have and what stock motor did he have? Were his batteries newer? Was he geared higher than you? is your drive train binding, etc... Are you talking about in a straight line or on a track? If you're throwing in turns in there, then you've got a lot more things that can make him faster.
#9188
Originally posted by Randman
Josh, me, Steve in pro mod.
Josh, me, Steve in pro mod.
Whoa! Sounds pretty good.
Hope to see you take on Matt Francis at Stockton this weekend. Good luck!
#9189
R/C Tech Elite Member
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Originally posted by XXX-S Bill
Randman,
Whoa! Sounds pretty good.
Hope to see you take on Matt Francis at Stockton this weekend. Good luck!
Randman,
Whoa! Sounds pretty good.
Hope to see you take on Matt Francis at Stockton this weekend. Good luck!
I dumped 2 out of 3 races last night using my stock packs, so Dan is overnighting me some nice high runtime packs for the weekend
#9191
Tech Champion
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BTW Randy, I figured out why I kept burning brushes and going soft after 4 minutes at Norco in Mod. The D5 I was running was cut all the way down to .263". I knew I should have measured it. With those P94 brushes it was probably shorting the comm out the whole time.
#9192
Originally posted by jkerr0043
If I'm not mistaken the stock blocks are 4º blocks. Running 6º you'll gain high speed steering but loose a little lowspeed.
If I'm not mistaken the stock blocks are 4º blocks. Running 6º you'll gain high speed steering but loose a little lowspeed.
FYI...The RTR car came with 0 degree spindle carriers.
Somewhere buried in my Losi information, I understood that the standard front setup had something like 4 degrees of caster built into it (via "kickup" being the angle of the arms to the track surface); and, that the caster angle is cumulative. Therefore, adding a 4 degree carrier would take the total caster on the car to 8 degrees. Can't find that reference at this time though.
Per the XXX-S manual..."Reducing total caster will give less off power steering while giving more on power steering on exit. More caster will give greater steering into the turn but less power as you exit."
Otherwise, in my real race car days...Adding caster stabilized the car on the straights; however, the act of turning the car's wheels would slightly raise the roll center of the car and affected
Last edited by JRX-S Bill; 03-10-2004 at 08:15 PM.
#9193
Tech Rookie
RE: motor help
Originally posted by jkerr0043
There could be a hundred variables that made him faster than you. What 19 turn do you have and what stock motor did he have? Were his batteries newer? Was he geared higher than you? is your drive train binding, etc... Are you talking about in a straight line or on a track? If you're throwing in turns in there, then you've got a lot more things that can make him faster.
There could be a hundred variables that made him faster than you. What 19 turn do you have and what stock motor did he have? Were his batteries newer? Was he geared higher than you? is your drive train binding, etc... Are you talking about in a straight line or on a track? If you're throwing in turns in there, then you've got a lot more things that can make him faster.
#9194
Tech Champion
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The key isn't the wires. Most racers do hard wire their motors but in all honesty, you're not going to notice much if any difference. The most likely reason your friend is faster than you in a straight line is you're running the original motor, a basher motor, and he's running a P2K2 Competition stock motor. That motor is made for racing and the one you're running is not. Most racing stock motors are going to be faster than any RTR 19 turn. Now if you were running a competition 19 turn like a Trinity Chameleon (sp?) or a Reedy Quad 19 and he was faster, I'd say you had a problem with either the motor, i.e. needing a rebuild etc... or something binding in the car.
#9195
Tech Champion
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Originally posted by XXX-S Bill
The Graphite kit comes with 4 degree spindle carriers.
FYI...The RTR car came with 0 degree spindle carriers.
Somewhere buried in my Losi information, I understood that the standard front setup had something like 4 degrees of caster built into it; and, that the caster angle is cumulative. Therefore, adding a 4 degree carrier would take the total caster on the car to 8 degrees. Can't find that reference at this time though.
Per the XXX-S manual..."Reducing total caster will give less off power steering while giving more on power steering on exit. More caster will give greater steering into the turn but less power as you exit."
Otherwise, in my real race car days...Adding caster stabilized the car on the straights; however, the act of turning the car's wheels would slightly raise the roll center of the car and affected
The Graphite kit comes with 4 degree spindle carriers.
FYI...The RTR car came with 0 degree spindle carriers.
Somewhere buried in my Losi information, I understood that the standard front setup had something like 4 degrees of caster built into it; and, that the caster angle is cumulative. Therefore, adding a 4 degree carrier would take the total caster on the car to 8 degrees. Can't find that reference at this time though.
Per the XXX-S manual..."Reducing total caster will give less off power steering while giving more on power steering on exit. More caster will give greater steering into the turn but less power as you exit."
Otherwise, in my real race car days...Adding caster stabilized the car on the straights; however, the act of turning the car's wheels would slightly raise the roll center of the car and affected