James Nguyen

The track is super nice. I'll get you some more red stuff together. I wish I woulda brought the other boxes with me.

STLNLST

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I got purple stuff........

Randy Caster

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I'm rebuilding the car right now for SoCal, and I cant get over how dialed it looks with the red goodies, lol. I would have liked to have seen how many XXXS parts you really do have if what you had at the track was just a small bit of your collection, lol.

Hixsy

randman,

have you got any feedback after running the D6?

cheers

Still Bill

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Randman,

Nice to meet you at Stockton.

Even I made the 220 mile round trip from Castro Valley to Roseville to race at Speedworld's first race of this year. The weather was perfect and we were in t-shirts and sunglasses by 10 AM.

Let me see...Hmmmm. I can do about six round trips to SW to equal one or your treks.

You win...Again!

James Nguyen

Yeah, I got one of those rubbermaid multi box organizers with parts in them. And then I have a few of those boxes I had with me at the track. I just like building.

Still Bill

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James,

I need to lose a full 2 oz from my XXX-S. Figure that it needs to come off of the battery side; so, I plan to ditch all the battery hold down hardware and smooth off the chassis to be able to tape the battery in place.

At Stockton, Matt F showed me the red adhesive tape that he uses to hold his batteries in place. Should have asked him where he got it from. Do you know?

Also, are the red MF aluminum parts as light as the graphite ones? More durable?

Many thanks.

James Nguyen

The red adhesive tape is from Tamiya...got it from Billy. The red MF aluminum is heavier than the graphite pivot blocks but I don't think it wears as much. More of an eye candy piece. I just like it on my car.

Randy Caster

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Propably one of the most powerful motors I've run so far, I am really impressed with it.

Randy Caster

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I thought Tamiya stopped making that tape, thanks for hookin me up with the roll, it looks hot

Still Bill

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James,

I see the Tamiya tape on Billy's site. Have to make a trip up there to get a roll and some MF eye candy parts.

Many thanks.

James Nguyen

Yeah, the roll I gave randy is pretty old now, so im not sure if they still make it. I just don't use it anymore so I thought you could use it.

Hixsy

thanks randman,

did you notice that the shimming has no play whats so ever is that normal ?

also what brush/spring combo do you use?
what gearing do you run for an outdoor open track?

cheers

Randy Caster

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The stock shimming is very tight, but it doesnt have any bind that I can see because of the bearings.

I replaced the P94 hoods with standup brush hoods and use Reedy Quasar brushes, they have longer life and run cooler, for 4 min races I use Trinity silver springs, and for 5 mins I use Trinity purple springs.

Gearing depends on which motor you have, for my 4 min races (SoCal) I use an 8x2, geared at 26/128 timed at 24 degrees with rubber tires. I havent run 5 mins on asphault, but over the weekend with foam tires on carpet I used a 9x1 geared at 27/128 timed at 18 degrees.

Some of the parking lot tracks run a pretty long open track, so I'll propably pick up some 6 and 7 turn D6's for those, but I cant help you out with tuning that yet.

Randy Caster

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Hey I gotta 86 the droop screws on my car, anyone know how much internal shock limiters I need to use to get 2mm droop in front and 4mm in the rear? Stock graphite plus shocks.