Stay with 60d for top speed. Sweeps with soft pink insert work great. I run 36 front and 33 rear

Stay with 60d for top speed. Sweeps with soft pink insert work great. I run 36 front and 33 rear

Cheers, what 60D would you say? I have got quite a few Tamiya Type-A slicks in the garage..

By 60D I meant the large diameter tyres. ABC hobby for instance are 55D. Sweeps are close to 60D. I have had great success with Sweeps.

I personally would say that Sweeps are closer to 55D, comparing them to Tamiya tyres which are 60D.

I'll give the Sweeps a try though :)

I personally would say that Sweeps are closer to 55D, comparing them to Tamiya tyres which are 60D.

I'll give the Sweeps a try though :)

You're right I confused them with the inch up Ride series.

The sweeps measure 56 in diameter. Their rims are also slightly larger in diameter than other m chassis rims, so you're stuck with their rims.

Sounds like you were running the 60D Shimizu which come in S, M, H shores. They also have a Racing Inner Mesh series which are 55D. They are available from 24 shore to 40 shore. They also have a super sticky rear shore. I actually started out with these and soon realised the foam that comes with the tyres is absolute junk. Once my sweeps are done, I plan on eventually testing them out with sweep insert.

The Shimizu ones I was running were definitely 55D, I know the 60D ones you are referring too, but these are treaded.

I was running them with a medium foam insert, rather than the sponge (can't remember the make though).

Hey guys, building the M-06 for my son and doing the diff and notice that it is leaking before even running the car. What do u guys do to prevent leakage?

Thanks.

Most put tamiya's aw grease or associated black grease in the diff. Its not really designed for silicone lubes. The spec-r or 3 racing one seals much better.

thanks

I did use the Mazda RX7 & Beetle shell for over one year.
The beetle shell has poor grip in the rear, and this is a big disadvantage, the RX7 is quite ok, but the design of the RX7 is not my favorite one...
i also have the Porsche 914, but did never use it, because i now changed to SWB, i do believe it's easier for me to find the right setup...

:)

we have to use Tamiya tires in our local TCS.
this weekend our 2nd Carpet TCS was held.
i stated my setup on a very high grip carpet around 5 pages earlier in this thread. today, the carpet has a little less grip. i had to change tires to S-Grip all around. but still was able to fight against the fastest M-05s.

i ran 16.0 sec fastest lap times only one lap of the m-05s was faster. (15,9)
unfortunately i made to much mistakes, although i did not make much, but they were to much :roll eyes:
6 minutes runs and at the end 1 second difference between 1st-2nd-3rd-and 4th place :)
so it was fun to driving in with the m-05s in the same speed-league *g*

Aitutaki, Could you tell me where you race in Austria? We spend summers 45-minute drive from Salzburg. Would love to race with you.

Congrats Aitutaki!

So you did a great job again!
On our carpet track,I always prefer the 60d M-Grips over the S-grips, as I found them to have more grip on a carpet surface than the S-Grips, although rubber should be softer. Probably nothing new for you, but if you maybe need even more grip...:D

Keep on the good work,
Happy new year from Germany,
Matthias