Difuser

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John

By the way hows the EVO going

KINGZJ

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Well tcs is over now ( bummer ) I think their was a total of 150 people and over 20 heats. F 201 had the best finish it came down to the last couple of feet on the last lap. GT1 and Gt2 had the biggest turnout I think with about 30 guys a piece. I finished 3rd in gt2 and 2nd in the B of gt1.

Tamiya surprised everyone with a new " whippler rule" any past national champions ( anyone who won a trip to Japan) can take credit for a regional race win but cannot take the car kit it automatically goes to the second place driver. He won 2 classes in Milwaukee " mini and rally" and you could tell it was really pissing him off to see his car kits get handed down to someone else.

peter_robinson

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Mike F

there is no denying the fact that tamiya ball cups are made of very soft plastic, so it is best to replace them very often.

you can also place a o-ring underneath the ball cup to take up some slop...

peter

izzyracer

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I bet it was named after the guy "Erik Wippler"!
Who already was a pass TCS winner.

Mike F

Thanks Peter


KINGZJ - good job. So, was it the MII that won it all in the GT1, what about GT2 (04 I bet).

The rule change makes sense but what's this guys motivation to race know?

izzyracer

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Bragging Rights for being unbeaten?

Mike F

OK there's that

Hey, is that a Lexus on your AVATAR

izzyracer

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Yup, I have an IS with a sportline body kit. I'm thinking of trading it in with a Honda element. what do you think?

Mike F

If your going to trade that in, go for the new Z

Difuser

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Erik is a still a competitor even though he won. This rule has been in effect in Canada for a few years and I am glad to see it here.
Pete and I can't even run TCS now due to sponsorship commitments. I would run as a "transparent" runner( not eligible for kits) for the reason that before I won it was nice to compare my driving to former Champs. I also understand that I could "influence" the races making it unfair to run also

Dan

izzyracer

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I'm going for ease of use and convenience now. A car that I can trash around and have a lot of space for my R/C stuff. Everytime I use my IS to carry my stuff and go to TA track, I just feel bad for my car, I feel it deserves more TLC.

Mike F

I hear you izzyracer

futureal

I ran my TAO4-R for the first time at the TCS yesterday as well. I had no practice time or anything, so the car has exactly 3 runs on it, the 2 qualifiers and the main. It went straight from the box to the track for the first qualifier! I didn't even have time to put decals on the body.

Overall, it performed very well. If I had more time I could have worked on the setup a bit, but since I ran it box-stock everything, I can't complain. The only changes I made were 60 weight shock oil, -1 degree of camber at all four corners, and I added a one-way diff in the front after the first heat.

I ended up finishing fourth in the GT2 A Main with it, just behind KINGZJ (and I finished just behind him in the GT1 B with my Evo 3, it was a recurring trend! haha)

Mike F

so are you going to continue to run the 04R futureal

KINGZJ

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m2 won gt1 and 04r won gt2 and 3. Ya I think futureal and I would have really had a chance if we would have had more time with setup. On my second qualifier I had tq beaten by 6 seconds and almost bumped it up a complete lap but got greedy on the last lap and piped it. I was really bumming about that. In the main my car just did not feel right I should have put new tires on but I was being cheap. ( I had them mounted up and everything) I am very happy with how my day went. In gt1 to be honest I basically floundered all day my car was terrible I put way to much motor in it. I would have qualified 4th in the A with my gt2 time in gt1 so basically I should have run a stock motor in mod.............