View Poll Results: what's your tire choice?
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3791LikesU.S. Vintage Trans-Am Racing Part 2
04-05-2015, 10:47 AM
#8776
Tech Adept
Originally Posted by mooby64
Mirror Chrome looks great, but the prep work involved and the sometimes sketchy results make me shy away from using it. The Fascolor chrome looks fine, in most cases.
04-05-2015, 03:23 PM
#8777
Originally Posted by mooby64
Mirror Chrome looks great, but the prep work involved and the sometimes sketchy results make me shy away from using it. The Fascolor chrome looks fine, in most cases.
It definitely takes some magic to get it right.
Last edited by snoopyrc; 04-05-2015 at 03:47 PM.
04-06-2015, 03:00 PM
#8779
Originally Posted by microed
I practiced last night with some new VTA tires, the ones that come in the fancy bag that you can re-seal. To me, these seemed to be a slightly harder compound than any I had purchased before. They also had a different smell to them, which further leads me to believe something is different. I am not new to VTA, I have been racing it for around three years and I currently have 3 of my cars set-up for the class, so I have went through my fair share of tires. The new tires had my car sliding around so badly, that I decided not to race it and ran another class. I followed my usual VTA tire break-in procedure which usually has my tires working from the moment I first set it on the track.
Anybody else tried the newer tires and if so, what was your experience with them?
Anybody else tried the newer tires and if so, what was your experience with them?
04-12-2015, 06:27 PM
#8780
Slightly off topic....but, for all you Falcon fans, who will probably never see a Falcon body for VTA, here is something to put a smile on your face.....
04-12-2015, 06:48 PM
#8781
Originally Posted by flyingm
Slightly off topic....but, for all you Falcon fans, who will probably never see a Falcon body for VTA, here is something to put a smile on your face.....
Full tube frame chassis, built & prepared at the ROUSH NASCAR shops. I believe it's a full on NASCAR Winston Cup engine in it as well. Bad ass!
Mark
04-14-2015, 05:00 AM
#8782
Tech Fanatic
Originally Posted by RotorTruck
I tried a new set lately in the fancy new bag and they worked fine. I dunk them in a gallon of acetone for 15 minutes before mounting them. Removes any release compound. Then sauce with ProTek TrueGrip Maximum in a ziplock bag for 24 hours. Then another sauce of Maximum before hitting the track the first time.
04-14-2015, 02:46 PM
#8784
Tech Fanatic
Originally Posted by RotorTruck
Yes. I let the tires dry, then go over the bead with ammonia and a shop towel just to be sure. Dry. Mount. I don't put the foams in this bath, no.
04-14-2015, 03:32 PM
#8785
Originally Posted by flyingm
Slightly off topic....but, for all you Falcon fans, who will probably never see a Falcon body for VTA, here is something to put a smile on your face.....
04-15-2015, 02:08 PM
#8786
Tech Adept
Where is this list of cars?
Because if you go on the historic Trans am site and click on cars there are a lot of cars that raced not listed
Because if you go on the historic Trans am site and click on cars there are a lot of cars that raced not listed
04-17-2015, 12:08 PM
#8788
Originally Posted by wwddww34
These 5 cars listed raced in the U.S. Trans-Am Series, but nobody has made 1/10 scale r/c body as of yet:
And, I had a 1961 Ford Falcon once upon a time. So I'm partial to that car. When I bought it ($1,600) my Dad said, "Why would you buy that thing? It was a P.O.S. in 1961, and its still a P.O.S!"
(I drove it for a couple of years and sold it for $1,650. So there Dad!)
04-17-2015, 12:30 PM
#8789
Tech Master
iTrader: (3)
Originally Posted by IndyHobbies.com
I say go for the 63 Ford Falcon if anyone is listening. The Falcon had a whole nuther look to it than the others at that time. All the rounded corners.
And, I had a 1961 Ford Falcon once upon a time. So I'm partial to that car. When I bought it ($1,600) my Dad said, "Why would you buy that thing? It was a P.O.S. in 1961, and its still a P.O.S!"
(I drove it for a couple of years and sold it for $1,650. So there Dad!)
And, I had a 1961 Ford Falcon once upon a time. So I'm partial to that car. When I bought it ($1,600) my Dad said, "Why would you buy that thing? It was a P.O.S. in 1961, and its still a P.O.S!"
(I drove it for a couple of years and sold it for $1,650. So there Dad!)
