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U.S. Vintage Trans-Am Racing Part 2
#5941
Tech Fanatic
iTrader: (45)
Have you temped your tires? What is your process of things you do to the car in between rounds? So each time the car is put on the track you get about 3 minutes of good performance before it starts pushing? What if you pulled the car off the track, did nothing to it for maybe 10-15 minutes, and then ran it? Would it be good or bad?
It sounds to me like something is wrong moreso than a tuning issue. Unless it's tire temp or sauce related. It's an interesting situation...
It sounds to me like something is wrong moreso than a tuning issue. Unless it's tire temp or sauce related. It's an interesting situation...
Do you think it might be my chassis flex setting is off? I'm running it on the soft setting
Or is the 3 degrees of toe in at the rear too much should i go down to 2.5 or 2?
#5942
Just wondering about some setup help for my xray t3 2012 in vta. My issue is it runs great for the first 3 minutes then gets really tight almost like the rear is gripping too much and causing it to not rotate at all after 3 minutes my lap times go down from 8.1-8.3's to like 8.8-9.0's we run 6 minutes heats so 1/2 second per lap equals about 8-9 seconds or a whole lap on our track. Which kinda sucks because i'm just as fast as anyone else for the first 3 minutes then just fall off and barely hold on to 2 or 3 spot.
So my main question is where should i start to stop this? Our track is medium grip carpet. Should i start with roll centres or sway bars or shocks oil,springs, shock angle? My setup is pretty basic 3.0 front springs 2.6 rear with 35wt shock oil 1.2 rear bar 1.4 front bar. Lower arm roll centres are at 0 2000wt rear gear diff front solid axle medium chassis flex shock angles pretty much in the middle stock camber links and spacers.
Any idea where to start would be awesome thanks guys
So my main question is where should i start to stop this? Our track is medium grip carpet. Should i start with roll centres or sway bars or shocks oil,springs, shock angle? My setup is pretty basic 3.0 front springs 2.6 rear with 35wt shock oil 1.2 rear bar 1.4 front bar. Lower arm roll centres are at 0 2000wt rear gear diff front solid axle medium chassis flex shock angles pretty much in the middle stock camber links and spacers.
Any idea where to start would be awesome thanks guys
I may drop it down to 2.6/2.4 springs.
http://forum.teamxray.com/xform/inde...&setup=t3_2012
#5943
Tech Addict
iTrader: (21)
Have 't tempted tires. What sort of temps am i lookin for? I don do much between rounds just clean it off recheck all my screws clean tires with brake cleaner every second run sauce about 20 minutes before my run and wipe off excess just before i place it on the track with a rag. I would say thay after 5 minutes it would run good again.
Do you think it might be my chassis flex setting is off? I'm running it on the soft setting
Or is the 3 degrees of toe in at the rear too much should i go down to 2.5 or 2?
Do you think it might be my chassis flex setting is off? I'm running it on the soft setting
Or is the 3 degrees of toe in at the rear too much should i go down to 2.5 or 2?
Could the fronts be picking up a ton of lint from the track and losing grip after a few minutes?
I would like to see you run the car in practice 'til it starts to push. After it does, park it. Don't change *anything* on the car, but feel free to top off the battery. Go run the car again and does it work well or does it still push? That will be helpful information.
Personally, I think there are other questions to answer before I would make tuning changes. Right now you/we don't understand what is really causing this.
#5944
Tech Legend
iTrader: (294)
for me personally, I look for the vehicle to be slightly loose in the rear end at the start of my warm up laps. when I complete these, the vehicle is usually right on point with how I like to to feel and seems to stay that way.
If its not illegal to do, maybe those tire warmer things you can buy can help.
If its not illegal to do, maybe those tire warmer things you can buy can help.
#5945
Tech Champion
iTrader: (2)
If anybody is looking for some fast USVTA racing this Saturday. THUNDER JAM VI will be taking place at Thunder RC in Nashville. Trophies for VTA GT and jr VTA. Plus 40% payout. This is a great event to prepare for Snowbirds. ) 90 plus straight and 50 feet deep of high speed racing. We will have other classes as well incl 17.5 touring car and 12th scale. So if you looking for a fun event come out Sat doors open at 8am
#5946
Tech Elite
iTrader: (95)
If anybody is looking for some fast USVTA racing this Saturday. THUNDER JAM VI will be taking place at Thunder RC in Nashville. Trophies for VTA GT and jr VTA. Plus 40% payout. This is a great event to prepare for Snowbirds. ) 90 plus straight and 50 feet deep of high speed racing. We will have other classes as well incl 17.5 touring car and 12th scale. So if you looking for a fun event come out Sat doors open at 8am
#5949
Tech Champion
iTrader: (2)
I was just looking at the pad where the Battlefield Road Course was on Google earth. It's sad to see it fading away. It's good that you guys realize what a blessing Thunder is and you guys make concerted efforts to promote and protect it. I want to thank again all the Nashville guys who came down and supported me in that effort. I still appreciate it to this day.
#5950
Tech Regular
iTrader: (15)
Yeah always sad seeing a place you once raced at closed down. I've had 2 places close down for various reasons back in the mid 2000's.
Started at one place back in 2003 and 2.5 years later they closed up shop. I later found out some details as to why but I won't mention that here. The place was turned into an automotive shop last I heard. Lots of good memories! Ran stock rubber and stock foam between 2 different TC3's.
That was the end of my RC hobby for the next 6 months until I found another track. Dug out my RC gear, bought a couple new packs and went to the new place I found. Then I went to go club racing on a Tuesday afternoon, get there, grabbed my rc tool boxes and went to the door and tried opening it. Locked! Looked up and there was a note on the door and said they closed down due to higher renters fees. Looked inside and it was cleaned out for the most part.
I try to support the one and only on-road track in my area as best as I can. Sometimes life and other projects tend to get in the way unfortunately. Looking forward to racing tonight in VTA.
Started at one place back in 2003 and 2.5 years later they closed up shop. I later found out some details as to why but I won't mention that here. The place was turned into an automotive shop last I heard. Lots of good memories! Ran stock rubber and stock foam between 2 different TC3's.
That was the end of my RC hobby for the next 6 months until I found another track. Dug out my RC gear, bought a couple new packs and went to the new place I found. Then I went to go club racing on a Tuesday afternoon, get there, grabbed my rc tool boxes and went to the door and tried opening it. Locked! Looked up and there was a note on the door and said they closed down due to higher renters fees. Looked inside and it was cleaned out for the most part.
I try to support the one and only on-road track in my area as best as I can. Sometimes life and other projects tend to get in the way unfortunately. Looking forward to racing tonight in VTA.
#5951
Tech Master
iTrader: (78)
VTA!!!!!!
Not new to RC but new to VTA. I picked up a pair of Corally RDX PHI 08'S? for cheap awhile back and after reading 241 pages of this thread decided to throw one together.
Haven't raced yet and am way off the pace but what a blast!!
Lucky for me the awesomeness that is the Timezone Mecca is right in my back yard. So plenty of setup help from a whole bunch of quality racers up there.
Club race Saturday, F1 series with VTA as a support class Sunday. I should learn a ton in a couple days!!
any speed secrets for the Corally's?
I would post a pic of my car but wouldn't you know it...........Its a WHITE CAMARO!!!!!
Haven't raced yet and am way off the pace but what a blast!!
Lucky for me the awesomeness that is the Timezone Mecca is right in my back yard. So plenty of setup help from a whole bunch of quality racers up there.
Club race Saturday, F1 series with VTA as a support class Sunday. I should learn a ton in a couple days!!
any speed secrets for the Corally's?
I would post a pic of my car but wouldn't you know it...........Its a WHITE CAMARO!!!!!
#5952
Tech Fanatic
iTrader: (3)
Lucky for me the awesomeness that is the Timezone Mecca is right in my back yard. So plenty of setup help from a whole bunch of quality racers up there.
#5953
Not new to RC but new to VTA. I picked up a pair of Corally RDX PHI 08'S? for cheap awhile back and after reading 241 pages of this thread decided to throw one together.
Haven't raced yet and am way off the pace but what a blast!!
Lucky for me the awesomeness that is the Timezone Mecca is right in my back yard. So plenty of setup help from a whole bunch of quality racers up there.
Club race Saturday, F1 series with VTA as a support class Sunday. I should learn a ton in a couple days!!
any speed secrets for the Corally's?
I would post a pic of my car but wouldn't you know it...........Its a WHITE CAMARO!!!!!
Haven't raced yet and am way off the pace but what a blast!!
Lucky for me the awesomeness that is the Timezone Mecca is right in my back yard. So plenty of setup help from a whole bunch of quality racers up there.
Club race Saturday, F1 series with VTA as a support class Sunday. I should learn a ton in a couple days!!
any speed secrets for the Corally's?
I would post a pic of my car but wouldn't you know it...........Its a WHITE CAMARO!!!!!