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Old 06-20-2014, 12:49 PM
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Thats a great price for the 418.

Not much exciting to report here other than I ran the 418 with the new Exzes Z last night, other than the inevitable first couple of races sorting the Dual rate and expo, I managed to top the time sheet again by over a complete lap, and posted a fastest lap time 0.2 sec faster than anyone.

The car is working so well for me in 17.5 carpet, just have a big smile on my face every week racing it.
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Old 06-20-2014, 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Qatmix
Thats a great price for the 418.

Not much exciting to report here other than I ran the 418 with the new Exzes Z last night, other than the inevitable first couple of races sorting the Dual rate and expo, I managed to top the time sheet again by over a complete lap, and posted a fastest lap time 0.2 sec faster than anyone.

The car is working so well for me in 17.5 carpet, just have a big smile on my face every week racing it.
Oatmix what set-up are you using for carpet.. Thanks
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Old 06-20-2014, 01:56 PM
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He`s Setup is the Exzes Z from Sanwa
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Old 06-20-2014, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Simmi
He`s Setup is the Exzes Z from Sanwa
Yep the extra response time helps.

The set-up is similar to this.
http://www.thercracer.com/2014/04/tr...et-set-up.html

Although I have messed a little with the roll centre (I now use the new C hubs for double cardan)

http://www.thercracer.com/2014/05/ta...orced-hub.html

I will check over the weekend and post the update. The thing is just adding a 0.5mm shim makes a difference that is noticable on the set-up so depending on the track layout I sometimes adjust roll centres by this much (Inner bulkhead shim)
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Old 06-20-2014, 05:27 PM
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By new c hub do you mean the 6 degree
Ones or is there new 4 degree ones for
The DCJ ?
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Originally Posted by Atechbh
By new c hub do you mean the 6 degree
Ones or is there new 4 degree ones for
The DCJ ?
4 is available as well..... 54580
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Old 06-20-2014, 06:04 PM
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I'm going to try the 6deg ones tomorrow.

Track is relatively low grip and quite open. 4 full throttle mid-high speed corners, only one hairpin.
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Get to try my 418 for first time tomorrow in Sydney here. Looking forward to it. Has anyone tried the Green Schu springs as Ed posted earlier?
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Old 06-21-2014, 01:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Atechbh
By new c hub do you mean the 6 degree
Ones or is there new 4 degree ones for
The DCJ ?
I use the 4 degree ones (they are reviewed in the link) but I swap to the 6 degree ones if I need more mid to exit corner steering. Sometimes I put some anti dive with the 6 degree ones if I lose too much front steering.

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Old 06-21-2014, 02:10 AM
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For more mid corner steering a gear diff with 2.5k oil in front will help.
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Old 06-21-2014, 02:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Qatmix
I use the 4 degree ones (they are reviewed in the link) but I swap to the 6 degree ones if I need more mid to exit corner steering. Sometimes I put some anti squat with the 6 degree ones if I lose too much front steering.
How do you put anti squat on the front?!

Or is that anti dive you're talking about?

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Originally Posted by niznai
How do you put anti squat on the front? Or is that anti dive?
anti dive on the front = put 0.50 or 1.0mm shims under front rear block (towards rear of car)
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Towers price went back up to $750 lol. They can't make up their minds
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Old 06-21-2014, 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. MR4
For more mid corner steering a gear diff with 2.5k oil in front will help.
I cannot use anything like that in my car as I would loose the bite out of the corner that the spool gives me. Our track is tight and if we have a sweeper leading onto the straight I would have no chance against the guys with 13.5's. the spool helps me keep close and then I can overtake them on the infield as I carry more corner speed.

Btw, I will use less than 0.5mm shims for anti dive sometimes 0.3mm (3x0.1 shims).
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Originally Posted by Raman
Towers price went back up to $750 lol. They can't make up their minds
Eff me I was going to pull the trigger on Monday.
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