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02-28-2014, 01:12 AM

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A knowledgeable friend of mine who did some testing on equipment he had at work, said AE and Losi have more natural pack to them, and are thus good for asphalt. But muchmore is more linear with closer more consistent spacing between weights, and is better for carpet. He said there's a couple others that are actually a bit better, but he runs muchmore because it's easy to get.

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02-28-2014, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by walzjer

I know but wich company are you using?

GM, Xray or something else? I remember from my old days that they can hardly be compared.

I've stuck with Xray as I don't use that much and I know it's what most team driver sheets are using

02-28-2014, 08:11 AM

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Do you think that would apply for a tight high-grip carpet track?

-Mike

I don't think so as cars on carpet slide a bit, a heavy diff would make it do loops on power, although I have very minimal carpet experience

02-28-2014, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by chasingthepack

the t4-14 is a better all round car as it works well in all conditions,the bd7 appears to only go well on med to high grip,a few have tried to run the bd7 in the winter champs and failed and changed brand,at the last meeting a very good stock driver with a bd7 was beaten by a t4 13 and a t4 14
it was around 8c track about 6 started damp and dried out,at my local track the bd7 only does well in the summer

Most the guys with the bd7's have gone to ball diffs for outdoor winter racing, seems to transform the car, the car seems to locked in with the gear diff, even with really thin diff oil. The ball diff really seems to allow the car to rotate a lot more. Still doing well with my t3 2011 though, also with a ball diff :P

02-28-2014, 09:02 AM

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I use associated too just because that is what my local carried. I think its best to use all of the same oil so if you need to increase/decrease you have a comparable product.

02-28-2014, 09:40 AM

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Thats interesting Mike. It would be cool to see info on something like that.

02-28-2014, 11:17 AM

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Thats interesting Mike. It would be cool to see info on something like that.

Unfortunately, he doesn't have the data anymore. :/

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02-28-2014, 06:38 PM

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I'm about to order my Xray.

Make sure you order one of these too. Might save you a few headaches

Graphite Bumper Upper Holder Brace # 301215

http://www.teamxray.com/teamxray/pro...0Brace%203.5mm

02-28-2014, 07:07 PM

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Make sure you order one of these too. Might save you a few headaches

Graphite Bumper Upper Holder Brace # 301215

http://www.teamxray.com/teamxray/pro...0Brace%203.5mm

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. It's absolutely required. I had trouble sourcing the brace, and thought I'd be okay without it for a couple days... One head on hit to something with my t4'14, that wasn't that hard, and it split the front of my chassis. >_< It was repairable with CA, but wouldn't have happened with the brace.

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02-28-2014, 08:44 PM

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I didn't know it was a must have and in my first race I got rammed

02-28-2014, 11:15 PM

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Looks just like mine.

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02-28-2014, 11:55 PM

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Also when fitting the brace I shimmed it up by 2mm after mine took a wack and it popped under the bulk head causing the screws to pull through the chassis. The other thing to do is run the older bumpers off a t2/3