glennhl

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A racer this weekend had this exact same problem. There is a much easier way to lower the car than my suggestion of playing around with the spring/damper assembly. Just add shims between the AM06 steering blocks and the ST03 ball studs. His car didn't have any shims, so he added a 1mm shim and it fixed the problem.

racer 111

congratulations to the team on the nice winnings and showings in roar nats, hope to see some setups posted on the petitrc site.
last black carpet setup was by the one and the only one sam issac back in dec.
euro team have a lot of setups posted. we need to catch up here in the u.s.😀

!Mad Max!

A ton of black carpet setups are in the folders provided by FJ via AwesomatixUSA also:
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/f...TNna293WExYcTg

Check it out :-)

trilerian

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Due to the thread here, I have decided to change my vta car out to a mod car. I am still running my mmx in 21.5 and don't plan on changing that, but my 800x evo will be switched. Can someone point me to a decent starting setup for black carpet mod on a small track with the evo? I have both the XA and the XAH chassis with carbon longs arms, or aluminum short arms. Also, the only mod motor I have is an old Novak Velocity 5.5r that I used to run in my 4wd buggy, I assume this will be just fine to start with.

hanulec

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hopefully you'll soon see how difficult modified is. the power package is the #1 thing that must be correct -- no chassis tuning can overcome a bad modified TC power setup.

look for 2019 us indoor champs (2019-11) folder setup from mike gee -- or setups prior to this as the Mid Motor revolution wasn't in full swing yet then.

trilerian

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Thank you! I found a setup at 360v2 by Sam from 2018-10 that I can start with. As to the power package, right now I am limited to the Velocity 5.5r and a Reedy 410r esc, with a 5300 EAM battery. If I can wheel it, which I don't know if that will be the case, I will eventually get a 5.0 motor and an R1 mod esc. At this point it is an experiment, just like vta was an experiment. My only goal is to not leave parts all over the track, lol. Oh, and try to be faster than 21.5.

glennhl

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My steering was not centering on my new A800MMX. It has the single bellcrank. One of the bearings is shot. However, the bearing size is not listed in the manual. What size bearings go into the AM180 bellcrank?

EDIT: I just measured one of the bearings. 8mm x 5mm x 2.5mm.

Daffs

B85RS is the part no. 8x5x2.5mm I believe.

trilerian

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5x8x2.5. My suggestion, take out the al 3x5 screw that limits the steering. When you tap a board with that in you can destroy those bearings. I have had no issues since taking it out.

hanulec

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If you invest in mod- buy motors and ESC that win championships. Just ask Sam. 4th year in a row

trilerian

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Now I'm lost. I thought mod was supposed to get rid of motor/esc/battery wars. I though the idea was so much power that driving the car was the limiting factor.
So I guess I am curious, I know Sam runs Hobbywing stuff. But I am not much of a fan of Hobbywing. Why wouldn't the Monster Max 5.0 and R1 digital 3 mod esc be just as good as the Hobbywing G3 5.0 and Hobbywing G2 esc?

Anyway, I got the car together with what I have and will test it tonight!

EAMotorsports

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I think what Hanulec is referring to is that some speedo's are not very good for mod as they will make the car extremely hard to drive, like on off switch, and will make your experience very bad. Hes just saying if you use something that is a known good Mod setup then you'll be able to get setups and know that you have it set properly and be able to drive it which allows you to work on the car itself.

EA

daleburr

Mod does get rid of the electronics war. If you buy the CORRECT electrics, they will last you for several years. But that doesn't mean you can just stick any old stuff in the car and it'll work.

For mod you need a motor with a smooth power band. Not too much torque at the bottom end, and power that comes in gradually.

For the ESC, you want lots of adjustments so you can get the feel right for the traction and size of track.

That's why most mod drivers run hobbywing. The mod motors are super-smooth. The ESC has drive frequency, softening, throttle rate and fine control of boost and turbo.

Most manufacturers are focused on stock racing, as thats where the money is. As a result, their mod motors are too powerful at the bottom end, and their ESCs lack adjustments to tame the power.

trilerian

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My esc is the Reedy Black Box 410r. It has throttle frequency adjustment and torque adjustment along with timing adjustment. I assume this will be fine? Is there a mod esc out that doesn't have these options? I thought all that was pretty standard now. Yeah, when I first got into brushless with the Novak SS then the GTBs, they didn't have that. But then the Tekin RS Pro came out and changed everything.

EAMotorsports

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Just because they have the adjustments doesnt mean its good. Tekin has every adjustment known to man but is quite possibly the worst speedo known to man as far as how the throttle feels unless you want it on or off only. There is no in between.

EA