Class-RM Porsche Cup Class
Date-3/2/23
Location-Winston-Salem, NC
Race Time-250.9
Fastest Lap-3.17
Chassis-MR-03 ASF
Body-911 GT1
Wheelbase-90mm
Tires-PN KS Med fronts, Marka V1R10 rears
Motor-Stock
Batteries-SpeedHouse 800s
Front Springs-ATM Deep Blue (Soft)
T-Plate-Kyosho Carbon Soft
Motor Mount-Stock RM
Dampener (If applicable)-None
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-None
Gearing-Stock Gear Diff/7T pinion
Notes-One of the more fun cars to drive, but requires extra smooth inputs.

Class-Stock PNR 3500kv
Date-3/8/2023
Location-Winston-Salem, NC
Race Time-225.1
Fastest Lap-2.84
Chassis-PNR2.5W
Body-Ferrari 458 Italia
Wheelbase-98mm
Tires-PN KS Med fronts, Marka V1R10 rears
Motor-Rocket 3500vk
Batteries-Kyosho 800
Front Springs-PN AA Blue
T-Plate-PN G10 #3
Motor Mount-PN 98mm v5
Dampener (If applicable)-PN DDS
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-None
Gearing-PN 64p 12/53 Ball diff
Notes-Like I said on Facebook, my fastest times came early in the month, and I was never able to improve. This was an exceptional run, and I couldn't get close with my 94mm F430 GT PN70T car which is usually quicker. 231.5 was fastest time with that car.

Traveler2 Can you give us any more setup info? Tire diameters, shims on kingpins, dry or greased diff, etc.

Class- 2WD Open
Date- March 31 2022
Location- Madison, Wi
Race Time- 326.33
Fastest Lap- 3.83s
Chassis- Atomic MRT
Body- Fiat 500 Abarth
Wheelbase- 94mm
Tires- PN rear, Marka front
Motor- GL 3500kv
Batteries- 360mah LiPo
Gearing- stock
Notes- Busted another CVD right at the beginning of the run. Also had to move the lap timer to a slow corner as the car was moving too fast on the straight for it to catch it every time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q_y57pPrWk

Porsche cup

Date-3/30/23

Location- California
Race Time-253.430
Fastest Lap-3.15
Chassis-MR-030
Body- 911 GT1
Wheelbase-90mm
Rear Marka 10
Front PN KS Soft
Motor-Stock
Batteries- Eneloop
T plate black carbon
Front springs purple

This car is finally starting to work. Ran out of time to get a really clean run.

Box Stock

Date-3/23

Location- California

Race Time-242.11

Fastest Lap-3.09

Chassis-MR-030

Body- Enzo

Wheelbase-98mm

Rear Marka 5

Front PN medium slick

Motor-Stock

Batteries- Eneloop

T plate white fiberglass

Front springs black stock kit

2wd openDate-3/23

Location- Cat Hair Raceway California

Race Time-229.17

Fastest Lap-2.80

Chassis-MWX GLR

Body- Pan car Lexan

Wheelbase-98mm

Rear PN Marka 5

Front PN soft slick

Motor- GL3500KV

Batteries- 2S lipo

Only put in a few run for 2wd open


open this month

Considering I’m this my first month competing, and I started the month around the 8 minute mark, I’m beyond ecstatic with this result:

Class- Box Stock
Date- 3/28/23
Location- Utah
Race Time- 376.43 (6:16.43)
Fastest Lap- 4.308
Chassis- Kyosho Readyset
Body- Mercedes AMG GT3
Wheelbase- 98mm
Tires- PN KS-M Medium slick front, PN KS SuperSoft radial rear
Motor- Stock
Batteries- Amazon Basics 800s
Front Springs- Red (soft)
T-Plate- Kyosho FRP 5M
Motor Mount- Stock MM
Dampener (If applicable)- Stock
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)- N/A
Gearing- Stock gear diff, 7T pinion
Notes- I was consistently getting times around 6:40, until I got this 6:16. I was super pumped!

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4wd openDate-3/29/2023


Location- Cat Hair Raceway California
Race Time-242.40
Fastest Lap-2.95
Chassis-SZ2
Body- Jomurema
Wheelbase-98mm
Tires- R Marka 10. F PN soft slick
Motor-GL 3500KV
Batteries- 2S lipo

Only one run for the 4wd car this month. Will try to push it more next month.

Stock

Date-3/2023

Location- California

Race Time-225.57

Fastest Lap-2.85

Chassis-Pn 2.5

Body- Mazda 787B

Wheelbase-102mm

Tires- R Marka 5 F PN soft

Motor-PN 3500KV

Batteries- Enloop

Found counter clockwise difficult for my stock cars and lap times were slower then last month but I push and pushed to get a 225 run.

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We had 12 racers posting in 5 classes this month, with some VERY close racing for first in the main two classes. In Box Stock, 0.064 seconds separated 1st and 2nd and only 0.478 seconds in Stock, with PoorBoy taking the win in Box Stock and Traveler hanging on to the win in Stock. We couldn't be any closer than that, separated by fractions of a second in both classes. And congrats to danjoy25 who ran in four classes and set out to get all four cars under 5 minutes and did it! It's good to see some old names back, but where are all the new guys??? Come on! You can't improve if you don't post your results... For example, Carmine Lanza improved his box stock time by 16 seconds over the prior month, AlvBo by 8 seconds and Kevin Soukoroff by 4 seconds. Practice and posting your results will help you get faster!

Box Stock
1st - PoorBoy/David Krinard - 242.1/3.09s
2nd - Traveler2/Marwan Zabaneh - 242.2/3.03s
3rd - None/Carmine Lanza - 260.2/3.25s
4th - None/Kevin Soukoroff - 276.8/3.48s
5th - danjoy25/Dan Dylen Garcia - 297.5/3.64s
6th - BoxerBoyDrew/None - 344.9/3.79s
7th - AlvBo/None - 367.6/4.39s
8th - LlamaRC/Doug Waite - 376.4/4.31s

Porsche Cup
1st - Traveler2/Marwan Zabaneh - 250.9/3.17s
2nd - PoorBoy/David Krinard - 253.4/3.15s
3rd - AlvBo/None - 370.9/4.24s

Stock Class
1st - Traveler2/Marwan Zabaneh - 225.1/2.84s
2nd - PoorBoy/David Krinard - 225.6/2.85s
3rd - None/Carmine Lanza - 242.2/3.03s
4th - danjoy25/Dan Dylen Garcia - 296.0/3.62s
5th - Doubledarth/None - 298.5/3.57s
6th - None/Zachary Paxton - 304.6/3.60s
7th - None/Paul Barsamian - 309.7/3.70s
8th - BoxerBoyDrew/None - 342.9/3.78s

Open 2WD
1st - PoorBoy/David Krinard - 229.2/2.80s
2nd - danjoy25/Dan Dylen Garcia - 292.2/3.44s
3rd - Tomthegeek/Tom Beighley - 326.3/3.83s
4th - AlvBo/None - 337.5/3.96s

Open AWD
1st - PoorBoy/David Krinard - 242.4/2.97s
2nd - danjoy25/Dan Dylen Garcia - 294.6/3.71s

FTM goes to PoorBoy/David Krinard in his Open 2WD car with a 2.80 fast lap!

If anyone was late, please post up and I will update the results. Because I have some posting on RCTech and others on Facebook, I'm listing handle/name to more easily identify racers across the platforms. If anyone objects, please let me know. Also please check my tabulations and let me know if I made any mistakes or missed anyone.

Cheers,
Traveler2

New layout for April, running clockwise. This is the revised layout that has a minor change for the first one posted earlier today, so please rebuild your track to match. Drive fast!

I'll be glad to, but I don't think its the setup but the race lines that make me faster. The front tires are down to 22.1mm diameter, but I started around 22.5mm. I did put CA glue on the sidewalls of the PN KS Med tires to reduce traction rolling. 0.5mm shim above and 1.0m shim (2 x 0.5mm shims) below knuckle. Dry diff. You really have to work on polishing the kingpins and balls to get a silky smooth front suspension. After tire choice, that's probably the second most important tuning item. Keep at it and you'll keep getting faster. I started running the M96WC in 2019 I think.

I know. I am just wondering if anything you are doing will improve my car's handling.

How about wheels and offset? I have been using non-Kyosho wheels and some don't have the same dimensions as stock, forcing me to shim things to eliminate slop in the wheel mounting.

I run PN Delrin dish wheels almost exclusively. They are strong and true. On the NSX I run 0N/1W offsets. I did put CA glue on the PN KS Med tire sidewalls to reduce traction rolling (will edit previous post to include this). I always use good tire tape (R246) to tape the tires to the wheels and sometimes use a thin bead of CA to glue tire and rim where they meet (but not usually for Box Stock).

But the most important thing you can do is practice. Hope this helps!