Got my track ordered and look forward to running next month hopefully!

Man I have been trying to get my CCW driving better, and I had my McLaren 12C dialed in and was normally turning 3.8 second laps with a 3.5 fast lap. BUT we FINALLY had a front come through with rain and much needed heat break, which is AWESOME, but now my car is traction rolling and has become way too snappy and running normal 4.2 second laps. I have a PN carbon #4 TPlate, Green bottom/Gold top springs on the PN DDS on PN Multi Mount motor pod. PN Dual top shock both green springs, on+2 BBS wheels & PN KS-M soft radials. The front end has PN Low Down knuckles on flipped king pins shimmed w/0.9 above &0.7 below with PN White springs on +1 BBS wheels & PN KS-M low height Medium slicks.10/53 gearing on PN Gear Diff. with a ride height of: front-2.0mm/rear-2.5mm.
I'm going to try to improve the handling but not much time left this month! Any ideas??? softer/harder t plate, front springs, tire change?
Thanks and Drive Fast! Drew

Well my luck is running about normal! I was working on my 12C, and I switched to a #5 carbon T plate and lowered the knuckles by 1-0.2mm shim, and it was getting much better, then when going through the 180 I lost forward power and heard a tiny pop! I still have reverse, so I switched the motor wires, and the motor is good. So I pulled the circuit board and checked it under a magnified glass and see no burned traces or popped circuitry, but it stinks like the MANY AMPS I have replaced in others car audio systems! My Son has my Multi-meter, so I can't check anything specific on the board. It's my first Mini-z and a year and 2 months old, so out of warranty.
So I guess I'll be ordering 2 EVO boards, 1 for my 2.5 build and the other to replace the now fried RTR board! So I guess I'll need and EVO Top plate set to switch from a RTR to EVO board as the chassis is the same, correct?
Thanks for any help! Drew
update: I could only find 1 evo board, so I ordered it. As of the RTR board, I had run less than 20 laps when this happened. every thing was still cool, and even after running 100 laps it never got above lip warm the whole time I've owned it.

Box Stock

Date-7/30/23
Location- California
Race Time-279.18
Fastest Lap-3.44
Chassis-MR-030
Body- Enzo
Wheelbase-98mm
Rear Marka 5
Front PN medium slick
Motor-Stock
Batteries- Eneloop
T plate white fiberglass
Front springs PN yellow

Only had my track out two times this month so did not really get this layout down. This was my only box stock run so probably could have shaved a lot of time with a few more box stock runs.

AWD Open

Date-7/29/23
Location- DFW
Race Time-6:18:279
Fastest Lap-4.520
Chassis-Atomic AMZ
Body- R32 Skyline
Wheelbase-94mm
Rear - Stock Atomic
Front - Kyosho 20*
Motor-Stock (5000kv)
Batteries- Nanotech 2s

Box stock
4:46.551
orange springs up front
Pn ks med from slick
pn ks med treaded
nexx 3 carbon plate
shock motor
Mon 950 mah batts





embarrassed to say stock clad was slower
4:58.991

4wd openDate-7/30/2023

Location- California
Race Time-279.53
Fastest Lap-3.25
Chassis-SZ2
Body- Jomurema
Wheelbase-98mm
Tires- R Marka 10. F PN soft slick
Motor-GL 3500KV
Batteries- 2S lipo

The setup was way off, almost underivable and I only had time for one try but wanted to post in as many classes as possible so here it is.

Pro Stock

Date-8/30/2023
Location- California
Race Time-277.19
Fastest Lap-3.07
Chassis-Pn 2.5
Body- Mazda 787B
Wheelbase-102mm
Tires- R Marka 5 F PN soft
Motor-PN 5500
Batteries- Enloop

Another first try run. Car felt good towards the end of the run.

2wd open
Date-8/23
Location- California
Race Time-266.92
Fastest Lap-3.12
Chassis-GLR-GT
Body- Jomurema
Wheelbase-98mm
Rear PN soft
Front Marka 5
Motor-3500KV
Batteries- 2S lipo

Stock

Date-8/30/23
Location- California
Race Time-261.92
Fastest Lap-3.17
Chassis-Pn 2.5
Body- F*40
Wheelbase-90mm
Tires- R Marka 10. F PN soft slick
Motor-3500KV
Batteries- Enloop

Double post. opps

Class- Box Stock
Date- 8/9/23
Location- Utah
Race Time- 372.20 (6:12. 20)
Fastest Lap- 3.996
Chassis- Kyosho MR03 Readyset
Body- Mercedes AMG GT3
Wheelbase- 98mm
Tires- PN KS-M Medium slick front, Marka 5 rear
Motor- Stock
Batteries- Amazon Basics 800
Front Springs- Red (soft)
T-Plate- PN 4 carbon
Motor Mount- Stock MM
Dampener (If applicable)- N/A
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)- N/A
Gearing- Stock gear diff, 7T pinion
Notes- Beat last month's box stock time, but only by 4 seconds.

Class- Stock
Date- 8/9/23
Location- Utah
Race Time- 357.97 (5:57.97)
Fastest Lap- 3.804
Chassis- Kyosho MR03 Evo
Body- Jomurema
Wheelbase- 98mm
Tires- PN KS-M Medium slick front, Marka 5 rear
Motor- PN 3500
Batteries- Kyosho Speed house 800
Front Springs- Green
T-Plate- Running the gimble system
Motor Mount- PN v5
Dampener (If applicable)- N/A
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)- N/A
Gearing- PN gear diff, 16T pinion
Notes- 10 seconds slower than last month, unfortunately.

My 98mm being out, I ran my 90mm Narrow MX-5, and while I'm getting better CCW this layout was a hand full with the 90mm! FUN but the ping-pong effect of the walls is really noticeable at 90mm!
Class- 86/90mm Narrow
Date-08/31/2023
Location- Central Texas
Race Time- 5:54.810 minutes/ 354.810 seconds
Fastest Lap- 3.960 seconds
Chassis- MR-03
Body- Mazda MX-5
Wheelbase- 90mm
Tires- F- N19mm 0mm PN White dish- Kyosho low height medium / R- N20mm 0mm PN White Dish - PN KS-M Soft

Motor- PN 70T Ball Bearing
Batteries- Eneloop 800hv
Front Springs- Green
T-Plate- Nexx #5 Carbon
Motor Mount- Nexx 90/94mm RM
Dampener (If applicable)- PN DDS Gold top/Green bottom springs
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)- Dry
Gearing- 64pitch 13t pinion/51t spur PN Gear diff
Notes- Got a Nexx 90/94mm RM motor pod, and I had to go to 20mm rear rims and standard height tires and #2 axle holders with ride height at highest position to have enough clearance for the PN 70T! But I have no traction rolling issues, so the Nexx RM Pod is a huge improvment over the factory RM pod. Though I wish PN still had a 90mm pod as their fit and finish is better, at least with the few items I have compared. There's quite a bit of slop between the axle bushings and the mount, causing gap issues between the spur and pinion. It's a FUN car to drive and teaches me to be smoother with my inputs! Also I went to a carbon front body clip, and a PN CP334 (Toyota GT-One TS020) is the closest I could find. It is just a hair too short, and too thick, but I filed the front lip down to fit the MX-5. I'll post pics if anyone wants. No traction rolling but I had a few +10 second laps from hitting the inside corner off the straight and rolling and landing on the lid!


Take Care and Drive Fast!
Drew

Class-Box Stock
Date-8/26/23
Location-Winston-Salem, NC
Race Time-252.7
Fastest Lap-3.05
Chassis-MR-03 FHSS
Body-2012 NSX
Wheelbase-98mm
Tires-PN KS Med fronts glued and trued, Marka V1R10 rears
Motor-Stock
Batteries-Orion 750s
Front Springs-Kyosho Orange
T-Plate-Kyosho FRP 6H
Motor Mount-Stock MM
Dampener (If applicable)-None
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-K 30k grease on top shock
Gearing-Stock Gear Diff/7T pinion
Notes-Car was 7 seconds slower than July and I tried everything to match or beat last month's time to no avail. Very frustrating going CCW!