I’ve a set of PN lowprofile medium fronts and a set of Marka 10‘s (soft) rear radials that I want to try, but the kyosho’s are still holding up, I plan on building a 3d printed car maybe I’ll wait and put them on there.
Keep at it guys, Later Walt

I'm trying out Kyosho's Inner Tube Shock set front end on my MX-5, and so far it's a bit smoother, but it took some setup changes to make it work. I was wondering for those who have used them, what oil/grease do yall use with it?

I'm also planning my next build. I'm trying to decide on building a MR-04 or a pan car chassis. The MR04 will be around $325 using a few parts I already have. I don't know which pan chassis is the best to start with, so any suggestions??? I know the pan chassis will cost more depending on the electronics chosen, but there are some pretty inexpensive ways to go.

Thanks for the help!

We‘re looking at a printed chassis ( I haven’t forgotten your spoilers) there’s one out there that is supposed to perform well.
If not that then I’ll be looking at a GL Racing ( for me a GLR) you can get one over here for 200€ without a body, wheels, and motor, a friend has one and it’s Nice

Keep at it Guys. Later Walt

After reading posts by EMU and others I see that the RX28 is the top performer at the big tracks, and it's about $100 more than the GL kits. I really like the looks of the new Atomic MRX. It's around $280 for the kit with a good servo. I know the GL is a proven performer, and the fixes for it's shortcomings are well documented. Basically the MR04 built as I want it from parts is $300 where the various pan cars are close to $550 when getting the parts needed to tune and at least $100 more for the top kits.

I don't know if I would ever see any real difference between the different pan cars on the Mini-96, and that's where I drive 99.9% of the time. No close big tracks, and my body can't handle standing the long hours of the big meets that pop up.

Well after driving all day and trying to get my PN70T stock chassis to drive like I want it to and failing I switched it back to a 98mm BoxStock with a McLaren F1 body. Both my PN 70T motors have a bad vibration, even after cleaning and changing brushes, then tried a PN50T which is smooth, so who knows what happened to the 70T's. SO I went ahead and pulled the trigger on the parts to build an MR04 with a PN Anima 5500Kv, PN Ball Diff, PN Multi Mount or V3 94/98mm, and Delrin/Brass servo gears, and DDS. I'm going to try the 04 factory chassis, but I have a PN2.5W chassis also.

The BoxStock chassis is running well after some tuning, but I know it can be better. My eyes were getting crossed after running over 1,000 laps this afternoon, so it will wait till tomorrow! The stuff won't be here till after the first, so I will try to run my current ProStock then switch motors to run it in Stock too. That way I'll have a BoxStock, Stock, ProStock, Narrow, Porsche, and MX-5 entries this month! I'll save my Mad Cash till I can get enough for a Pan car hopefully by the end of the year!

Have fun turning those laps!

Hey Guys, this is the time from Berat a new one under us and can’t post pics yet, this was a Box Stock car,here the time


the white one is the car

I hope it’s ok for me to post it here for him, hopefully he’ll say something in here so he can do this himself
I can’t concentrate for 75 laps yet but I’m working on it

Hi Folks!
I'm Berat, 33 years old and live in southern Germany. I had some Mini Z as a Kid but we had no 1/28 tracks in the region I grew up in.
Fast forward 20 years and moving several times across Germany: Hanging out with Walt lead to buying wayy too many 1/28 cars, parts and bodies and now I've tried the Mini96 Challenge for the first time.
Thankfully we have quite a few tracks in south-west Germany, but the track in Walts garage has a special place in my heart
I have no previous RC car race experience, but I occasionally race​ FPV drones.
Sorry for all the rambling, I'll post my times in a separate post.

Class- BoxStock
Date 28 Sept 2024
Location- Germany, Baden Württemberg
Race Time- 440,7 seconds/ 7:20,7
Fastest Lap- 4.70 seconds
Chassis- MR03
Body- McLaren 12c GT3
Wheelbase- 98mm
Wheels- F- Kyosho +0 / R +2 (PN ?)
Tires- F- Kyosho 20 shore (worn to slicks) / R- Marka 5 deg Slicks
Motor- Stock
Batteries- Gensace 750mah
Front Springs- Stock
T-Plate- Carbon, unknown stiffness
Motor Mount- stock MM
Dampener (If applicable)- Stock
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-
Gearing- Stock

Trying to get my runs in before the end of the month. My BoxStock run was pretty good. I wasn't trying to run the fastest laps possible, just as clean of a run as I could get. It is still a work in progress, and will T.R. if I get ham fisted on the throttle in the 90s. I will try for better times especially with my MX-5 as I had 2 roll overs and it killed my times! I will update my times if I'm faster, but I don't want to miss the end of the month!

Class- BoxStock
Date-09/29/2024
Location- Central Texas
Race Time- 5:22.655 / 322.655 seconds
Fastest Lap- 3.777 seconds
Chassis- MR03
Body- McLaren F1
Wheelbase- 98mm
Wheels- F- 0mm PN N 20mm White Dish / R- 0mm PN W 20mm Yellow BBS
Tires- F- PN KS-M Med L.H. / R- PN KS Soft Radials (almost slicks)
Motor- Stock
Batteries- HiTech 750HV
Front Springs- PN White
T-Plate- PN #5
Motor Mount- Stock MM
Dampener (If applicable)- Factory spring shock
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)- 15k Atomic shock grease
Gearing- 7t pinion/stock gear diff
Notes- running well with a bit of rear end skip/wash out on throttle coming out of high speed 90s. VERY LIGHT at 114g car/body weight and HiTech batteries weigh 51g, for a running weight of 165g.

Class- Porsche
Date-09/29/2024
Location- Central Texas
Race Time- 5:21.138 / 321.138 seconds
Fastest Lap- 3.740 seconds
Chassis- MR03
Body- Porsche 911 RSR
Wheelbase- 90mm
Wheels- F- PN +1mm N 20mm BBS yellow / R- PN +1mm W 20mm BBS yellow
Tires- F- PN KS-M Medium L.H. / R- PN KS-M Soft L.H. slicks
Motor- Rocket 3500Kv
Batteries- HiTech 750HV
Front Springs- PN Purple
T-Plate- Nexx #5
Motor Mount- Nexx 90/94mm RM
Dampener (If applicable)- PN DDS Gold Top/Purple bottom springs
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)- dry
Gearing- 12/53 PN Gear Diff
Notes- Handles well, but very twitchy. I need to remove/adjust weight (tungsten putty) Sidewalls of front tires Super Glued and weighs 182g.

Class- MX-5
Date-09/29/2024
Location- Central Texas
Race Time- 5:33.149 / 333.149 seconds
Fastest Lap- 3.655 seconds
Chassis- MR03
Body- Mazda MX-5
Wheelbase- 90mm
Wheels- F- PN 0mm N 20mm BBS yellow / R- DXR -1 W 20mm Carbon Black
Tires- F- PN KS Medium L.H. / R- PN KS-M Soft L.H. slicks
Motor- PN 3500Kv
Batteries- HiTech 750HV
Front Springs- Kyo soft and short Green on Inner Tube Shock front end
T-Plate- Nexx #5
Motor Mount- Nexx 90/94mm RM
Dampener (If applicable)- PN DDS Gold top and bottom springs
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)- Dry
Gearing- 13/53 PN Gear Diff
Notes- Car has a MUCH BETTER run in it!!! I T. rolled twice on this run and it totally screws me having to jump out of the chair, run and flip the car and sit and reposition my hands on the transmitter! Maybe my Wife can turn marshal for me! Car is on rails! Car weighs in at 159g.

Class- Narrow
Date-09//2024
Location- Central Texas
Race Time- 5:24.312 / 324.312 seconds
Fastest Lap- 3.697 seconds
Chassis- MR03
Body- Mazda MX-5
Wheelbase- 90mm
Wheels- F- PN 0mm N 20mm BBS yellow / R- PN 0mm N 20mm PN White Dish
Tires- F- PN KS Medium L.H./ R- PN KS-M Soft
Motor- PN 3500Kv
Batteries- HiTec 750HV
Front Springs- Kyo Soft and Short Green on Inner Tube Shock front end
T-Plate- Nexx #5
Motor Mount- Nexx 90/94mm RM
Dampener (If applicable)- PN DDS Gold top and bottom springs
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)- Dry
Gearing- 13/53 PN Gear Diff
Notes- Had to really be smooth with Narrow rear wheels or it would Traction Roll! Had a few rolls this stent, but my Rt Hand had pretty bad twitching, so it's the best I could do today! Car weighs in at 159g.

Class- Stock
Date-09//2024
Location- Central Texas
Race Time- 4:51.889 / 291.889seconds
Fastest Lap- 3.412 seconds
Chassis- PN 2.5W
Body- Jomurema
Wheelbase- 98mm
Wheels- F- PN +2mm N 20mm BBS Yellow / R- PN +3mm W 20mm 14 spoke White
Tires- F- PN KS-M Medium L.H./ R- PN KS-M Soft Radials
Motor- PN 3500Kv
Batteries- HiTec 750HV
Front Springs- PN White
T-Plate- Nexx #5
Motor Mount- PN V3 94/98mm
Dampener (If applicable)- PN DDS Gold Bottom spring and Disk used
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)- Dry
Gearing- 12/53 PN Ball Diff
Notes- Times will be added
Same chassis as ProStock with motor swap to class rules. My MR04 will be ready by the end of the week to be my ProStock next month. Car is in RAILS and has a much better time in it, but hand wasn't cooperating. Did break the 5 minute mark, even with a few rail hang ups! Car weighs in at 192g.

Class- ProStock
Date-09//2024
Location- Central Texas
Race Time- 5:01.535 / 301.535 seconds
Fastest Lap- 3.271 seconds
Chassis- PN 2.5W
Body- Jomurema
Wheelbase- 98mm
Wheels- F- PN +2mm N 20mm BBS Yellow / R- PN +3mm W 20mm 14 spoke White
Tires- F- PN KS-M Medium L.H./ R- PN KS-M Soft Radials
Motor- PN 3500Kv
Batteries- HiTec 750HV
Front Springs- PN White
T-Plate- Nexx #5
Motor Mount- PN V3 94/98mm
Dampener (If applicable)- PN DDS Gold Bottom spring and Disk used
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)- Dry
Gearing- 12/53 PN Ball Diff
Notes- Car is great, but hand not so much, and it put me into the rails too much this stent! I did have my fastest lap on this layout though! It was just DUMB LUCK and I wrapped both sets of 180s perfect!! Doubt I can do it again! LOL Car weighs in at 192g.
My MR04 will be ready by the end of the week to be my ProStock next month.