Traveler brought this up to me a few weeks back. In his experience the Kyosho 4100kv motor was on par with the likes of the PN70 so knowing that it is off the pace of the 5600kv motor. With that said I would be willing to allow the 4100kv motor to run in stock with a caveat that if it starts to show a true performance advantage either here or in other race series we can roll back this decision.

That work with you guys?

Cheers,
Jim

In response to LJH and 4100kv motor. Does not bother me, at this point speed is not my limiting factor. I could have the fastest car on the planet and I would probably turn slower laps then stock.

Dumb question: It appears from pictures people are running ball diffs on most cars besides box stock. I assume it performs better on such a tight track as the Mini96. If I buy one will I have better cornering and more fun in your folks opinion.
2nd Dumb question: It appears to me that I am one of the only people running a 102 wheel base. It would make sense to me that on a tight track to run a shorter wheel base. What are your folks recommendations and experience?

Thank you for the help and advice in advance

Thanks for the feedback, I have put the 4100 as a legal motor in both Stock and Stock 86 classes.

On the Diff, a ball diff gives you some tuning ability but when I first switched over I was noticeably slower with a ball diff. One thing that helps a lot on the gear diff is opening it op and putting a little bit of grease inside, I just used some white lithium that I had in the garage. Basically it slows down the diff action making it a bit more "limited slip". I ended up going to ball diffs so I could run 64p gears which are quieter and more efficient.

I run a LM car in Super Stock and I do not think the wheel base is a disadvantage really. I can navigate the turns as easily on my LM chassis as I can on my 94mm Stock Car. I love running my LM car, it is fast and stable. I also love the old Group C cars and think they look awesome on track.

Cheers,
Jim

Just finished running two packs through my Stock Car. I am getting more comfortable running CCW and the car fees great but I am off pace a good 1/10th on fast lap and I feel like it takes a lot of work to make 4.5s laps. Not sure if it is a horsepower thing or set up. I did not make any changes other then rebuilding the diff and cleaning the damper.

Cheers,
Jim

I'm getting some CCW runs in with my box stock car for April, and by the third run I beat my March CW time of 369.5 by 5 seconds. Now I was only able to get 3 box stock and 3 stock runs in at the beginning of March for the month, but I really believe I have a preference for running CCW. Glad the Mini96 challenge alternates between CW and CCW every month. Looking for an under 6 min time in box stock next! Stay tuned!

Class-Box Stock
Date-4/23/20
Location-Winston-Salem, NC
Race Time-5:50.803 (350.803)
Fastest Lap-4.471
Chassis-MR-03 ASF
Body-911 GT1
Wheelbase-90mm
Tires-K30LH fronts, K20R rears
Motor-Stock
Batteries-Kyosho 800s
Front Springs-PN Green (medium)
T-Plate-PN Carbon #4
Motor Mount-Stock RM
Dampener (If applicable)-None
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-None
Gearing-Stock Gear Diff/7T pinion
Notes-No changes to setup. Was able to improve by 8 seconds after getting more laps in with other cars and coming back to this one. Its the slowest, but one of the funnest to drive. May have to build another RM.



Class-Box Stock
Date-4/5/20
Location-Winston-Salem, NC
Race Time-5:58.700 (358.700)
Fastest Lap-4.530
Chassis-MR-03 ASF
Body-911 GT1
Wheelbase-90mm
Tires-K30LH fronts, K20R rears
Motor-Stock
Batteries-Kyosho 800s
Front Springs-PN Green (medium)
T-Plate-PN Carbon #4
Motor Mount-Stock RM
Dampener (If applicable)-None
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-None
Gearing-Stock Gear Diff/7T pinion
Notes-Same setup as last month. This was my 6th run CCW, which is almost 11 seconds faster than my best March clockwise run (out of only 3).

Class-Stock PNR 3500kv
Date-4/19/2020
Location-Winston-Salem, NC
Race Time-5:17.412 (317.412)
Fastest Lap-3.885
Chassis-PNR2.5W
Body-2005 Audi R8
Wheelbase-98mm
Tires-K30 slick fronts, K20 radial rears
Motor-Rocket 3500vk
Batteries-Kyosho 800s
Front Springs-PN Green
T-Plate-PN G10 Black #4
Motor Mount-PN 98mm v5
Dampener (If applicable)-PN DDS
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-None
Gearing-PN 64p 13/51 Ball diff
Notes-Built this car last year, but never ran it. Got it out to keep up with MSAN. This was my 6th run, but I'm not quite there yet. Car is very fast and fun to drive, but I can't get used to the reverse delay/stall of the brushless motor. I'd have to run a flawless 75 stint to have a chance of winning.





Class-Stock 4100kv
Date-4/19/2020
Location-Winston-Salem, NC
Race Time-5:23.500 (323.500)
Fastest Lap-4.040
Chassis-MR-03 EVO
Body-2005 Audi R8
Wheelbase-98mm
Tires-K30 radial fronts, K20 radial rears
Motor-Kyosho XSpeed 4100vk
Batteries-Kyosho 800s
Front Springs-PN Green
T-Plate-Kyosho FRP 6M
Motor Mount-Kyosho MZW309
Dampener (If applicable)-Kyosho MZW310
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-Ruby Red
Gearing-Kyosho Ball Diff II 9/44
Notes-Built this car for a class in Richmond, VA earlier this year but never got to race it there. I've been testing with it for a couple of months and love the smoothness of the 4100 Kyosho motor and the precision of the Kyosho mount and side damper system, but the car was never as fast as my PN 70T car. Thanks to some help for the fast guys in Richmond, its now getting up to pace and it's sitting nicely with 6 seconds between my PN 70T car and the 3500kv car. Looks like I need to work on my PN 70T car a bit more...





Class-Stock GT 70T
Date-4/22/2020
Location-Winston-Salem, NC
Race Time-5:29.273 (329.273)
Fastest Lap-4.172
Chassis-MR-03 ASF
Body-Ferrari F-430 GT
Wheelbase-94mm
Tires-K30 radial fronts, K20 radial rears
Motor-PN 70T
Batteries-Kyosho 800s
Front Springs-PN Red
T-Plate-PN CF #5
Motor Mount-PN 94-98mm v2
Dampener (If applicable)-PN DDS
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-None
Gearing-PN 64p 10/54 Ball diff
Notes-No changes to car. Second run was 10 seconds faster than first run on 4/6.



Class-Stock GT 70T
Date-4/6/2020
Location-Winston-Salem, NC
Race Time-5:39.946 (339.946)
Fastest Lap-4.268
Chassis-MR-03 ASF
Body-Ferrari F-430 GT
Wheelbase-94mm
Tires-K30 radial fronts, K20 radial rears
Motor-PN 70T
Batteries-Kyosho 800s
Front Springs-PN Red
T-Plate-PN CF #5
Motor Mount-PN 94-98mm v2
Dampener (If applicable)-PN DDS
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-None
Gearing-PN 64p 10/54 Ball diff
Notes-No changes to car. First CCW run was 2 seconds faster than my best March CW run.

Class-Pro Stock GT
Date-4/18/2020
Location-Winston-Salem, NC
Race Time-5:19.918 (319.918)
Fastest Lap-4.029
Chassis-MR-03 EVO
Body-Ferrari 458 Italia GT2
Wheelbase-98mm
Tires-K30 radial fronts, K20 radial rears
Motor-Kyosho X-Speed (50T)
Batteries-Kyosho 800s
Front Springs-Purple (PN or Kyosho)
T-Plate-PN CF #5
Motor Mount-Kyosho stock plastic LM Pod
Dampener (If applicable)-Kyosho DDS
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-None
Gearing-Kyosho Ball Diff II with 6t pinion
Notes-Same setup as last month except switched Kyosho gear diff for ball diff.





Class-Pro Stock LM 5600
Date-4/12/2020
Location-Winston-Salem, NC
Race Time-5:32.779 (332.779)
Fastest Lap-4.163
Chassis-MR-03 EVO ASF
Body-Sauber C9
Wheelbase-102mm
Tires-K30 LM fronts, K20 Radial rears
Motor-Kyosho X-Speed 5600
Batteries-Kyosho 800s
Front Springs-PN Purple
T-Plate-PN CF #4
Motor Mount-Kyosho MZW309
Dampener (If applicable)-Kyosho MZW310
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-Ruby Red
Gearing-Kyosho Ball Diff with 9t pinion
Notes-Changed motor mount and damping system and the car is much easier to drive consistently and my time improved significantly (22 sec) over previous rear end. Car is very fast and is handling well, but more testing is needed because there is room for improvement. It should be more than a few seconds faster than my Stock 70T and Pro Stock 50T GT cars.

Class-90mm Narrow Stock
Date-4/25/2020
Location-Winston-Salem, NC
Race Time-5:41.724 (341.724)
Fastest Lap-4.317
Chassis-MR-03EVO SP ASF
Body-Ford Focus
Wheelbase-90mm
Tires-K30 flat fronts, K30 radial rears (19mm 0 offset all around)
Motor-ATM 70T
Batteries-Kyosho 800s
Front Springs-Kyosho Stock
T-Plate-PN CF #6
Motor Mount-PN MR9094 90mm
Dampener (If applicable)-PN Integrated
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-None
Gearing-PN 64p 10/52 Ball diff
Notes-I tried the inner tube front suspension which helped dampen the hop, but still had traction rolling issues. Adjusting the roll center all but eliminated that problem and I switched back to regular front end and 19mm rear wheels with K30 radials instead of 20s and the car is very good and a blast to drive! At the moment it is sitting right between my Box Stock car at 350 seconds and my GT 70T car at 330 seconds. I'd like to get it closer to the 330 mark, but I'm happy with the 341.7.



Class-90mm Narrow Stock
Date-4/11/2020
Location-Winston-Salem, NC
Race Time-5:56.757 (356.757)
Fastest Lap-4.433
Chassis-MR-03EVO SP ASF
Body-Ford Focus
Wheelbase-90mm
Tires-K30 flat fronts, K20 radial rears
Motor-ATM 70T
Batteries-Kyosho 800s
Front Springs-Kyosho Stock
T-Plate-PN CF #6
Motor Mount-PN MR9094 90mm
Dampener (If applicable)-PN Integrated
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-None
Gearing-PN 64p 10/52 Ball diff
Notes-Brand new build on 4/10. This is my 12th run while trying different tires front and rear. Car still has some hop, and I'd like to try the inner tube front suspension to see if it will help. This car is a blast to drive!





Class-Narrow Stock 94mm NOT 90mm
Date-4/26/2020
Location-Winston-Salem, NC
Race Time-5:37.884 (337.884)
Fastest Lap-4.172
Chassis-MR-03 ASF
Body-Subaru BRZ
Wheelbase-94mm
Tires-K30 flat 19mm fronts, K30 radial 20mm (+1 offset all around)
Motor-PN 70T
Batteries-Kyosho 800s
Front Springs-Kyosho Inner Tube with Green Springs
T-Plate-PN SG #4
Motor Mount-PN MR2295
Dampener (If applicable)-PN Silver Graphite DDS
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-None
Gearing-PN 64p 11/53 Ball diff
Notes-I am only including this for comparison purposes. This car is not a 90mm wb, but it is the only other "Narrow" car I have and I wanted to see how is did compared to the Focus as I've never raced it. I actually borrowed the inner tube front suspension from this car to try on my 90mm Narrow car to help with the hop. This car also suffers from traction rolling, and adjusting the roll center helped and I also switched to K30 radials instead of 20s in the rear and the car is very good and also fun to drive! At the moment it is sitting right between my 90mm Narrow car at 342 seconds and my GT 70T car at 329 seconds. If enough people have the Subaru BRZ/Toyota 86 body, it would be nice to have a class for them.

Traveler.....That is some awesome consistency, nice going.

I have put a lot of laps on my 94mm Stock Car today and pretty much up to speed. I went a bit softer in the front and while is it faster it will traction roll if you are not focused.......I was just having an absolutely awesome run when I rolled it on the far side of the track on lap 69. With that being said I will be faster going CCW as well.

I will start working with my Box Stock car, I did not run it al all last month so it will be good to get one track.

Cheers,
Jim

A ball diff would be a good part to have if you have the budget, but it’s not essential. I run the stock gear diff in several cars and it does just fine.

The 102mm WB cars can be competitive on the Mini-96 because they are easier to drive consistently. So a newer driver may be better off with a 102mm car. Check out my posts #673 and 674 to see how some of my 102mm cars compared to 94 and 98mm.

4100 motor is much easier to drive on the Mini96 than the 5600. It has smooth power delivery and keeps the car consistent. Not quite as fast as a good PN70T, but in the same ball park. I really like it and will be running it in at least one car for this month's challenge.

Oh man i just fell in love with my glr with a 5500kv dxr sensored motor. Have it turned down to 20 on the program card but damn is it smooth.

I'm looking for a new 3500kv sensored motor. I have an Atomic which is great but it doesn't fit in the GLR 98mm motor pod.

so motor up then and go 5500 like i did. Mod is for big boy pants lol