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Old 05-20-2004, 09:28 AM
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what is a good base set up for a high traction track? thanks in advanced
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Old 05-20-2004, 12:55 PM
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This is what the car looks like with the Mugen Rear....
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Old 05-20-2004, 01:16 PM
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nitropimp I live in tustin california my LHS is ultimate hobbies and the FW05R looks really good but I dont understand why so many people want to swith to the mtx-3 rear hub uprights what performance gains do you get
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Old 05-20-2004, 01:18 PM
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also I will go down to my LHS today and check out the numbers on the FW05R kit please tell me again which one comes with the front one way carbon fiber and lightened chasis

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Old 05-20-2004, 01:55 PM
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The 10 x 15 bearing is the same as the FW so dont need that.

I got the centre conversion today and realise I need smaller pinions now so that i have a choice for smaller tracks otherwise I have to rebuild the whole thing every time

Jeeez!!!
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Old 05-20-2004, 01:58 PM
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Originally posted by Nitropimp
This is what the car looks like with the Mugen Rear....
Nice one! The stuff is winging its way here as we speak!!

One question... or 2....

Why would you want to use the MTX-3 rear end with rubber tyres? Its only an advantage with foams

and why the really soft springs in the pic??
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Old 05-20-2004, 01:59 PM
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Originally posted by Marcos.S710
what is a good base set up for a high traction track? thanks in advanced
Soft springs!
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Old 05-20-2004, 02:36 PM
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Originally posted by Nitropimp
This is what the car looks like with the Mugen Rear....
That looks like the new Tamiya car , not an FW!
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Old 05-20-2004, 02:43 PM
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Whoops is that a new Tamiya It was on the MTX-3 thread I thought it was an FWO5. Sorry

At any rate I converted my Evo to the Mugen Rear and it add makes cmaber adjustments much easier. Also you can add way more camber than the Kyosho hubs.
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Old 05-20-2004, 03:53 PM
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Marcos: I would recomend using stiffer rear springs. The 05R has great traction as it came from the factory. Try to install a one way, it would help you a lot on the steering. Since you are going to race on a high traction surface, adjust the cluth so it can engage at higher RPM (about an aditional 2mm from factory spec) this will create dramatic launches exiting the corner.

Good luck!
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Old 05-20-2004, 04:51 PM
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Originally posted by hudy
also I will go down to my LHS today and check out the numbers on the FW05R kit please tell me again which one comes with the front one way carbon fiber and lightened chasis

thx
31582
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Old 05-20-2004, 05:00 PM
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Originally posted by Nitropimp
Whoops is that a new Tamiya It was on the MTX-3 thread I thought it was an FWO5. Sorry

At any rate I converted my Evo to the Mugen Rear and it add makes cmaber adjustments much easier. Also you can add way more camber than the Kyosho hubs.
Yeap, that's the soon to be released new Tamiya Nitro car. Its shaft driven.
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Old 05-20-2004, 05:20 PM
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thx jeffreylin
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Old 05-20-2004, 08:08 PM
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Hudy,

Do you know the price of the FW-05R at Ultimate...?
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Old 05-20-2004, 08:12 PM
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Ok I just came from ultimate hobbies and I looked closely at the box and its the Kyosho FW05R No.31581B POWER TYRES GRP FOAM TYRE VERSION im guessing this is the one with all the goodies lightened chasis upper carbon fiber deck one way etc etc please correct me if im wrong guys

vadn1 its going for $334.95 for the FW05R I just mentioned on top
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