InitialD

Yup. I can attest to crashed_1's Colin McRae driving style !

Solara

iTrader: (17)

Same here........I am still using the 3 years old stock black diff gear....I have seen others stripped front and rear diff, most of them are running the AE front 1-way....and some are Yokomo 1-way....but I am running stock ball diff..........

I think they have to check on the correct shim amount....I am using whatever manual told me to, and nothing happened to my NTC3 for like 60 plus races....I even purchased the revised white/yellow diff gears from AE just incase my stock one will fail on me....almost a year now, I still haven't open the revised gear yet.....now, I am not sure do I really need those...LOL.

Oh....use some light grease on the gear will help....I check the diff on every 2-3 races.

Solara

iTrader: (17)

Using the 3 shoe clutch will not do any harm to the diff....but the reason to use a 3 shoes clutch is suppose when you ahve a HIGH TORQUE high HP engine........if you are running a OS TR T engine, I doubt that engine will produce enough power to rip the diff gear...

At least my NR-RS12 T5 S1 with 2 shoes still not powerfull enough to rip any gears on my NTC3.

Solara

iTrader: (17)

Thanks.........the reason I want to try that LD3 option power clutch is because it can use 28T (just realized that they have 29T on 2nd..wow, that is FAST).....But I have a quesiton for you....does Mugen Centax clutch housing work with the 28T/29T 0.8 gearing pinion? Thanks again....

Niklas Edlund

Maybee its different with unlimited % nitro in the fuel (as in the US) but here in europe with 16% at leats its defenetly not always a faster way just to gear-up. In Portugal (EC2003) it was truly a HUGE track with the longest landing-strip stratight away seen on this planet and we still used 26T for second. We tried to gear-up to 27T and it didnt have any higher topspeed. It just consumed more juice. Our was just 1 Km/h slower then Salvens screemer (checked with radar gun). The torq in these tiny screemers arent the best...

Solara

iTrader: (17)

Hmmm, good explanation.......maybe I should think about is there any advantage on using 28T or even 29T 2nd gear....well, a little faster is always faster....

Niklas Edlund

Faster is better but taller gearing might not be better (lower ratio). I guess our NovaMega screemed some 40.000 + there and still could stay at 110 deg C. BTW I think the top speed was either 96 or 97 km/h if I remember it corectly... And that with the stock exhaust system (shortened though) that is said by "experts" to be torq only...!? Oh, and it was about 40 deg C also (over 100 F).

Francis M.

iTrader: (2)

heres a clutch made by yokomo that is made for the
ntc3 it has the same specs as the mugen clutch but
the clutch bell is spaced alittle different to make it a
direct bolt in.

Korgae

iTrader: (15)

Nik,

looks good, just finish it off with some Nitro Shoes 's

Korgae

Niklas Edlund

You bet, it will be the best party shoes on this car...

jay272

Beyond, adjustability, just what are the benefits of a centax-style clutch??

sup

rookiesolara, there are 2 versions of the hong nor clutch (.8 and 1 module). if you opt to use the mugen cltuch, be sure to get the one for 1.0 module for it to fit the ntc3. the reason some LD3 users get the mugen clutch is because its cheaper than the hong nor clutch (in the US). and put some shims between the engine mount and engine so that the flywheel wont scrape the road. i also know some people who use the kyosho centax.

spawn

iTrader: (6)

I think the mugen clutch will not fit the NTC3 though. I am happy with the 2 clutch shoe so far. Just need to scuff after every full day of running.

InitialD

You can tune how the clutch engages. More aggressive clutch engagement for high speed tracks. Smoother clutch engagement for smaller tracks.

InitialD

Isn't the stock NTC3 gears already coming with 0.8 pitch?