I like the cornor before the pit ... A lot of people crashed over there ............

I can not imagine myself If I would be there , How many time I will knock in to it !!

I noticed that too. I changed to a new chassis before and noticed that it was not completely flat especially int he middle part where the battery is. This part bends the easiest looking at the amount of material there.

I had a hard impact before and the plastic notch / tab where the side stiffeners are mounted on to the X bar broke.

But I have not had a hard impact since. The chasis seems to sag and bend on the rear side. Very gradual and the point originaltes from the center of the chassis near where the X bar is mounted on the chassis. But this is after some time of playing and racing. Perhaps it's due to the acceleration force and torque from the engine.

I think I'd rather have a side stiffener break than have the chassis bend slightly. Side stiffeners at that angle and plane is very difficult to break unless very hard head on impact. Have you seen the aluminum X bar yet? I'll wait for that one too.

Ooops.. Im not going into that depth.
Be carefull, you will make LHS having hard time to sell high torque engine..


Im sure that my stock, the side stiffener will having birthday in the store. So many kits out but not one of them buying it.

The X bracket is not out yet, maybe after Holland anvancing through Euro2004 Final.

Other brand will do the same thing D.. Loosen the top stabz holder screws, press the rear shock tower and re-tighten. That trick works only before you run the car again.. so I do not put much attention on it but I always pay attention on side by side flatness.

Furthermore, that is exactly why I mounted the 3racing aluminum things on the rear but does not help much.

That's the trick to getting people to buy less powerful engines.



Oh no... That would probably mean there's a high probability that it will never come then !

I've always wondered about it. Could the serpent starter box be the culprit ? Take a good look at the chassie when it is being pressed against the starter wheel, the middle part of the chassie slightly bends. This is due to the chassie being pushed down when using serpent type of starter box. Now, take a look at other boxes, like the mugen one, this type of box has a flat part where the chassie actually sits on it and when it is pressed the WHOLE part goes down.

I got the ceramic bearing version with blk coated shaft...but one thing i notice is the sleeves are tight as hell.Damn, i am having trouble cranking it with my hands even with the flywheel attached... Did you come across any problems trying to start it?...I'm really worried i might smoke my starter motors.

Anyways, everything is good to go as soon as i'm back from Joburg...time to kick some ass.

Interesting point! have not tought about it (since I haven`t use the serpent one) but make sense..

Oh yeah, it was a pain-in-the-arse to start! At the track I don't have power to heat up the engine with a hair-dryer, so I used my car's heater to get the engine warm before starting it - then it was ok. Now I can start without any problems of havin to pre-heat.

You shooting Julius' new plane in Jo' ?

Mu-ha-ha----my spring steel (front) drivetrain is complete!

before and after of the spring steel one-way (solid) outdrives

spring steel one-way/straight axle

You might be getting on to something here. I wondered the same thing too since I did not hit anything hard. The funny thing is the bend also starts from the rear end.

The guys at the track must be wondering why you carry the 710 into the car.

Julius with a new plane?