wallyedmonds

dude in the winter if its like the mtx3 when it went pro

wallyedmonds

3mm chassis is easer to drive but it is slower , setup is key, i use 3mm and 4mm chassis

kidDynomite

Agreed. It's easy to set-up a 3mm for high-bite as it is to set up a 4mm for low-bite tracks. Ideally, I'd like a chassis that was 3.6250mm thick
If you run a 4mm and really, really need more flex for grip, use the stock battery plate and put O-rings under the two rear top-deck screws. Just don't hit anything.

wallyedmonds

lol i use 3racing battery plate and 3racing uperdeck brace and instead of orings i use 2mm alm washers on the battery plate.but realy this car is way planted,oh and on the upper arm spaceing at the front im useing 3mm,im told this is way too much.

Speedbug

Hey guys, in the pursuit of finding the lowest CG, has anyone tried or know of any detrimental effects to running the shocks inverted?

madbeats

can some one help me with a set up for the MTX 4 , a short track

jprevolution

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Hi All,
I'm really starting to get frustrated with my MTX-4 no matter what I do it always seems to be stripping 2nd gear, I've checked two speed shaft and swapped changed bearing and engine mounts etc. But everything I've done has hardly made a difference. But I now know when the gears are stripping on the actual shift, it seems that as it shifts into second the pinion rips off a tooth on the spur, I have played with the two speed clutch and the engine clutch so if I could get everyones measurement on the engine clutch and setting on the 2 speed that would be much appreciated.

Nitro$junkie

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buy a new pinon

speedy100

I have never had stripping problem with Mugen spur gear. The only gear striping happened in my MTX-4 was using 3 racing spur gear, there is a gap that in the pinon and 2nd spur gear did not match. It is not noticeable if you just looking at the 1st spur gear as you thought they match perfectly. After I switch back to Mugen gear, all the probelm are gone and no more stripping.

GrandeGixxer

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I have stripped quite a few gears, mostly was cause I was a dumbass. The 3Racing ones suck. They strip easily and make an unbearable whining noise. I threw all the ones I had even the new ones to another guy that said he would use them. Not worth the time.

Adim_X

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I have slowed down my rate of stripping gears by being easier on throttle. When I wreck or get the car slightly in the air, by hitting a turn marker(raised asphalt) I dont immediately get back on the throttle hard. I noticed that when I was on the throttle hard as car settled down, I would toast a 2nd gear. I think my car would with a wheel or two off the ground and the force of getting that traction back would be more than the gear could handle

Slo-MTX4

iTrader: (1)

I had a problem when i first got my MTX-4 with stripping 2nd gear. What i found was the bearing in the 2nd gear housing was loose and causing the housing to move outwards there for only having a small amount of contact with the pinion. I got a new housing and not stripped a gear since

Dan

wallyedmonds

ok this is what i run,front suspesion,450-400 oil,1.2x1piston light blue springs,199track,camber2,upper arm spacer2mm,toe1.5out,upper arm position 3mm,rear suspesion,450-400oil stock pistons,light blue springs,200track,camber 3to3.5,toein1.5lower arm position mid,upright spacer 2mm,anti roll bar kawahara,upper arm position mid,steering ackerman B,rear diff 30000,front oneway,clutch yellow shoe,centrifugal shoe light with weights 2pcs,spring super hard at .9 and kawahara tires 37to40, gears 1st 17/60 2nd 23/54 side pulleys 18/25 this is mostly for fastcats (wwwfastcats.ca)

asw7576

Check your 2nd speed housing against any contact from clutch bell, rear stabiliser, and engine brace.

Read my earlier post, maybe 3 pages before this.

jprevolution

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Hi all thanks for the responses,
I checked the engine brace a couple of weeks ago and found that it was slightly rubbing the cross brace across the engine. I re adjusted everything so there would be no more interference but I am still stripping gears, but the difference is now instead of stripping four teeth in a row, it now seems that it just takes one tooth of the spur at a time like it is just ripping it off on the change to second, I believe it is my clutch but Im not sure whether this would be from the engine clutch or the two speed clutch, any info would be great. I have contacted the mugen distributor here in Australia and he said this has happened to others and believes that if you tighten the spring all the way down on the engine clutch and than back it off one full turn than that should fix the problem, but I was at 1.5 turns and I am still stripping gears I will tighten all the way and see what happens. P.S this was happening on both Mugen and 3racing gears.