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11-30-2003, 04:26 AM

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Re: Brace

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Originally posted by B
Hey guys,

I am curious, has anyone tried the Team Active carbon fiber brace for thier cars?

I am not sure whether the piece of carbon fiber will do the same job as a beefy alloy brace (made by Kawahara, SATO, etc)

Any inputs are welcome

I was running my last Mugen on the 4mm chasis and I was only using the standard right side brace, despite trashing the car a lot the brace was never deformed at all, so I guess there was no advantage to use an allow or graphite one. I suspect that there is no real need for the alloy or graphite braces.

One of the guys used the graphite bumper, it did not last long at all.

11-30-2003, 04:27 AM

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Hi

Although the springs are the same diameter you'll find that one has a less amount of coils compared to the other, this makes the one with less coils stiffer. Mugen have done this to the MRX3 with the red and pink springs already, same diameter spring different amount of coils.

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I don't undedrstand the Japanese, why not just rate the springs according to pounds/kilos ... thats a lot easier to use as referrence rather than colour coding with less coils etc. Thanks a lot ND!

11-30-2003, 11:15 AM

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Re: Brace

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B: I still use the stock plastic brace for my mtx-3. I also have the kawahara one that I got for free, but I like my car to have OEM parts.

11-30-2003, 11:25 AM

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Re: Re: Brace

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B: I still use the stock plastic brace for my mtx-3. I also have the kawahara one that I got for free, but I like my car to have OEM parts.

Alrite, Thanks!

its not everyday you see a bone stock mtx-3 except for mine

11-30-2003, 01:22 PM

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Re: Re: Re: Brace

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Alrite, Thanks!

its not everyday you see a bone stock mtx-3 except for mine !

Look at mine at the races bro

11-30-2003, 03:04 PM

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Re: Re: Brace

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B: I still use the stock plastic brace for my mtx-3. I also have the kawahara one that I got for free, but I like my car to have OEM parts.

WOW!

11-30-2003, 03:11 PM

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I knew they couldn't handle me..hehe...What' up with just having the same 2 girl's in the video? If your going to show women, show more than 2. You gut's with me??

Any pictures of you!?!?

11-30-2003, 03:43 PM

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11-30-2003, 06:22 PM

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Any pictures of you!?!?

the most question asked on cyber world !

11-30-2003, 07:41 PM

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why does mugen offset the rims?

do trcs fit without rubbing anywhere?

do fast tires come in 30 shore?

thanks.

11-30-2003, 07:45 PM

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mugen created the car with off-set wheels in mind so that 26~30mm foams could be fitted without excessive track width

11-30-2003, 07:49 PM

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so the other brands should fit without rubbing the suspension?

11-30-2003, 07:59 PM

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Hi guy's anyone know of any good rc video's? Anything beside's xxx- main... ( maybe i should tryout for that.) hehehe... I just wanted something to watch during the winter.. thanks..

The videos from this guy are awesome you will love em:

www.raywoodrcvideos.com

I have the Sydney 2001 1/8 worlds and the 2002 electric worlds in Africa. Very well done stuff.

11-30-2003, 08:06 PM

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Re: On another note has anyone out there ran 50%

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I think this might be the hot fuel for next year. Any opinions.

Actually there is a point of diminishing/no return with everything. Methanol actually provides the quick burn and hence the power for the combustion in our motors. More methanol equals more power. However nitro is very useful as when it is introduced into the mixture it actually causes more methanol to burn for the same given air volume. It is basically like a supercharger, but a chemical one.

There will be a point where more Nitro (which does not burn as well in our motors as methanol) is too much and it no longer is having any useful effect. Where this point is only experienced guys (not me!) can tell you. I have heard of guys running 40%, but I really dont know if the extra difficulty in tuning (since the operating compression ratio changes much more dramatically with more nitro introduced) will pay off.

11-30-2003, 09:38 PM

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Re: Re: On another note has anyone out there ran 50%

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I have heard of guys running 40%, but I really dont know if the extra difficulty in tuning (since the operating compression ratio changes much more dramatically with more nitro introduced) will pay off.

A few years ago I found the nitro limit of the gsr11... I ran that sucker on 40... man she flew... for about half a tank... might have been the lack of oil... or how lean she was.... but damn it was fun...

Anyone remember the spider mk 2.... now that was a real touring car... none of these fancy gadgets like todays plastic fantastics...