I'm surprised there isn't more chat on the usa thread. Am I the only one who owns it? I know the next 1 I buy I will do ALL the normal prep I always do. But I will not take it apart!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Only to seal.

Don't even take it apart to seal it Matt - there is no need.
I have never sealed any GO motor I have owned, and have never had a problem. The 2 x carb O Rings, pinch bolt O Rings and the back plate O Ring are all you need. I reckon the less you disturb the O Ring seals the better, so unless you are doing a routine check of rod play etc, or changing rod / bearings just leave it alone and run it.

Couple of pics of the home track all spruced up for our club champs next weekend.

Wheres the 6'plus jumps? I don't think ours are that big,4-5 feet

Round 1 of the interstate 20 series. Tq buggy and won buggy and truggy. First run with the gx2 on truggy motor was awesome.

that track looks really fun..and easy on the wallet...i like it...the tracks out here are just smaller scale MX tracks with big doubles and tripples everywhere...its fun to catch big air..but it would be nice to just run nice dialed track like yours

Yeah, it a fun layout. No real big air like Matt said, but it flows very well and is very fast if you get it right.
The camera angle flattens everything out a bit. There are a few technical features you can't really see in the pics.
Small membership, very limited funds, and all volunteer labour (like the normal 4 or 5 guys who rock up to all the working bee´s), means we can't get too carried away with high maintainence jumps and things. 42.1 - 42.3 sec is a really hot lap.

that is a nice track.....lets see some video !

Yes It looks bigger than ours Grizz, the top buggy guys on ours do 34-35''s in buggy and also in Truggy when they come trophy hunting, My best is a high 36 my average is 37-low38's lap after lap on clear track in truggy. I'm ashamed to say what my buggy times are
Our club also has a small member base with low funds, and the same 6-7 guys help with maintenance. I think its the same at most clubs ??

Here is a link to a video of a few quick laps on the track taken a few months ago in the height of summer, when the track was very dry and dusty and a bit blown out (may have posted this before, can't remember).
Mugen MBX-6T & GO GX-5R / 2072

Since this clip was taken we have rotary hoed the track and re-rolled it to a nice hard packed and smooth surface ready for our winter season, and also added several more jumps around the place. Turned a couple of single jumps into doubles, and re-designed the hill section in the back right hand corner to slow the guys down a bit.

Flanno, Craig is hoping to make the trip to the FEMCA Truggy Champs in August. Would be good to watch you guys going head to head

http://www.rcracer.co.nz/Forum/viewt...hp?f=19&t=4260

Thats awesome Grizz, lets hope I can keep up with him (daubt it tho)
but I'll do my best and have fun doing it .... as usual.

great job puddin!

Hi

I've just finished breaking in a GX5R. I use 30% nitro fuel and don't have the shim installed. Are P4 plugs the most appropriate choice here? Should I run the shim as I'm running 30%?

Cheers
Ben

Us guys that run 25% usually run 0.4mm shimming after 10-15ltrs so
the stock shimming 0.5mm should be fine for 30%, if you keep blowing plugs then take out one of the 0.1 shims and put in the 0.2 shim that comes with the motor for a total of 0.6mm for atleast 10-15ltrs then go back to stock shimming, as you prefere OS plugs "thats ok" but I'd go colder for 30% like a p5 or P6

Thanks flanno. I just got a couple of p4s so I'll see how I go with them and switch to p5-6 afterwards.