Originally Posted by
Hayling
Hello M-Chassis fans!
I've recently put together my first fwd mini, an M-05 Pro Gold Edition.
This thread is long, and there's a lot of advice, some of which is very contrary to other guidance, so I'm resorting to some help for this particular setup.
What I've got:
The Gold Pro chassis built stock
5400 Aluminum dampers
TA03 ball diff
Ride 55m belted hard and medium compounds
It will be raced on fairly rough parking lot tracks with soda sprayed down. I don't want to spend any more on upgrades right now, as it's just for occasional use when enough mini owners bring them out.
A few other questions beyond help setting up the car.
Do I add a spacer/shim here? The gold kit seems to not have anything shorter.
No, don't put a spacer there. It's supposed to be like that.
Besides the springs in the kit (blue and yellow) it comes with these bright red ones. Any use?
That is the softest spring in the set of three. They go red, yellow, blue. Softest to the hardest
Here's the tires I have besides the S-Grips I could use. They are used on a 225mm touring car right now (RIDE pair of hard & medium):
Don't have any experience with those tires, but generally fit the hard ones on the front and the softer ones to the rear.
I put 2mm spacers front and rear between the links, and otherwise it's set up box stock. Curious which oil weights, spring combos, and spacer settings to use for the best results? Ride height too for asphalt (rough.)
Thanks!! It's been a confusing journey piecing this project together and I'm as lost as ever! ha
The spacers will put you in the ball park on the set up, but what happens when you need the link shorter???? Right, that's why I rarely, actually never use them. Since you don't want to add anything to the car, it's sort of tough to help you. For example, the springs you are running are much too stiff for an outdoor asphalt, but you say you don't want to buy new springs. The reason you get varying opinions on this thread is there is a wide disparity in posters in knowledge, experience, ability etc. Also if you, the reader, aren't careful the discussion could be about a totally different type of track and surface than you will experience, so you need to pay attention. Another factor is that many of us run under different rules than others, which can further confuse the issue. In your case the guys running under TCS rules or the occasional Aussie poster like
Calvin are probably closer to what you're looking for.
Best advice I can give you is take the car and run it every chance you can get. Never take the car out on 2 runs the same. Change something like the ride height, camber, toe out, battery placement, add or subtract weight, ride height rake, Transmitter settings, especially servo speed on turn in and return. Do that for awhile and you'll be the one answering the questions, not asking them. Too often, i'll see people go out and run battery after battery with the same set up and never learn anything.