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Old 01-15-2008 | 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by KREATOR1
mep, what kinda of spring is that? is it tamiya touring spring or the short springs , or maybe the rally springs.

what else did you do to this car?

looks cool
Thanks man. Those are short tuned Tamiya springs installed. I use an array of different brands, lengths & rates however, but that is the basic blue/yellow short set installed... nothing special. This car has bearings flushed and lubed with Trinity Royal oil, stock gear diff w/ anti-wear grease, black can with 20t pinion, CVA minis(2-hole/40weight all around...6mm internal spacers front, 4mm rear... baseline setting), Teu-101BK inside the middle of chassis, Futaba hi-torque unit, and a Futaba R133F Rx inside the rear section. I also use graphite shock tower braces & a rear sway bar occasionally, depending on the track surface. I usually compete with RPs on asphault, so the rear bar is nice to help the car rotate... as crazy as it sounds, I like to use extra-firm Tech rear springs & the fat sway bar on the back with RPs. The car wants to spin out naturally, but the high level of grip keeps it planted... insane fast corner speeds with that set-up

Originally Posted by KREATOR1
woooo !!! more more moreeeee picturess ........ can't wait to get me a mini.
hehe... I'm working on a website with TONS of pictures. Enough to keep you busy for a long time. The site will be devoted to our local GT & GT-Mini classes mainly, but also an outlet for all of the pics I've compiled, and some of the other racers' pics too. Hope to have it finished fairly soon, so I'll post a link here to promote it.
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