Originally posted by Fiddle Fadel
SpeedXL
You might consider getting the IRS Rugrat conversion for your Yokomo.
Thats what I did with my Yokomo.
I had my local Hobbytown get the kit for me. $85. you can see the conversion on the IRS site.
Dave @ IRS is also in the process of making the adj. front AE conversion in 12th scale. This will make a very adj. front suspension.
Also with the IRS Rugrat you can run the car as a T-plate or side damper/spring set uo. ( similar to a CRC 6-Pack, but a dedicated 4 cell chasis and adj. battery postions.)
A very nice Conversion.
Dave
Would it be possible to use the IRS conversion kit on my Carpet Knife?? Because so far I haven't liked the side spring rear end, it seems to break every time I lightly tap the sweeper at the end of the straight
. Even with the speed merchent side links. The first time that I went out on the track after installing the speed merchent side links my car kinda hopped into the sweeper (there are some nasty wrinkles in our carpet at my track because it's old, which makes my car kinda hop on some places, one of them being on the inside of the sweeper turn) and it broke some pieces on the little "foot ball" pivot thing, which also stripped out the foot ball shaped piece of carbon fiber. And it pulled the piston out of the shock and spilled oil all over my battary, but the battary is no good anyway so that doesn't really bother me. So I'm looking to try a car with a t-bar rear end. I don't know if that will help at all, but I'm just looking to try it. But aside from the fragile rear end (I'm sure that all 1/12 scale cars have there fragile parts) I'm pretty happy with my CK. So I'm just wondering if the Rug Rat conversion kit would be able to work on a carpet knife?? Thanks !