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Old 06-24-2009, 02:03 PM
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Shortly after making the new upper deck, I burnt up the rear diff. The RS4, simply wasn't designed for that type of power. No matter how tight I make the diffs, they still slip and will eventually burn up. The rear diff melted the plastic and all of the balls were implanted in the melted plastic. I put a slipper clutch on it, but that almost already burned up. Oh well, I have decided to pull the Mamba set up out before I completly destroy that car.
HMMMM....

We use our RS4 Pro2 as our INSANE SPEED RUN car...

Surface street - with a High Speed "OVAL BODY" and a cut down KIMBROUGH WING

5.5 NOVAK Motor (w/ sintered rotor)
LRP Sphere Comp 06 esc.

Top Speed 72 MPH x times so far on a 300 ft pass. (Numerous 65- 70 mph passes)

We've been punishing this car for several years, the LAST PASS last week took the teeth off the REAR BELT (This is THE ORIGINAL BELT that came with the car some 8 or so years ago)
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