Originally Posted by
tony gray
I'm not sure I can believe all of that Bob - someone told me that you weren't the sharpest guy around....
Tony, never let the truth stand in the way of a good story. However, most of it is true and hope that my tongue in cheek narrative was not mistaken for sarcasm
Originally Posted by
caltek1
Martin,
I would have to say the mini drivers at SMA are the sharpest guy's around. The club has the fastest and close to the most consistant drivers in the mini class.
Me, I'm just sticking to what works for me at present, until the next best thing comes along. Hopefully I will get some time to finish building a new mini and can be among the crowd. Perhaps I should pull a MO3 out of mothballs and have another run with it. For me it comes back to what I feel is comfortable for my driving style or lack there of and how I'm feeling on the day.
I think the sharpest mini driver for car setup is Deniz, who has his car working very well and as you know most of you at SMA are running the MO3L, although I have heard Deniz has started running a short wheel based car.
I will stick to being a middle of the pack driver and work on getting better with more practice and more testing.
Bob,
Sounds like you have found the chassis you like in the MO3. Great to hear that you are enjoying your racing and loving the MO3.
Later,
Calvin.
Calvin, even I'm not brave enough to go there. Who and where the best Mini guys are????
Originally Posted by
2-Bad
Man I thought Mini was suppose to be a walk in the park to setup and work on. The more I do to this M05 the worse it feels, Go Figure!!....
The car was all kit and handled predictable and reasonably well.
I decide to upgrade the servo to a high torque/ spped servo. Steering is more aggressive and now have to dialing down the steering throw. Put frt sway on to try and smooth out the steering a little. Helped a little.
Upgraded the shocks from plastic to alloy. Same oil (500wt) but in the mini trf shocks it feels soo much heavier. Rear never hopped before and now rear end hopping around so dropped it down to 400wt. Its better but not all gone.
Plastic steering rack was very stiff so pulled apart and greased. Now I'm getting straight line wander. So I reduced the toe-out a bit. Set the trim many times, then up at speed and the car will be straight then just wander off left or right, arghhh!!!
Need advice, com'n u Mini Guru's... help!!
What did I just get done posting???? Park the M05 and find a M03 cause you can usually find one pretty cheap. Transfer your electronics and put the M03M front end on it mainly cause it's sturdier. Set it up on the soft side and on some tracks a rear sway bar. Front sway bars tweak too easily. That's the best advice I can give you and will save you money and a lot of frustration.
The M05 can be a temperamental beast---sort of like an angry wife. You have to get it calmed down or it's a real pain. Your main problem in the steering is it's tweaked. Ditch the plastic steering. It's only for the highly skilled, which most of us aren't, and get the aluminum upgrades. Crank in enough toe out to get it to run straight. Set up is determined so much on what tires you have, that I won't comment. Copy what the guys at your track are doing. I'd still get the M03 tho cause it is so much kinder to newbies.