2LikesTamiya TRF418
07-26-2014 | 04:34 PM
#1441
Boca bearings.. screws are kind of moot point. I run hiro seiko. Good combination of titanium and alloy and they look nice. But there are better screws out there
07-26-2014 | 06:49 PM
#1442
I've been running the stock one with pretty good succuess. I have just put the entire Samix conversion on my car and am taking both chassis with me to nationals when I leave tuesday. My personal opinion is that stiff makes the car have more steering under normal curcumstance. But just like anything else too much of something can cause an adverse affect. And that's what I feel happened with tamiya chassis. It's stiff as ply wood sideways and soft front to back. To me they got their weave backwards. The samix chassis is stiffer front to rear but softer side to side. But not to soft to where it feels floppy.
I have good expectations at Nats this week with the softer chassis in 17.5. Will report and say how it goes
I have good expectations at Nats this week with the softer chassis in 17.5. Will report and say how it goes
07-27-2014 | 01:26 AM
#1445
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 2,741
Put me down for another on the 42238 & 42231 pairing. Works brilliant.
I'm using tamiya ti/al screws but about to try some hiro seiki titanium to see if they are any harder. The tamiya ti ones are very soft.
Bearings I'm about to change to avid. See how they go.
Bearings I'm about to change to avid. See how they go.
07-28-2014 | 01:57 PM
#1448
61.5 seems to be about perfect. But besides that make sure u replace the kit oring with either the Tamiya blue or much more blue orings. Much smoother and more free. Ulll thank me later lol
07-28-2014 | 04:49 PM
#1449
Tech Initiate
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 23
how can I understand the upper arm spacer in the new setups? (for example, Jilles ETS Setup Luxembourg, 0 mm in the setupsheet) .. I find it somewhat confusing, with the new 54580 cub carrier (you use this too?) go to the setups from the orginal? ...So if I drive the new, inferior to 0.7 mm.
how much you lay under the most?
how much you lay under the most?
07-28-2014 | 05:33 PM
#1450
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 2,741
The new hub carrier is 0.7mm shorter in height. So to be equal to the kit settings you need to add 0.7mm on top, then add spacers.
Not sure which hub carrier Jilles is using. I do know that he uses the old style ball studs everywhere though.
Not sure which hub carrier Jilles is using. I do know that he uses the old style ball studs everywhere though.
07-28-2014 | 06:49 PM
#1451
http://www.thercracer.com/2014/05/ta...orced-hub.html
Just curious if durability is any better with the 54580 hubs versus stock? Or is it about the same?
Just broke a c-hub yesterday in the main. Aside from that, the car was great first time out with Rod Canare's 13.5 Reedy setup.
Just curious if durability is any better with the 54580 hubs versus stock? Or is it about the same?
Just broke a c-hub yesterday in the main. Aside from that, the car was great first time out with Rod Canare's 13.5 Reedy setup.
07-28-2014 | 10:59 PM
#1454
Tech Addict
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 507
From: London, UK
07-28-2014 | 11:12 PM
#1455
I'm not sure how durable they are. I ditched the kit chubs for the new style ones when I built the car. I have launched my car off the track at full speed on my infamous sweeper. It bent the "supposedly" stronger suspension block (what a joke) and almost pulled the screw through my Smokem chassis. Rear arms seem to be tough though. Which reminds me, I need to check and see if the suspension pin bent. Come carpet season I think I'll see just how tough the new chubs are. Hehe