Tamiya Euro Cup Germany

The first race with my fully upgraded TT02S is coming up.
It is a fast car, but feels completly different to my TT02 KR.
Most of the difference comes from the Tamiya type A 24mm slicks.
Also they wobble much and I took the time to balance every tire.
To my surprise, the setups I found have 600cst damper oil in the
front and 800cst in the rear. That is heavy...





I am unsure how I will perform with the car, as it felt strange to drive last time.
Tomorrow the day will start with practice and after lunch the first two
of five qualifiers will take place. Sunday another three qualifier follow
and then the finals. Wish me luck

Love the paint colour.. Tamiya rattle can?

the oil you mentioned is a bit heavy.. the most I ran on my type S on carpet was 450 cst..

I think so, too. I will give it a try and see how it works...
The colour is Tamiya PS-49. Rattlecan sprayed as always

Good luck with the race. I would change your oil in the shocks. 500 is ok with the TT02S indoor. The car can feel more pointy if you do 500 rear and 450 front.

That is exactly what I did on saturday evening.
In the first three qualifyers it felt like driving on new carpet. I could handle it quite well and was not slow, but the car lacked feedback and wasn‘t turning well in the corner middle. I still won the first two qualifier. In the third I had a screw on the upper damper end coming lose and was slow. All these experiences then motivated me to copy the setup of my TT02 KR. I changed rollcenter, droop, damper oil and diff oil.



Sunday started very good. I was on pace instantly. I won another qualifier, just missing 26 laps in 5 minutes by half a second. The last qualifier was on a 26 lap pace when I rolled the car in the last seconds. Didn’t matter, the pole position was already save. I seem to be on a pole streak. This was my 4th consecutive pole.

The first final was nearly troublefree. With a field of seven drivers this was a positive surprise. I could open a gap the Andy Schuster (who always had an answer to my performance gains) and came better through traffic. He then was unlucky and got collected by a lapped driver. That was an easy win. The car still wasn‘t driving to my liking, but it was fast enough.

The second final started well for both of us. We opened a gap to the third place very fast. I for myself had real problems with the car handling. The car had a tendency to pull to the left or to right. Like this I missed apexes and then touched the barrier on the straight. Andy got close and got by. It took me several more laps to adapt to this situation. Andy could pull away 7-8 meters. In the end I closed the gap again, but it was too late. Andy won and I was very unhappy with the car again.

In the break I dicovered, that one tire was heavily unbalanced. On friday I balanced all tires very carefully. Is it possible that the insert moved? I couldn‘t solve this problem at the track, so I put the tire in the front and hoped for the best.

In the third final Andy and I stayed together until the end. The rest of the field had a massive shunt right after the start, so we had our race. Andy and I had the same pace. Missing an apex or touching a curb meant that the other got closer or you lost ground yourself. Our distance varied, but overall he never came close enough to launch an overtake. It became a mindgame. Just bring it home... and I made it. A run without mistakes. This ability is something I learned just recently. It makes me proud to finish runs like this. Somehow it is very rewarding.




My friend Micheal Wening stood on pole in the stock class, won the first final and was chrashed by the guy in second place twice in the second and third final. The third placed driver was the lucky dog and won these finals. He still secured second place. We celebrated with a cup shot:




In retrospect the car seems to be fast already, but I will need at least two more setup days to make it behave like I like it. I want it to be like my TT02 KR, that exactly does what I want it to do. I am not sure if this is possible with the tires and no anti-roll-bars.

The 3racing diff is ok. Just make sure to remove every bit of slop in the transverse axis and keep the distance of the gear teeth small. Also check after the first and second day of running. Otherwise it will start to slip and ruin the teeth.