The track did seem pretty short by US standard and the Picco likes high Rpm. It did seem that you ran for about 16 minutes before the rod gave out: video coverage was not the best...lol...Is there a dedicated spool for the car ? Locked front diff is pretty heavy, slowing down acceleration...Good luck on the next event...

I have a ton RRR parts including a few diff styles of spools I will test to see what will fit ,Tosolini said just jb weld it he said that what some driver's did at 04 ifmar worlds ,I like driving with spool and, I see the newer sedans all ran stock gearing 16/60 21/55 at the race .
or 16/61 21/54 and on my Triple R with r4evo3 rear differential and the r4evo3 shocks, ran the same gearing, when i tested out at the event same setup as my r4 the RRR was just as fast ,me and a buddy are working on getting the r4evo3 full 2spd assembly installed on my Shimo edition RRR.

I guess the RRR VZW220 spool will be hard to find. Maybe on ebay. Should still work fine and as light as possible....Cheers...

I got lucky a friend gave all his kyosho v1rrr stuff i got 3rrr with motors ,brand new shimo edition kit unbuilt with enough parts brand new and about 10 engines with extra piston, sleeves and rods ,and another buddy had brand new shimo kit with a brand new plus 12 i grab for $100 so im covered for about 3 to 4 race seasons, i also picked up a Mike Swauger Picco S1 brand new $100 and im waiting on my Murnan Os engine from buddy up in New Jersey freshly rebuilt new everything $100 so im covered on engines and parts .I have about 5 spools in found in those parts even a k factory one

The V-one-S has a plastic spool, it will probably fit.
KYOSHO VZW220 SP Front Spool Shaft V-One RRR / Evo / SIII | eBay

Ah, it is that same part as mentioned.

I have about 4 or 5 of those went got all the kyosho stuff from buddies who do race anymore

That's how you stay in the game forever and ever with a car that picks up value everyday you own it... Stock up on lots of conrods and you'll be set...Pass you later in my Ntc3.2 for which I also have too many parts for....Associated Forever !!! LOL !!! Now let me go win that Megaball....lol...
PS: what fuel were you using ??? Tnr fuels 8% oil for picco's or VP 9% oil ???

Im running Vp fuel 16%

In that kyosho deal I forgot to mention 3 fwo5 rtr,s 2 ntc3 one was the rtr the has an os engine in it

VP 16% ok. No spec fuel for the event I guess...You had alot more power in that evo3... I only run 30% (8%-11% oil) in my JL red dot Ntc3...Later....

We ran 30 to 45 mains im my main i was making a little over 5 minutes where some could make 4:30 if my rod would not have pop i would have won the bump up spot ,just on fewer pit stops.

Brand new one of the motors that came in the big Kyosho deal i got

This one i grab at races Mike Swauger,s Team Engine brand new

Wow... You will need lots of different rods for all these motors...I stopped at the JL red dot tuned Ab mods with a few rods as backup while I always heat up my motor good before I start it: maybe I'll get a few more tanks on my rods that way...

i still have a v1rr's era LSD, i was wondering if it can be used in the r4