I had both the 3.2 and a rev.4 and the o-ring thing on the 3.2 for me was enough of a bother to sell the car and get the rev.4. The tapper around the batt arear on the crc just made it too dificult to tape the batts in snugly.

Don't hold Mark and his recommendations against him, we don't ....

It's nice to see your passionate about the SM. But as Ray said... to tell someone to not buy a good car is silly. No I've not owned a SM car. Never could get a hold of anyone to even find out about carrying them at the store.

Eric

I'm not saying the crc doesn't perform, just that their battery retension system is sketchy at best. On track I found my rev.4 and ck 3.2 to drive equally well, but in my book the rev.4 wins due to its more secure battery retension. Now if your good enough to not clip any dots, pipes, burms or bumps the o-ring will work just fine. The o-ring system was a good idea when they came up with it but the cells we use now are much heavier than the 1400s back then and it just isn't strong enough for the extra weight.

O-rings and carbon straps are potential causes for tweaked 1/12th and sedan chassis. Everyone fast uses strapping tape in 1/12th and on sedans.

Hmmm.... You mean to tell me that this WHOLE time my driving has been inferior because I use an o-ring and a CF strap to hold in my batteries. DOH!!! I'd better take those things off my car right away so that I can be fast.

Adrian... Will you give me a sponsorship since I'm going to use tape now. I'll be fast.

E

THANX MR. CHIME-IN!!!!!!!!!!!!

Every car is good it's just what you do to it with set-up that matters, I have my car set-up with a pretty soft spring and not much dual rate. As I get faster I will dial in a heavier spring rate and more steering, not to mention a more agressive shell, ect. It's all a progression.

Actually I like something Adrian said a few pages ago...

"Pick a car you think looks cool and drive it."

Or something to that effect. I think in the 1/12th market especially that's completely true.

Anyone here knows here if Speedmerchant will be coming out with a 12L4 conversion to 4.5? Newbie to 12 scale and is just interested in trying out a spring type car.

How do I adjust the rear pod droop ?? I'm running a CRC 3.2R

I heard that less droop makes the car smoother into corners.

Thanks

Hi All.. I just purchased a CRC T Force kit.. It came with there Optional grafite t plate.. I built the car with it and it seems very very stiff... What type of track or cinditions is this t plate used for.. Ive been racing for 20 years, but ive never seen a 12th scale plate like this.. thanks

Great choice. The CRC 3.2R is an awesome car. The fit and finish is great and I found that my Knife tends to be more nimble and quick in the turns than my T-Fource. The t-bar car seems a bit more pushy, which can be good sometimes, but like all t-bar cars, much more fragile.

One of the nicest things about the Knife is the cell configuration and the O-Ring! The solid 4 cell pack is easier to handle than split saddle packs and the O-ring works great. The o-ring holds the cells very solid and only the most severe head-on crashes can cause them to move. I have had severe crashes that totally destroyed the tape on my other cars, so tape is not 100% either. Besides, the 3.2R has area to use tape as well.

Most of the cars out there are pretty good, I like the CRC stuff because they really are into 1/12th scale, always making new and improved items, pushing the envelope. They make their own parts, the hubs, bulkheads, front end parts, shock, etc... unlike many of the other manufactures who are nothing more than a graphite plate sprinkled with Associated, CRC and IRS parts.

You cut a couple millimeters off your shock end ball cups and thred them on more. The shorter shock reduces pod droop.

For carpet run zero to 1mm of droop. The more traction the less droop you will need.

For asphalt run 1-2mm of droop. The more droop you run the more weight transfer you will get off power. This improves turn in.

Note that since we are usually on power over 99% of the track this adjustment does not affect our cars as much. It will help you car get into tight low speed corners when you really do have to get off the throttle.

Reduced pod droop will reduce rear traction (mainly forward bite) on bumpy tracks.

Work well on carpet till it breaks run an 0.63 t-bar for carpet trust me it cheaper than breaking the carbon fibre one.

I think that in the near future their will probably be a Rev. 4.5 conversion as I think Speedmerchant is switching over to a 4 bolt rear end for everything.

As far as a CF t-bar, I dont think anyone really runs one, and alot of people I know will even run a 63 t-bar on carpet, and if a 75 is too stiff than i imagine a cf one is way too stiff, also the way it rebounds back is totally different and might make the car a bit screwy on the track.