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the bmi db12 was amazing this weekend. The car had a little push in stock, but in mod, there was no-one else's car that looked better on the track. If it wasn't for the driver, the car would have finished with a 2 podium in region 9.
Also tie breakers in triple a mains are a bitch!
who needs a carpet and an asphault chassis.
Also tie breakers in triple a mains are a bitch!
who needs a carpet and an asphault chassis.
Originally Posted by rpoage
IMO springs are often over looked for handling gremlins. These are not measurable with tools most of us have. You can measure the free length and the wire size but you can't tell if they are fatigued. A crash or even bad storage can send the spring past it usable range and onto coil bind. Springs are cheap, IMO throw then away, they are a lot cheaper than a new car?
I do have almost a 3/4 mm difference in lower arm height while measured on the car off my hudy board.... Hmmmmm.....
Originally Posted by _cyclops_
Yep, the speedworld M-auto race 
Understear was when exiting the corner, on trottle.
I ran magenta front and rear, the pro-cuts version. Didn't cut them or anything....
0.18 front spring... the other stuff i played around with, hard to make up what's beter.. track changed a lot too...

Understear was when exiting the corner, on trottle.
I ran magenta front and rear, the pro-cuts version. Didn't cut them or anything....
0.18 front spring... the other stuff i played around with, hard to make up what's beter.. track changed a lot too...
If your car starts to traction roll on corner entry, coat the front tires outer sidewalls with CA.
Originally Posted by vtl1180ny
Got a question....
Running my CK 3.2 (oldie, not the R) I ended up having to shim the right front arm up 1mm more than the Left arm to get equal ride height.... Even with no shims there was still 1mm difference from side to side.... I have the reactive caster front end... Springs looked fine, nothing looked bent.... Stumped.... Had a miserable day with the car...
Pretty much want to call CRC in the morning and see if the Gen-X is sold out yet....
Running my CK 3.2 (oldie, not the R) I ended up having to shim the right front arm up 1mm more than the Left arm to get equal ride height.... Even with no shims there was still 1mm difference from side to side.... I have the reactive caster front end... Springs looked fine, nothing looked bent.... Stumped.... Had a miserable day with the car...
Pretty much want to call CRC in the morning and see if the Gen-X is sold out yet....
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If your front end is off from left to right, the first thing to check is the lower arms and screws. If you have a set of lowered arms on the car, they're probably not the same height. I've had to sand them (caveman fix) to get them to be the same height. The other thing to check is the screws. A bent screw is going to hoze the whole front end.
Also, if you're running brushless, the weight of the chassis will probably be off from left to right. My chassis sets almost a half mil off when it's tweaked properly.
Also, if you're running brushless, the weight of the chassis will probably be off from left to right. My chassis sets almost a half mil off when it's tweaked properly.
Originally Posted by tpczx6
Have you check to see if you might have one lower arm might be a stock asoc arm and one might be a crc or irs lowared arm.
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Originally Posted by vtl1180ny
Got a question....
Running my CK 3.2 (oldie, not the R) I ended up having to shim the right front arm up 1mm more than the Left arm to get equal ride height.... Even with no shims there was still 1mm difference from side to side.... I have the reactive caster front end... Springs looked fine, nothing looked bent.... Stumped.... Had a miserable day with the car...
Pretty much want to call CRC in the morning and see if the Gen-X is sold out yet....
Running my CK 3.2 (oldie, not the R) I ended up having to shim the right front arm up 1mm more than the Left arm to get equal ride height.... Even with no shims there was still 1mm difference from side to side.... I have the reactive caster front end... Springs looked fine, nothing looked bent.... Stumped.... Had a miserable day with the car...
Pretty much want to call CRC in the morning and see if the Gen-X is sold out yet....
Last edited by Apex; 11-13-2006 at 10:05 AM.
Originally Posted by vtl1180ny
Got a question....
Running my CK 3.2 (oldie, not the R) I ended up having to shim the right front arm up 1mm more than the Left arm to get equal ride height.... Even with no shims there was still 1mm difference from side to side.... I have the reactive caster front end... Springs looked fine, nothing looked bent.... Stumped.... Had a miserable day with the car...
Pretty much want to call CRC in the morning and see if the Gen-X is sold out yet....
Running my CK 3.2 (oldie, not the R) I ended up having to shim the right front arm up 1mm more than the Left arm to get equal ride height.... Even with no shims there was still 1mm difference from side to side.... I have the reactive caster front end... Springs looked fine, nothing looked bent.... Stumped.... Had a miserable day with the car...
Pretty much want to call CRC in the morning and see if the Gen-X is sold out yet....
Everything looked OK, just when you twisted the chassis, you could see it was coming apart.
Originally Posted by theisgroup
the bmi db12 was amazing this weekend. The car had a little push in stock, but in mod, there was no-one else's car that looked better on the track. If it wasn't for the driver, the car would have finished with a 2 podium in region 9.
Also tie breakers in triple a mains are a bitch!
who needs a carpet and an asphault chassis.
Also tie breakers in triple a mains are a bitch!
who needs a carpet and an asphault chassis.
I don't know how the tie-breaker was decided
When I get my carpet chassis, some of us will make a road trip up to Dallas
Tim C. If you are out there, you better be ready
P2
Originally Posted by _cyclops_
Just a question...
i had a race last weekend and i was really having problems getting grip out of the corner accelerating.
I really had a lot of understear, since i'm a nooby, what's the general advice to do then...
I've tried more jack the gripper on the front tires, but that made the car roll on corner entry. I've tried to make the center shock harder but that made the car bounce over the bumps.. it was really bumpy
i'm running a crc 3.2R
i had a race last weekend and i was really having problems getting grip out of the corner accelerating.
I really had a lot of understear, since i'm a nooby, what's the general advice to do then...
I've tried more jack the gripper on the front tires, but that made the car roll on corner entry. I've tried to make the center shock harder but that made the car bounce over the bumps.. it was really bumpy

i'm running a crc 3.2R

try a 20 spring on the front. more caster will help the steering from the center off. it may also be possible your rear is too stuck and driving the front.
Originally Posted by P2
Yang, your car was good in Mod, how did you get it dialed on that ice rink? My asphault car was horrible
I don't know how the tie-breaker was decided
When I get my carpet chassis, some of us will make a road trip up to Dallas
Tim C. If you are out there, you better be ready
P2
I don't know how the tie-breaker was decided
When I get my carpet chassis, some of us will make a road trip up to Dallas

Tim C. If you are out there, you better be ready
P2
come on up. we are night racing the last 2 saturdays in nov. you guys always have a place to stay.
Last edited by theisgroup; 11-13-2006 at 06:58 PM.
actually, the secret was the car oven. I went to walmart and purchased a cooler bag, just big enough to put our car into. and then I picked up one of those cup heater to keep your coffe cup warm. we would sauce our tires and then put it in to bake. they came out warm and tracktion baked in.
work great for me and tim
work great for me and tim
Originally Posted by P2
Yang, your car was good in Mod, how did you get it dialed on that ice rink? My asphault car was horrible
I don't know how the tie-breaker was decided
When I get my carpet chassis, some of us will make a road trip up to Dallas
Tim C. If you are out there, you better be ready
P2
I don't know how the tie-breaker was decided
When I get my carpet chassis, some of us will make a road trip up to Dallas
Tim C. If you are out there, you better be ready
P2
Tim C
Originally Posted by tpczx6
let me know when you want to come up and I will check to see if Iam working or not. bring a few more peple with you and we can run a mod class. I have not been to Mike's in a long time
Tim C
Tim C
CarlosG, Jim Hartnet, and I want to do a road trip. I need a new chassis for carpet, when we are ready to come up I will let you know. Stock would be fun too.
Yang,
Thanks for the invite
Paul
Originally Posted by P2
Tim,
CarlosG, Jim Hartnet, and I want to do a road trip. I need a new chassis for carpet, when we are ready to come up I will let you know. Stock would be fun too.
Yang,
Thanks for the invite
Paul
CarlosG, Jim Hartnet, and I want to do a road trip. I need a new chassis for carpet, when we are ready to come up I will let you know. Stock would be fun too.
Yang,
Thanks for the invite
Paul



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