Love the herringbone weave graphite. I wish more people would use it.

Ah that would explain it, i couldnt figure out what it was, using the corally body posts really through me as i'd never seen them with a rear pod like that, lol. Really nice work btw. So how did you find the car 1 tube v 2 tube?

I was looking to do a similar conversion to my sp12m, remove both dampers tubes make up a top plate like yours and use the side shock from a RC12R5, purely from a maintenance point of view Weight was the only reason i could think of as well why people wouldnt use microshock instead of tubes.

I found a deal on an sp12x by corally. Could someone give a brief description of the pros and cons of this car.
I saw on Stormer hobby site that it use corally wheels. does this mean that you can't use an other brand of wheels?
Thanks

Hi everyone !

Very happy because i bought a XRAY XII

But what wheels must i buy please ? Brand, shore ?

I am planning to put a 10,5 brushless motor in it, what pinion and spur must i use please ? brand ?

Thanks everyone

Greetz,

Christoph

Where do you plan to run it? Asphalt or carpet, indoor or outdoor. My best guess is indoor-carpet but who knows.
You can't go wrong with some Jaco. The best thing is to ask others racers on your local track, they might get the right setup. Try Dbl Pink front, Grey rear, you may find a chart on the web to get the full range of available shore.

For spur and pinion, Kimbrough, Robinson, PRS get great stuff. I do use robinson for both as that was available at the LHS.

I have tried both single and twin damper plates and have found it easier overall to use the twin dampers. With just the one, you have to use really, really thick stuff in it to get the same effect as the twin setup ( and I mean really thick!). I will get one of the side shocks from the AE car also to try and hopefully that'll be easier. Fibre Lyte in the UK cut out the chassis and parts for me and they have a number of differant types of carbon. I just like the look of the cross weave stuff so that's what I got them to use. Cheers pal, Chris.

Wingman2,
On the top photo you have the rear body mounts as far back as possible to the rear wheel, this is an idea I have thought of aswell and would of thought that most manufacturers would have adopted by now.
Rear mounts located further back generated more down force to the rear axle, rather than the mounts located inline to the pivot point of the rear pod causing pod sag at speed.
Damit

Thanks for the info Arn !

i plan to race indoor on carpet.

Greetz,

Chritoph

Hi mate, I did indeed put the rear bodyposts further back for that very reason. It may not look like it, but the bodypost postition is actually exactly the same for both single, and twin damper setups. I have a couple of other ideas that I am working on, hopefully they'll be sorted sometime soon. Cheers pal.

hey guys need sme advise on parma tires ,i can't find info on there tires as far as what works on carpet,what works on asphalt .in stock and 19t. jaco give you some info on each color so you can make a choice. parma ?

Wow, you guys are great and full of info. I need some advice! I am going from 1/8th and 1/10th on-road nitro to 1/12th scale carpet indoor. I am looking to purchase a car, brushless motor, etc. Can you give me your opinions on cars +/- as well as brushless systems? Any help and your opinions will be appreciated. A few of my friends are going to be joining me, so I am asking this question for about 4 people. We probably want to get the same car so that we can share parts, etc. THanks Guys!

I know this is a oldschool car but i recently aquired a mint IRS rugrat with a ton of upgrades. I already know even though its old the parts support is still pretty good I was just wondering if anyone had any positives or negatives to say about this car versus newer chassis like the BMI, CRC gen x, or The 12R5. I did a search but alot of the posts are kind of old. Any input, advice, and tips would be greatly appreciated.

The Rugrat is a nice car. You will be fine with it. Parts from other cars will also mount up to it so upgrades and parts support will be fine.

One local runs parma on carpet with his corally, magenta/magenta; no help on asphalt tho as nobody local has tried them on it.

Love my BMI cars, and imo the best beginner car


We have one local that runs the rugrat and its very fast, just need to get it dialed in to your track.

hi all - i know prs makes a 72T 64p spur. does anyone make one smaller? thx