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Agreed!!! Stormer is awesome. You can also get the CRC tires from www.teamcrc.com. Either one will hook you up.

Ashford for Jacos, Parmas and Xceeds.

Whats a good starting compound for a track with medium traction? I like a pinty car.

I've been running dbl pink rears and purple fronts. Other's like black fronts and grey rears.
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Tim

Totally depends on the track, the motor and the driver.

Running 10.5 on low to medium grip carpet, I like Magentas all the way around. 2xpink fronts with pink rears also works very well and others have had good luck with black/yellow. If the track was higher bite, we would probably need a harder front like lilacs or purples.

17.5 on high bite, you're going to want to take some grip out of the car and will need something different.

I see your from Oxnard. Do you race at Camarillo? We run 17.5 and I had good luck with double pink fronts and grey rears last Sunday.

Jeff V.

Yeah, I started racing nitro sedans back in 01 at Freedom Park, raced for a couple of years, had to quit, got back into it in 07 with a nitro sedan and 1/8th, I race at GLARCRC. I just need something to keep me sharp when I cant go or dont feel like making the drive. Something to pracice with after work on saturday afternoons, and the occasional race.

Thanks, Ill get a few sets of those tires. What about setup? Springs, oil in the shock? I've never driven one of these, but from reading the trread a bit I take it that the cars seem to have a lot of steering? ANy advice would be helpfull as am a complete noob when it comes to 1/12th scale.

If you all are running in Oxnard/Camarillo, it's pretty safe to say you're running on asphalt? I'm from Oxnard myself and can't think of any indoor tracks nearby is why I say.

Wingracer is giving you good setups for carpet and may not work for what you are running. Not trying to say that what Wingracer told you is erroneous, they may work but, you should probably specify that you are running asphalt so that people who typically run that application can provide you with the best information for your problem.

How are things in Oxnard? I look at the weather on weather.com for Oxnard and it makes me want to puke because the weather there is so good and it sucks so bad here.

The best way to get this info is to go to the track you want to race at and talk to the racers there. We can suggest a bunch of setups/tires but getting the info from the racers will have you up and going the fastest.

Yeah, its asphalt. Weather here today is beatiful! What I call perfect RC racing weather, sunny, not too hot, a little breeze, just nice. Except I have to work and they are having a big SCT race on the offroad track. It will be a few weeks before I get the electronics for the car, so when I get the car(hopefully by wednesday) Ill take it appart and go tru it. I jusr realized I've never built a ball diff before either.

Whats a good speedo and 17.5 motor? Ive been reading up a bit and the speedo I would buy not knowing much is the Tekin RS. I love the fact that its software is upgradeable and you can hook it up to the laptop and set it up. Opinions and advice?

In WA australia there is generally a base starting tire choice for asphalt, i myself dont tend to use much else.. purple fronts and pink rears.. setup wise i looked at a pro drivers sheet online as a starting point then talked with guys at the track if i needed further help. If i need more steering how to get it, or how do i raise the ride high at the front..

I run a 12R5.1 built exactly how the directions recomend then tune with tires and sauce. That was the advice I was given and it seems to work. I'm still pretty new to the 12th scale as well. As for the steering I just turn my expo way down. That works for me. Theres probably a a lot of guys with more experience then me so hopefully more will chime in so we can both get some tips.

Last sunday we had a pretty full heat.

Pretty much everyone is willing to answer questions and help out. You should check it out this coming Sunday the 22nd. Even if you dont race you can pick peoples brains.

Nitro, which kit are you going to use ?
J-Vet is giving you good advice for Camarillo.
R5.1 base settings and the right tires is a good setup most everywhere.

As mentioned above if you are running asphalt it is best to start with soft rears like pinks. Then go a shore or two harder on the front but with higher rubber content tires like magenta or purple. I played around with the Exceed pro tires for a bit and they worked well with soft rear/med fronts or med rear/hard fronts. I recently changed to CRC's and they seem to provide better balance used the same way with pink rears/magenta fronts or magenta rears/purple fronts.

As for these cars having lots of steering thats not really the case. While I am new to 12th I have found that the problem is getting the power down out of a corner far more than into a corner (I can even lock the rears into a turn and not spin out!). Once you get that down you will be looking for more and more steering.