5LikesSC10 4x4 Thread
07-31-2011 | 01:06 AM
#5506
cadillac wants to know if eli has his setup sheet for sdrc yet. cadillac remembers chatting the other night with eli @ sdrc, but not quite remembering what he said. cadillac asks eli to forgive him for asking him all the "newb" questions all the time, but wants eli to know he asks d. jarosz a lot of "newb" questions also. plus you know what cadillac does after hours. 
cadillac knows eli and d. jarosz are experts in the field of rc and sc10 4x4's. cadillac already owes d. jarosz a "rocka-star," and cadillac will owe eli an "a&w."
side note: cadillac says to all the haters who hate on tbirdjunkie, this is internet life....not reality. all tbirdjunkie has done is helped out and made comments here on this thread about this topic...at least since cadillac has been reading here. if tbirdjunkie was talking smack, cadillac wouldn't say anything like this and cadillac would let the bashing go on...but honestly cadillac hasn't seen tbirdjunkie attack anyone.
cadillac thinks 3rd person is weird.
cadillac knows eli and d. jarosz are experts in the field of rc and sc10 4x4's. cadillac already owes d. jarosz a "rocka-star," and cadillac will owe eli an "a&w."
side note: cadillac says to all the haters who hate on tbirdjunkie, this is internet life....not reality. all tbirdjunkie has done is helped out and made comments here on this thread about this topic...at least since cadillac has been reading here. if tbirdjunkie was talking smack, cadillac wouldn't say anything like this and cadillac would let the bashing go on...but honestly cadillac hasn't seen tbirdjunkie attack anyone.
cadillac thinks 3rd person is weird.
07-31-2011 | 09:27 AM
#5509
Tech Rookie
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 10
From: Parma heights,Ohio
I just picked mine up a few weeks ago, it's been amazing! I also own a bce chassis losi carbon and Ti everything, the losi is very good but where I run I'm faster with the stock sc104x with less motor and smaller batteries. No special mods are required IMO except the tires that work best at your track. I just did my basic setup on it, mostly to the book and it's rediculous out there! Nothing has broke yet and I've put it to the test!
You should drive the Losi and then decide.
Since I got the sc10 I havnt felt like driving the losi. Lol! Before that I loved the losi, I put over $400 in mods on it, spared no expense.
Everyone is different but I can tell you all the SC truck have their issues when put to the test.
People keep having belt getting pinched between the front pulley problems, then you roll the truck backwards to un bind it. Happen to me twice in 15 batteries after lawn darting into the face of a quad over shooting a triple. I'm running both 19t belt pulleys so my belt is looser I think.
Hope this helps.
You should drive the Losi and then decide.
Since I got the sc10 I havnt felt like driving the losi. Lol! Before that I loved the losi, I put over $400 in mods on it, spared no expense.
Everyone is different but I can tell you all the SC truck have their issues when put to the test.
People keep having belt getting pinched between the front pulley problems, then you roll the truck backwards to un bind it. Happen to me twice in 15 batteries after lawn darting into the face of a quad over shooting a triple. I'm running both 19t belt pulleys so my belt is looser I think.
Hope this helps.
07-31-2011 | 11:50 AM
#5510
Tech Regular
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 347
Slipping slipping slipping... Even with the HT pads. They get glazed after a few packs. Can't tighten the slipper spring nut fully, the top shaft starts to bend... 
How hard can it be to manufacture a spring that compresses evenly? Why can't AE come with a solution to this? They must have seen this slipping problem during the test phase...
I guess the only solution is to order the clutch basket. MTK, you're gonna get rich
How hard can it be to manufacture a spring that compresses evenly? Why can't AE come with a solution to this? They must have seen this slipping problem during the test phase...I guess the only solution is to order the clutch basket. MTK, you're gonna get rich
07-31-2011 | 12:08 PM
#5513
Slipping slipping slipping... Even with the HT pads. They get glazed after a few packs. Can't tighten the slipper spring nut fully, the top shaft starts to bend... How hard can it be to manufacture a spring that compresses evenly? Why can't AE come with a solution to this? They must have seen this slipping problem during the test phase...
I guess the only solution is to order the clutch basket. MTK, you're gonna get rich
How hard can it be to manufacture a spring that compresses evenly? Why can't AE come with a solution to this? They must have seen this slipping problem during the test phase...I guess the only solution is to order the clutch basket. MTK, you're gonna get rich
07-31-2011 | 01:25 PM
#5515
Tech Apprentice
iTrader: (1)
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 70
From: SoCal
I had a question to all the MTK clutch basket users out there. What slipper pad combo are you guys using? I am running on high bite clay tracks and wasn't sure about using a HT pad on the front and one HT and one Reg pad for the rear (maybe even all 3 HT) . Just looking for a decent starting point for running on high bite clay.
Thanks,
BulldogSRT
Thanks,
BulldogSRT
07-31-2011 | 01:28 PM
#5516
07-31-2011 | 01:44 PM
#5518
07-31-2011 | 01:53 PM
#5519
07-31-2011 | 02:05 PM
#5520
Ran mine for real last night for the first time (radio check/field trip to the skatepark doesn't count) at a track I've never seen before. Running saddle packs, Novak 4.5 550, Havok, and Caveliari setup.
I won the second qualifier when the fast guy broke, and led 2 1/2 minutes or so of the main before I lost half a lap when I crashed (into a backmarker who was trying to pull over and let me go), wound up finishing second. The guy who won told me I had the best Associated truck he'd seen at the track so far. A couple of other guys I didn't know randomly walked up and told me the same thing. During the main, I could totally make time on anybody but I have run on dirt exactly once in the past 16 years, and to say I was a little rusty would be an understatement. All in all, a successful evening.
First, tire selection is super important on this truck. The guys running Losi product could run just about anything and it wasn't that different. The difference between subcultures and double dees in the same compound was staggering. Before I got the tires right, I wished I had less motor.
I started with a 12t, and switched to a 13t before I changed tires, trying to take some of the punch away. Worked opposite. I could jump everything before, now I could REALLY jump everything.
At the end of the 10 minute main, I could still jump everything thanks to the clutch basket.
I think the stock rear springs are okay, but IMO the stock fronts are too soft. Moving the upper shock mount to the outside hole helped, but it wasn't enough. I'd of cut a coil off each spring except that's something you really don't want to do 1) at the track and 2) with the only set of springs you own.
Anyway, this truck must be good, cause the driver sure ain't.
I won the second qualifier when the fast guy broke, and led 2 1/2 minutes or so of the main before I lost half a lap when I crashed (into a backmarker who was trying to pull over and let me go), wound up finishing second. The guy who won told me I had the best Associated truck he'd seen at the track so far. A couple of other guys I didn't know randomly walked up and told me the same thing. During the main, I could totally make time on anybody but I have run on dirt exactly once in the past 16 years, and to say I was a little rusty would be an understatement. All in all, a successful evening.
First, tire selection is super important on this truck. The guys running Losi product could run just about anything and it wasn't that different. The difference between subcultures and double dees in the same compound was staggering. Before I got the tires right, I wished I had less motor.
I started with a 12t, and switched to a 13t before I changed tires, trying to take some of the punch away. Worked opposite. I could jump everything before, now I could REALLY jump everything.
At the end of the 10 minute main, I could still jump everything thanks to the clutch basket.
I think the stock rear springs are okay, but IMO the stock fronts are too soft. Moving the upper shock mount to the outside hole helped, but it wasn't enough. I'd of cut a coil off each spring except that's something you really don't want to do 1) at the track and 2) with the only set of springs you own.
Anyway, this truck must be good, cause the driver sure ain't.