bonman

Dear 1/5 racers,
Due to the influx of orders coming from the States, for both parts and 1/5 FG kits.
We decided to open this thread to accomodate any inquiries on how to order parts aswell as kits.

Bon

bonman

you can check our site

www.advancehobbies.com

for all FG products.

We are based in Toronto Canada but we also ship to U.S.

Ah10

Hi all just want to let you guys know I got a 5th scale now! and it is a FG. I will post pictures in a couple of days!

I dont know a whole lot about these big scale car and if any of you guys have input for me please do!

I really appreciated all the input! Thanks

Ah10

Anyone out there has a 5th scale? Please give me some inout!

Thanks

Ah10

Come on guys!

The Addict

Not many of us out here huh. I just ordered an FG evolution and should have it in two weeks. What FG car did you get? There is another board that seems better for 1/5 scale. rctek.com is a little stuffy but has decent info. I would offer more input but like you I don't know much. FG-america.com seems to have a good parts inventory. Every spare part I ordered for the Evo was in stock.

Chris@WeaponR

wassup guys im looking to breaking into the 5th scale racing but im looking into getting a tecnokit. ive also been looking at the FG also and im not sure. ill get one soon

Ah10

I have a FG Sport line with the following upgrades:

Carbon Fiber:
1. Front shock tower
2. Rear Shock tower
3. Radio Plate
4. 535mm chassis
5. Side Guard

Front and Rear disc brake, Aluminum steering block, Front and Rear Sway Bar(5mm rear), Aluminum servo saver, Adjustable diff,

Ian Oddie modified Zenoah RC230.

Ah10

Oh forgot about gearing and set up!

I am currently running 24/40 on pinion and spur and 16T on the lay shaft.

Here is the set up I ran on Saturday and it seems working ok, but I will try different set up see if I can get better result.

Front:
FG Black Spring with Mugen 7000 diff lube, Shock all the way lay down.

Rear:
FG Yellow Progressive Spring with Mugen 7000 diff Lube, Shock all the way stand up.

Ah10

Finally I got some pictures to post on my FG Competition EVO, but some of the images are out of focus! sorry!

Here they are:

Front Hydralic Brake


Full Top View


Side View


Rear 1/4


Angle Front


Full Front


Titanum Front Sway Bar


Technokit Torque Sensing Diff


Quick Release Engine Mount


Front Disk Brake

Isaac

iTrader: (5)

Nice Ah10. I'll be calling soon about the brake trick again. The Technokit is up and running. Are those the PMT tires. What are you using? 30's and 27's? Do they last pretty good?

Ah10

for the past 2 weekends, I have been running 20/30 split up front and 20 rear. They are Kronos tires, they hold up very good, in fact the 20 rear tires I have been running for like 4~5 weekends and I probably could run then for another week or so! as for the front 20/30 split I ran 3 weekends already and they still have a lot of treads left! so I probably would and could say those 5th scale tires last longer then running foam on 10th scale in terms of $ for a year supply!

Isaac

iTrader: (5)

Cool. It's always going to be more cost effective than foams. In my opinion at least.

Ah10

yeah I think so too! and fuel is cheap too compare with those 30% nitro fuel! and parts dont break! he he but intially buying the car is more expensive but in a year it will be cheaper to run that then a 10th scale!

Ah10

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Isaac


Very very nice my friend! u like ellegi tires? I heard the traction is pretty good but it doesnt last as long as Kronos!