XRay X10'18
#1
Tech Addict
Thread Starter
XRay X10'18
Last edited by pphaneuf; 08-22-2017 at 02:44 AM.
#2
Tech Elite
If I decide to run WGT-R this would be my kit but XRAY sure didn't invest much with this release.
#3
Tech Addict
Thread Starter
I wonder if the new pod bulkheads will allow getting a good ride height with the WGT-R rubber tires? I'm running my X10 in Pro10, it should at least allow running lower ride height with bigger foam tires, which had been a problem before (with the old pod bulkheads being straight off the X12'15).
#4
Tech Elite
I'm assuming you can attain the proper ride height with rubber tires by flipping the rear bearing holders over like they show in the presentation. I did this on my X12'17 to run larger foam tires and just bought more ride height shims for the front end.
#5
Tech Elite
The fantastic XRAY ball diff and massively superior overall durability keep me from considering any other competitors pan cars.
#6
Tech Addict
Thread Starter
With my X10'16 Pro10, with 55mm foam tires, the lowest I can get is just over 5mm, and I'd like to run 3-4mm, so I should at least be okay for that! Outdoors, I know people running 63mm tires on their Associated 10R5.1, running at 6mm ride height, thinking they might go down to 5-5.5mm... If I ran 63mm tires, the lowest I would get would be 9mm ride height!!!
Their sloppy front end has also been a problem historically, with both the X10 and the X12, but they say that "excess play in the steering block and front upper ball joints was removed", we'll see?
#7
Tech Elite
It would be a total fail if it can't run WGT-R tires
#8
Tech Addict
Thread Starter
#9
Tech Elite
LOL, really long screws with giant spacers - unlimited ride height theoretically - but yuk.
#10
Literally just one day after I finished building my X10'16. I don't really mind, since so far it's only planned as a fun car for me for the coming winter, not any racing planned with it. But still... the timing!
#11
Tech Elite
I was in the same boat with my X12'17 with the X12'18 announced before I even hit the track but I have the same attitude towards it - racing 12th for fun at my local track when enough 12th scalers show up... funny thing happened though - everybody is building a 12th scale now at my track! Fun racing is contagious. I want a car for most every indoor on-road class just in case I see racers having fun A few racers in my area have WGT-R's so we'll see.
#12
Tech Addict
Thread Starter
It sort of worked, but the eccentric clamp move a little bit around the screws, which means that the axle bearings aren't held perfectly aligned, which left the axle binding a bit. I got most of the binding out by loosening the screws a bit, spinning the axle, tighten gently, spin a bit more, tighten some more, etc.
The Roche has the right idea, in my opinion: similar eccentric clamps, but their P12, P10/P10W, and F1 have different pod bulkheads, avoiding the need for a pile of spacers.
#13
Tech Master
iTrader: (10)
What I did with my X10 2015 is CNC a carbon spacer underneath the bulkhead, yes this will change the angle of damper and shock as well as rise CG but nothing else I can do beside that. Xray is being lazy with their 2wd on road all these year, front end still sloppy, using 12th bulkhead on 10th, ignoring all the ride height issue and jack up the price every year
#15
Tech Addict
Thread Starter