r/c cars, grip and drift.

[tricky_ab]

I always wanted to get into this as my good friend has a few and was always trying to get me to buy one and go to meets. It looks like mad fun, but I don't need to add another expensive hobby to an already large list.

[NINJASPY]

Originally Posted by articdragon192

Haha indeed that is me. I still can't figure out a way to keep the rear planted off throttle.

Less rear droop. less weight transfer from rear to front.
Under braking or just off throttle? are you running front one-way? that can be it too.

take my advice with a grain of salt though... your car is faster than mine on the track.

[articdragon192]

Originally Posted by NINJASPY

Less rear droop. less weight transfer from rear to front.
Under braking or just off throttle? are you running front one-way? that can be it too.

take my advice with a grain of salt though... your car is faster than mine on the track.

Off throttle and braking.

[J3123MY]

wow. These toy cars are pretty cool. how fast do they go stock and built up?

[Nizzan4u2nv]

Ive recently got back in this hobby. Current building an tamiya f103gt for a time attack setup. Not a very easy chassis to run but its gonna be fun hopefully.

[Red Square]

my buddies and i been racing onroad off and on since 97. with all this advance time, tekkin R esc boosting, lipo +65c...... its just not fun anymore. so we went back to our roots, cheapo tamiya M-chassis and stock mabuchi silver can motors. only mods are tires, suspension, and weight reduction. so everyone is fair.

it might look slow and lame, but is fun and no track free. we stop racing at the local indoor track and do this twice a month....





home made track

[Felipe]

i just got in to this... starting off with a hpi sprint

[90hatchie]

i kinda wish i never sold my stuff right about now

[ZenkiKid]

Hey redsquare..thats why you run in stock spec class!

[HyperTek]

been wanting to get a short course truck, looks like fun and keep it for spec racing.. since i live in a dirt area now.

Been wanting to try a kyosho mini z for around the house.

[articdragon192]

Originally Posted by Red Square

my buddies and i been racing onroad off and on since 97. with all this advance time, tekkin R esc boosting, lipo +65c...... its just not fun anymore. so we went back to our roots, cheapo tamiya M-chassis and stock mabuchi silver can motors. only mods are tires, suspension, and weight reduction. so everyone is fair.

You should see the FF class races. All mabuchi powered. And still fast. Those guys gear to the moon on the FF 1/10 cars. Tamiya really designed the new FF chassis really well.

[Red Square]

Originally Posted by articdragon192

You should see the FF class races. All mabuchi powered. And still fast. Those guys gear to the moon on the FF 1/10 cars. Tamiya really designed the new FF chassis really well.

yeah, my buddy runs in the FWD 1/10 class in TCS, and they look very quick and grip like touring cars.

i just couldnt hang any more with the 17.5 sportman class, when they were using tekkin R and advance timing. they where running as fast as 13.5. ive heard now they have to have a different class for esc with timing boost. but i havent checked it out lately.

Originally Posted by HyperTek

Been wanting to try a kyosho mini z for around the house.

austin, when you get a mini-z, come race at my buddy place. and make sure you get the newer MR-03 mm 2.4. we run stock motors with any chassis mod.

i have mr-02 mm (in pink)

[JayDee M Rolly]

Originally Posted by 90hatchie

i kinda wish i never sold my stuff right about now

you and me both my friend lol

[Angelo se3p]

i have a hpi sprint 2

but got the castel sidewinder motor in there.. i think i broke the servo tho.. cause now it wont go into reverse anymore..

[ZenkiKid]

broke the servo because it wont go into reverse...wat?

Look up how to reprogram your ESC, that thing should have multiple settings, one of them being with reverse

[inlinejoe]

i need to get one of these so bad, i dont know any other company tho besides team losi that makes them and there is anoter i cant think of. whats a good place online to look at differnet cars.

[WIKID S4TEEN]

^ HPI was another company ::HPI RACING::
That's what I used to run back in the days...10 yrs ago

Retail shop: Hobby Shack

Edit: Oh shit, I just got on HPI website, after 1o yrs, this Z caught my eye
http://www.hpiracing.com/kitinfo/100594/

Thanks alot inlinejoe!!!
lol

[WIKID S4TEEN]

Originally Posted by 90hatchie

i used to also

r32.4 HOLLA

Doesn't it suck, after all these years, no one has came out with a method of attaching the body without those post?
That's the first thing that gave it away [car not being real]

[sdterrible1]

Does anyone have a 1/18 scale car? I have a HPI RS-4.
But it needs more power haha its not that fast. And i wana find some drift tires!

[Angelo se3p]

Originally Posted by ZenkiKid

broke the servo because it wont go into reverse...wat?

Look up how to reprogram your ESC, that thing should have multiple settings, one of them being with reverse

i did that before, and it worked, but i hit the wall pretty hard, and ever since it has worked right lol

[Super_OK_S13]

Originally Posted by WIKID S4TEEN

Doesn't it suck, after all these years, no one has came out with a method of attaching the body without those post?
That's the first thing that gave it away [car not being real]

Custom Velcro mounts and the abc stealth mount kit are great options!

Problem with attaching Custom Velcro mounts and even the abc stealth mount kit though, are the bond between the mount and the paint/body. something has to give, like the paint comming loose from the body...

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[Felipe]

im sure theres a homedepot fix for this lol

[RyanS13]

Originally Posted by WIKID S4TEEN

Doesn't it suck, after all these years, no one has came out with a method of attaching the body without those post?
That's the first thing that gave it away [car not being real]

My dads cars all have post like that, but instead of them sticking up all far and having to use the little clips, he has screws he uses to screw into the top of the posts. You can't even tell they're there on some of his bodies. Just a suggestion.

[90hatchie]

i normally cut my posts really short that r32.4 was a brsand new ta3f chassis and going on ebay so i couldnt cut the posts

example

[Super_OK_S13]

Originally Posted by Felipe

im sure theres a homedepot fix for this lol

haha i work at home depot... nothing there to fix that.

but carbon fiber hood look is smoke paint, carpet tape, and gunmetal/black paint in that order.

more of my car.









and chassis pics.

[Bubbles]

This thing's rad in the nerdiest way possible.

Originally Posted by tek18b_jimmy

Doesn't the servo control steering?

[Super_OK_S13]

yep the servo controls steering. why do you ask?

[Bubbles]

Originally Posted by Angelo se3p

. i think i broke the servo tho.. cause now it wont go into reverse anymore..

.........................

[NINJASPY]

Originally Posted by J3123MY

wow. These toy cars are pretty cool. how fast do they go stock and built up?

20mph bone stock, easily get to 25-35 for under 100(motor/esc), any faster than that, its very difficult to control and very easy to break, either by crashes or by brute power of the motor. Can get to 50-60mph quite easily if parts don't break.

Originally Posted by Nizzan4u2nv

Ive recently got back in this hobby. Current building an tamiya f103gt for a time attack setup. Not a very easy chassis to run but its gonna be fun hopefully.

f103 is very light, compared to a 4wd sedan, but the traction issues pushed me away from buying one. I read that most run softer/wider tires in the rear and narrow/regular compounds in the front. What body are you running? that is the main reason why I would get one.

Originally Posted by Red Square

yeah, my buddy runs in the FWD 1/10 class in TCS, and they look very quick and grip like touring cars.

i just couldnt hang any more with the 17.5 sportman class, *snipped*

run 17.5 spec(no boost/timing esc), something like the cirtix stock club race system which is about 80-90 and includes esc and motor. I run cirtix with 17.5 motor and 21.5 motor. With the 21.5 I can keep up beat 17.5 guys if they crash or take bad lines. There are pretty much 2 classes, ones with open esc and others with spec/no timing esc class.

Originally Posted by inlinejoe

i need to get one of these so bad, i dont know any other company tho besides team losi that makes them and there is anoter i cant think of. whats a good place online to look at differnet cars.

Depends on what parts/car your local hobby store stocks or races. I would go to the local store and see what they run. My store stocks tamiya parts so I went with tamiya.

[ZenkiKid]

No timing is the way to go. With a dialed in car you can reach 17.5 unlimited lap times