Hank suggested we start a new thread so let's get it started. Where has everybody been? Nobody posts anymore. :(

I'm still tryin to get stock truck down and runin right for now. I can't seem to find the right gearing or motor I've tried 4 magnet speed motor, high torques, and alittle of both. any Tips?,Ideas?

As I posted on the other thread. One of the best things you can do is make sure your tranny is as efficient as possible. Make sure that baby spins as free as possible! :) Since you're only running that indoors, take the tranny apart and clean all the grease out of the bearings. Re-oil with a few drops of light oil. Leave the shields off any of the bearings that don't come in contact with the outside of the tranny. Leave the inside shield off the outdrive bearings on the inside the tranny side and the same for the top shaft and wheel bearings. Make sure you "just" tighten down the screws holding the tranny together so as to not bind the gears. Beyond that, the less you have to steer your truck to make it get around the corners, the better. It seems like you have it handling pretty well, now you just have to work on finding a little speed. Of course there is no replacement for staying out of trouble either. One less wreck on the track can mean first or last place sometimes. :thumbsup:

LPS1 is the absolute best lube for your bearings, to make them free. Make sure they spin freely first. (If your can of motor spray's stream aimed at the balls cant make it turn, its not good enough). If your bearings have rubber/teflon shields, take them all out, because they contact the inner bearing races. When you get everything back together, you should be able to blow on your spur gear and turn the tranny over.


On such a tight track, also think light weight rotating parts for faster acceleration. One ounce of rotating weight is like 8 ounces of static weight. If you have a slipper on there, toss it in favor of a hub. Aluminum top shafts are also a good idea. Aluminum outdrives if you can get 'em, and aluminum CVDs will all work in your favor.

thanks guys:thumbsup: and thanks right for the book too. I don't don't if I'll have time to try those tips this week but will do them thanks.

Paul........what kind of bearings do you generally use? I'm cheap so it's usually Duratrax or Dynamite that I throw in. :lol: My tranny still needs work but it ain't bad. I'll NEVER get it as good as one you do. :) Jon had any of that help on his? :p

hey rick i was wondering if you have any more of the non-mounted tires of the green compound like matt bought last week if u have any could u bring them to the track sunday i need 4 of them if you have them thanks

i think it might bring my motor temp down a little bit

Rick, I try to stick w/ the higher quality bearings that come in the kits (they appear to have larger balls & cages inside). Nothing fancy. I've never tried ceramic bearings. I try to get metal shields, but I have some from Associated w/ a black shield (teflon, I think) that dosent touch the inside race. I can take them out for cleaning and pop them right back in.

I did all that stuff to Jon's tranny, but I left the outside rubber seals in the outdrive bearings.....so he dosent have to clean them all the time. It spins ok, but not great. The Losi tranny cases have such a big clearance between the outdrive and the case, they suck up crap like a vacuum! Do they make a metal sheilded bearing for those outdries?

Jeff......I only have one set of the greens left right now. I do have 10 pair more coming but they won't be here this week. I'll bring the one pair with me though. If you don't change the gearing at all then yes it will bring the temp of your motor down because you will effectively be lowering your rollout on the truck. Let's just put it simply.........it will be kind of like you geared down because of the smaller diameter tires. :)

Paul...........you said.........well I better not. :lol: To my knowledge everybody that makes those bearings puts a teflon shield on them.

do u have any other compounds that have good traction i was just wondering if u have any more green because that is what my big ones are i have never tried anything else but the premounted ones i have are getting big chunks taken out of them so if u have any other compounds that will get good traction let me know thanks


KNOXVILLE

Rick, never mind about the email I sent ya, I found the"new" thread. I was wondering too... any sign of my goods yet?

Jeff......the only other compound I have are Jaco aquas which are just a little harder than the greens. I believe they also provide pretty good traction. I also only have one pair of these but have another 10 pair on order. I would stick the greens on the rear and the aquas on the front.

Polli.........if you've gotten my email, yep you have "goods" here. I'll try and throw them in tomorrow just in case you can stop over.

ok rick if you can bring both pairs of them down the green and the aquas i will buy both of them thanks rick i appreciate it

sounds good Rick, I will try to make it over, but if not then I'll see ya sometime during the week.

hey rick i was wondering if you have any mf2 bodies at your shop if so i was wondering if you could paint one up for me would you be able to paint it like mine is the paint i used was a blue metal flake with 2 white racing stripes up the middle do u think you would be able to paint one like that if not i will have to think of something else let me know thanks

Jeff.........I don't have any "stock" MF2 bodies here but I have a couple different bodies that would work with it. A GMC Sierra and Pro-line Crowd Pleazer. The paint job doesn't sound like it would be to much of a problem. I'd have to look into the blue paint however as all I have right now is just a straight blue color.


rick brings some tires down with youy sunday..i need new back ones for my car..that xxt was running good..better than the xxx..we will see if this sunday can do any better..talk to you sunday Randy


If they come I'll bring some down. I have 10 pair of greens and aquas on order that will hopefully be here tomorrow.

Another fun week of racing and a pretty good crowd was present. Three new track records too.

New records
2wd stock - Courtney Morse 90/5:01.58
1/12 scale - Justin Johnson 76/8:00.40
Fun BuRP - Tom Himes 34/5:01.25


Racers Edge R/C Racing & Hobbies 01-09-2005

-- Production - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 2 70 5:01.01 Randy Coon 2 15.54
2 4 69 5:01.90 Jim Cook 9 15.27
3 3 68 5:02.18 Jeff Kinney 7 15.04
4 5 68 5:03.34 Jeff Knox 15 14.98
5 1 68 5:03.90 Amanda Himes 1 14.95

-- Production - B Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 8 66 5:04.89 Brandon Covert 28 14.46
2 6 64 5:01.52 Jeff Covert 29 14.18
3 7 61 5:00.20 Matt Fitzsimmons 3 13.58
4 9 15 1:26.15 Cory Kisko 16 11.63

-- Production - C Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 1 52 5:03.79 Brandon Tarabori 17 11.44
2 2 42 4:33.18 Mike Tarabori 18 10.27
3 3 32 5:04.51 Don Tarabori 20 7.02
4 4 5 0:51.86 Clayton Tarabori 19 6.44

-- Stock truck - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 9 85 5:02.45 Tom Himes 21 18.78
2 7 85 5:02.94 Courtney Morse 27 18.75
3 8 74 5:02.14 Andy Eaton 12 16.37
4 6 15 1:02.96 Mike Button 14 15.92
-- 5 --- DNS --- Rick Morgan 5 0.00

-- 2wd stock - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 2 89 5:00.29 Courtney Morse 26 19.80
2 1 88 5:02.66 Paul Brauer 10 19.43

-- Stock TC - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 6 37 5:02.90 Andy Eaton 11 11.24
2 7 31 5:02.67 Mike Button 13 9.43

-- 1/12 scale - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 2 76 8:00.40 Justin Johnson 24 14.56
2 1 72 8:05.04 Tom Himes 22 13.66

-- Fun BuRP - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 7 34 5:01.25 Tom Himes 23 10.39
2 6 34 5:06.34 Justin Johnson 25 10.22
3 0 31 5:07.30 Rick Morgan 4 9.29
4 9 18 5:04.95 Barb Morgan 6 5.43
5 8 12 5:23.87 Jeffery Kinney 8 3.41

hey rick do u think you could paint the proline body up that way for me and u can just use a normal blue that dont matter just as long as it is blue with white racing stripes :) do u think u could have it done by this sunday? if so that would be great i am sick of seeing blue paint fly ever time someone taps me let me know if u can have it done that fast and how much it will cost Thanks :thumbsup:

KNOXVILLE

Can I paint up the Crowd Pleazer body for you like that? Yes

Can I have it done for you this weekend? I'm thinking no but I'll see what I can do. :)

Cost on body is $19.50. Cost on painting is $15. + tax to both.

sounds good rick go ahead and paint it for me i would like to have it on sunday but if u cant get it done by then thats no biggie but you will just have some more paint so sweep up :p but if you could get it done that would be awesome thanks rick :thumbsup: i appreciate it

Is that Donalbain I see poking in to check things out? :)

Remember that next week is double points double racer bucks week so show up with your race faces on. I think this is about the second week since the season began that we haven't had a new track record. The track just seemed a little "slow" this week for some reason. :confused: Maybe the colder weather?


Racers Edge R/C Racing & Hobbies 01-16-2005

-- Production - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 5 71 5:03.28 Jeff Knox 9 15.64
2 2 68 5:02.24 Amanda Himes 6 15.03
3 3 58 4:11.54 Jeff Kinney 10 15.41
4 4 5 0:29.36 Scot Tarabori 23 11.38

-- Production - B Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 6 64 5:02.76 Jeff Covert 26 14.12
2 9 49 4:20.62 Cory Kisko 14 12.56
3 7 26 2:13.42 Matt Fitzsimmons 5 13.02
4 8 12 0:51.10 Randy Coon 7 15.69

-- Production - C Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 2 62 5:03.16 Mike Tarabori 20 13.67
2 3 61 5:06.79 Jim Cook 8 13.29
3 4 38 5:18.49 Don Tarabori 22 7.97
4 1 2 0:29.41 Clayton Tarabori 21 4.54

-- Stock truck - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 3 84 5:03.40 Adam Hamilton 1 18.50
2 5 83 5:01.32 Rick Morgan 3 18.41
3 2 83 5:02.60 Dennis Himes 31 18.33
4 4 80 5:04.74 Tom Himes 15 17.54

-- Stock truck - B Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 8 79 5:01.99 Andy Eaton 25 17.48
2 7 78 5:07.68 Mike Button 30 16.94
3 6 64 5:01.70 Jason Hauber 28 14.17

-- 2wd stock - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 0 82 5:03.70 Kim Fortner 34 18.04
2 9 69 5:02.27 Jeff Brown 27 15.25

-- Stock TC - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 6 40 5:06.45 Andy Eaton 24 12.01
2 7 36 5:01.00 Mike Button 29 11.01

-- 1/12 scale - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 1 76 8:02.92 Tom Himes 16 14.49
2 2 75 8:03.91 Justin Johnson 36 14.27
3 3 15 1:36.23 Dennis Himes 32 14.35

-- Fun BuRP - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 0 32 5:08.62 Rick Morgan 2 9.54
2 4 29 5:09.14 Kim Fortner 35 8.63
3 3 25 5:22.62 Justin Johnson 38 7.13
4 6 18 5:00.19 Ronda Himes 33 5.52
5 9 17 5:05.05 Barb Morgan 4 5.13
6 1 11 5:38.33 Jenna Anderson 11 2.99
7 7 10 1:38.80 Tom Himes 17 9.32
8 2 9 4:42.12 Jade Anderson 13 2.94
-- 8 --- DNS --- Jeffery Kinney 12 0.00

I don't know rick I was bout a lap and a second off in touring and SPC was I think 2 seconds off a new 12th scale record and knoxville was bout a second off on production. sounds pretty qiuck to me. Anyone know if the Ohio gangs coming this year?

True, true, I guess I didn't really think of that. :) So, what did you think with the freed up tranny? Is that the best you've run so far in stock? It sure did look good in the main if you ask me.

it is the best I've ran in stock so far but still isn't fast enough. In the main I was wide open and never wrecked (surprisingly) and only got 79 while you,spc and adam,denny got 80+, got to find some speed somewhere.

hey rick i was wondering if u got that body all painted up let me know thanks :thumbsup:

I just finished it up about an hour and a half ago. :thumbsup:

HEADS UP!
Everybody check the website and here before heading to the track in the morning. If I haven't posted that we've cancelled then we'll be running. We are having a problem with the crapper and we all know we're all full of it so we need that thing on raceday. :lol: Keep your fingers crossed.

RACING IS CANCELLED THIS WEEK GUYS DUE TO THE PROBLEM WITH THE COMMODE.

We will instead have double points/double racer bucks racing next week if we can get the problem rectified.

oh come on rick we can go write our names in the snow and as for the other part of it?.........I havent figured that out yet :p racing is the only thing i have to look forward to each week :cry:

Huh, huh..he said 'rectified'....

There is always the wipe till the snow's clean technique. LOL I don't think the women would like the snow writing thing though. :freak:

Wrecked 'em, damn near killed 'em. :lol:

lol rick i forgot about the women srry ladies ;) oh and rick sunday when u bring my body can u bring some losi decals with u if u have any i would appreciate it!! thanks

Already have them in the box from when you asked last Sunday. :thumbsup:

rick,

has my heatsink motor plate for the evader come in yet ?

thanks a million rick :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Andy......it's in the box I just took to the track today. :thumbsup:

thanks:thumbsup:

so rick will we be racing this sunday???

As of right now........yep. The pipe was frozen right up for the toilet outlet so Pa got it all heat taped up last night and it was thawed this morning. Let's hope it stays that way now. :thumbsup:

woohoo were racing this week :) :) :)

I hope the pipes are still holding up cause over here it's -18. It's going to be a long ccold walk to the bus.

i know what thats like thank god i dont have to do that anymore :p

Lock up your A arms! I made the leap to nitro :freak:

There wasn't a washer and dryer involved in this leap was there? :lol:

ya you betcha...howd you know? and don't worry. i'll be back.

A little "bird" mentioned it when he was at my shop picking up parts. :) Good to hear you'll be back though! BTW Polli, I'll need somebody to race with this summer so it's good you'll have a nitro breather now.

Well after a week of a frozen crapper we got back to racing. Amanda picked up right where she left off and I think knoxville wants that track record back pretty BAD. :) Almost a full field of 1/18 scale vehicles and man is the traffic driving a blast! I think we otta run every class with 10 people in it! :jest: I'm sure the Production guys would like that. Whadda ya think guys? LOL Double points shook the Production points up a little moving a few people around. Things otta be interesting the next 8 weeks!


Racers Edge R/C Racing & Hobbies 01-30-2005

-- Production - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 2 69 5:01.55 Amanda Himes 14 15.29
2 5 67 5:01.81 Jeff Knox 15 14.83
3 4 67 5:03.39 Randy Coon 13 14.76
4 3 21 1:38.59 Scot Tarabori 28 14.23

-- Production - B Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 6 67 5:01.67 Mike Tarabori 26 14.84
2 9 65 5:01.51 Jeff Covert 25 14.40
3 8 64 5:03.67 Brandon Covert 24 14.08
4 7 26 2:05.33 Jeff Kinney 4 13.86

-- Production - C Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 4 69 5:03.40 Jim Cook 12 15.20
2 3 63 5:03.19 Matt Fitzsimmons 16 13.88
3 2 54 4:31.13 Cory Kisko 11 13.31

-- Stock truck - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 9 85 5:02.55 Tom Himes 21 18.77
2 5 83 4:56.68 Rick Morgan 2 18.69
3 7 78 5:00.97 Adam Hamilton 10 17.32
4 8 76 5:01.85 Andy Eaton 8 16.82
-- 6 --- DNS --- Mike Button 18 0.00

-- 1/12 scale - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 1 73 8:05.95 Tom Himes 22 13.83
2 2 59 8:06.78 Mike Button 20 11.16

-- Fun BuRP - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 7 32 5:02.63 Tom Himes 23 9.73
2 0 30 5:06.20 Rick Morgan 1 9.02
3 6 26 5:02.16 Mike Button 19 7.92
4 3 22 5:00.53 Andy Eaton 9 6.74
5 9 16 5:08.09 Barb Morgan 3 4.78
6 8 9 5:04.82 Jeffery Kinney 5 2.72
7 1 8 5:16.57 Jenna Anderson 6 2.33
8 2 2 1:23.11 Jade Anderson 7 2.22
-- 4 --- DNS --- Clayton Tarabori 27 0.00

Rick, this is mike from coudy, could you bring the mini-t motor to the track this week? oh, also a 81 tooth associated spur gear with the big hole. do you have any little fans for cooling motors? if so bring one i would appreciate it! let me know, talk with you later, thanks mike..

Rick, I'm lookin forward to giving you a run for the money, this summer will mark my first time racing you, I think I'm ESCAIRT! :eek:

K1m, did you get my message?

trx.......sure can. I just took a couple of the 81t spurs down on Tuesday so they are already there. :thumbsup:

Polli........be afraid.........be VERY afraid. :devil: