That's why I paint my body 1 color with a can of paint :)

Doesn't matter if it's pretty as long as it's fast huh sg1? LOL Some of us aren't that fast (half fast) so we gotta look good instead! :)

Dang near a full field of Mini cars again this week and what a blast! EvaderAndy even brought his BRP out of retirement to join us. He needs to visit K1M now though and get a new motor. :) I gave him one of my older ones but it's pretty whooped too. Of course at least the one I gave him didn't smell all ungodly so! :lol: Had our first look at a Itsy Bitsy Spyder this week aslo. The motor didn't last the day and I didn't get an up close look at it before the Taraboris' left. :( I'm thinking the 18T is still the better buy though.


-- 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

yeah I need a motor and a couple batts off ya K1m. the fan couldn't help that rotten egg.

Can do Andy, I think I have one of Bud's "hand picked" motors left! I've got some used batterys for you also. CHEAP!!! :D

Maybe the fan did not help the motor but I bet it got the smell around better ;)

Near record crowd of mini racers this week - at least for this year. Good to see so many having fun with their BuRP cars again! There was alot of good natured bumping and banging again too....:D :D
Since we're half way through the season, Ovalman decided to reverse the direction we run the roadcourse. Man, I was just gettin the hang of it, but the change was a good thing.
:thumbsup:

We had an overflowing of little cars this week, enough that we had to run two heats. :thumbsup: It's always great to see so many people having a good time. Like K1M said, I decided that we'd change directions half way through the year and that was this week. I almost think I'm doing better going this direction. :confused: I also just got me a new "toy" to build and see how it handles. I'm almost afraid to mess with it after the way it worked this week but it's time to go Fun Won V2. :freak:


-- Fun BuRP - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 5 28 5:03.19 Rick Morgan 29 8.50
2 1 28 5:04.65 Joy Fortner 34 8.46
3 6 22 5:01.46 Janice Himes 10 6.72
4 4 19 3:23.98 Kim Fortner 33 8.57
5 3 19 5:04.23 Logan Tilley 20 5.75
6 2 2 0:30.78 Mike Button 24 5.98
-- Fun BuRP - B Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 0 26 5:16.02 Andy Eaton 11 7.57
2 9 20 5:12.70 Barb Morgan 31 5.89
3 7 14 5:00.97 Jeffery Kinney 2 4.28
4 6 14 5:21.03 Drew Teclaw 3 4.01
5 8 1 0:21.22 Clayton Tarabori 17 4.34

Looks like the ladies are giving You guys a run for the money !!!!!

Yea I didn't realize just how close I was to getting beat until I looked at the results when I got home. Joy had a real good run. K1M had a switch "malfunction" and went out early. :p

I'll give you guys and gals a better run next week I locktighted my motor down so I won't get stuck it the B-main again.

Joy did have several nice runs sunday. What happened to Michael? Those batterys seemed to bring your BuRP back to life, huh Andy? Be careful not to bind that motor up or you'll be letting the smoke out of that one too. I saw a cool little thing out in Ohio last summer made by Don S. that lets you mount your motor alot tighter and it keeps it from getting crooked or binding. I'm going to see if Bud can get me a couple.

I super glued my battery plugs (I know better) now so they'll both get plugged in tight. That way my buRP can withstand full speed T-bone crashes from 4WD trucks and keep on tickin'. :freak: Actually, that was just a payback from Janice....I gave her a wedgie a couple of laps earlier, and corner marshalled her onto her roof. You know.... anything to help out a fellow racer!



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oh yeah it's going to be fast for long than 2 minutes and I don't thing there is a bind I did the hole paper gear test thing so it should be good.:thumbsup:

Yeah K1m, she gave you a "nudge" that was truly classic. It looked like something from my motocross days. Just blast into a corner and use another vehicle as a berm. And no, I didn't teach her that. :)

Sounds like a "TangTester" pass! Over here in Ohio we just say you've been "Tanged" ;)

You mean You've been MICROed !!!!!! :)
K1M >> You order will go out on Monday with the DON S washers.

To be "TANGed" it is from the rear as he rams you and possibly slides under you. It is an art form for Tang, as it far surpassed a skill. :lol: :cool:

Now come on Guy's :rolleyes:

Another good bunch of little racers this week but the class didn't runneth over so it was 9 of us doing battle all at once. A few did better than others at getting though traffic in the end for the win.


-- Fun BuRP - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 7 32 5:03.65 Tom Himes 10 9.70
2 6 29 5:01.06 Andy Eaton 22 8.87
3 1 29 5:02.32 Kim Fortner 33 8.83
4 5 28 5:08.02 Don Weimer 17 8.37
5 2 27 5:02.18 Rick Morgan 7 8.22
6 9 25 5:00.29 Joy Fortner 34 7.66
7 3 16 5:04.32 Barb Morgan 6 4.84
8 4 12 4:40.41 Cory Kisko 5 3.94
9 8 9 5:25.66 Clayton Tarabori 24 2.54

It wasn't luck Rick, I just ran over you a few times. :thumbsup:

Dang 4wd trucks anyway! :lol:

Hay EVADERANDY....do you still have that fan on your BRP? Our new track layout is TIGHT....a few people have smoked motors with 8/52 gearing....I think your fan design worked....THANKS

Mirco Racer : yeah I still have mine on it's keeps my motor under 100 deg at Ovalmans track. happy to help keep the rotten eggs away:thumbsup:

I think the fan Andy uses is a computer chip fan. The neat thing about it is it's mounting holes line right up with his rear pod screws. 12v, but it plugs right into the battery jack on the reciever. Very little draw on the battery, but lots of cooling power.

yeah my fan only draws .5 amps I took it out of an old duratrax intellipeak charger. Sugar Daddy said last year if I turned the fan upside down to stuck air off the motor he said I could use it to suck the car to the track.:)

Do you have a picture of it?

Micro Racer: I have pics but I can't put them on Hobbytalk but e-mail me at evaderandy@yahoo.com and I'll send you some pics:thumbsup:

Mirco Racer: You got mail:thumbsup:

Another good turnout of little racers this week but we were three short when the main rolled around as they had to leave. Tom got some new skins on the 18T and do you want to talk about UNBELIEVABLE steering response! The thing reacted quicker than a 12th scale I think. Anybody racing on carpet needs a set of those tires from Bud! Talk about HOOKED UP!


-- Fun BuRP - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 7 32 5:09.02 Tom Himes 24 9.53
2 4 31 5:02.08 Rick Morgan 19 9.45
3 5 29 5:13.14 Matthew Weimer 4 8.52
4 3 18 5:19.53 Barb Morgan 21 5.19
5 2 14 5:20.91 Jeffery Kinney 8 4.02
6 8 9 5:05.72 Don Weimer 3 2.71
-- 6 --- DNS --- Andy Eaton 7 0.00
-- 9 --- DNS --- Logan Tilley 12 0.00
-- 1 --- DNS --- Drew Teclaw 13 0.00

I didn't leave just my steering slot on my reciever is mest up.

Yes we put many hours of testing in those tires to come up with the prefect combination :thumbsup:

Bud's tires are the ticket.

If you are suggesting what I think you are, you have just crossed the line. Thanks Dave I moved the line out of site.

Thats it . I did all the testing!!!!!!!!

RAFster...were you being bad again?

Bud makes a bumper for the 18T, a shim kit, and a cool carbon fiber looking rear wing too. And of course, VCS shocks and BLUE wheel nuts!

I came.........I saw........I got lucky. :lol: What a fun day duking it out with all the other racers in the Fun BuRP class. Only ran into The Cook a couple times so I didn't do to bad. Joy made a pass on us that she listed as "pure luck" but I still think it was complete skill. :)


-- Fun BuRP - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 4 30 5:03.33 Rick Morgan 2 9.10
2 2 28 5:00.54 Don Weimer 19 8.58
3 1 28 5:04.23 Kim Fortner 15 8.47
4 9 28 5:12.88 Joy Fortner 16 8.24
5 6 20 5:15.90 Cory Kisko 4 5.83
6 3 15 5:07.32 Barb Morgan 1 4.49
7 5 6 5:23.11 Matthew Weimer 20 1.71
8 8 4 2:12.32 Clayton Tarabori 28 2.78

hey guys im from michigan and we just started mini-t oval and i got to be honest do any of you have some setups you would be willing to share? email them to me at berettaracer_69@hotmail.com

Hi Dave: The best advise I can give you on Mini-Ts is to invest in some oil filled shocks. The stock friction dampers work better if you put a piece of fuel tubing on the rear shafts so the chassis doesn't bottom out, but they're pretty much a joke if you're looking to jump anything. BRP sells some nice aluminum threaded ones, and with soft springs work very well. The next investment to make is some ball bearings as the stock bushings will become very sloppy quickly. I'd also suggest one of Bud's shim kits to tighten up the rear axles. Shortly after making these improvements on our mini-t's we replaced the electronics with hobby grade servo, esc, and recievers. The stock servos are easily stripped, we went with some metal geared minis from Hitec (HS81-MG). It takes alittle modification, but it's WELL worth it. Naturally, I wasn't happy until we could bolt in a "Big Block" for more power,so I fitted our mini's with Wattage 370 motors that make it hard to keep the front wheels on the ground. :D
Not at all necessary, but fun for sure! Here's some links that may interest you:

http://www.ultimaterc.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?forumid=161

http://www.blindbatts.com/

http://www.teamtrinity.com/accessories/mini-t.asp

http://www.rcmart.com/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=Mini-T&sort=1a&&page=1

Have fun!

they are now using Hitec hs-55 micro servo, for the steering duties. Team Losi makes a servo saver for this servo and they are a direct fit without modification.....:thumbsup:

Lacked 2 people of having a full field of 10 1/18 scale vehicles this week again. You otta try getting around an Itsy Bitsy Spider when it has a 1/12 scale body on it too. :jest: Tom found out that full throttle into the pipes cleans off the front arm of a 18T real well too. :( I wonder just how sure he is that he wants to try his mod motor in it next week? :lol: Only 3 weeks of racing remains now for our BRP cars before they are stored away until it's playtime on the parking lots of the area.


-- Fun BuRP - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 4 29 5:04.72 Rick Morgan 2 8.76
2 1 28 5:01.08 Kim Fortner 9 8.56
3 9 28 5:02.61 Joy Fortner 10 8.52
4 2 25 5:00.76 Don Weimer 27 7.65
5 3 18 5:08.48 Barb Morgan 1 5.37
6 8 17 5:19.46 Clayton Tarabori 31 4.90
7 7 9 1:31.35 Tom Himes 15 9.07
8 5 7 5:13.60 Matthew Weimer 28 2.05

Just remember that the next 2 weeks will have special pricing of $2 extra as a donation to the local SPCA in helping out Amanda with her senior project.

It's amazing how that corner pipe just jumped out in front of my 18T! :) Now I have an 18T with a broken leg. Oh well, nothing new parts can't fix. It was fun while it lasted though!

And yes Rick, I will still try the mod motor. I just keep having this reoccurring thought, "speed kills." :(

Let me know if you want one of those 11t pinions and I'll bring it Sunday.

K1M.......you might want to look at those things and see if they'll fit the Mini-T. :thumbsup: I'll bring one Sunday.

Only results I have this week are these. Some moron mistakenly erased the files before saving to the floppy disk. :o

Tom Himes - 36/5:06.46 - new track record by 2 laps :eek:
Rick Morgan - 32/5:05.25
Clayton Tarabori - 22/5:10.16
Barb Morgan - 22/5:13.61

Light turnout of the little critters this week. Only 2 weeks left to play now everybody.

Rick - I put the stock motor back in the 18T. :)

That thing is nuts enough with the stock motor in it! :lol:

Full boat of 1/18 vehicles again this week. What a fun day of racing! K1M even cleaned a front wheel clear off. First time I've ever seen that happen before.


-- Fun BuRP - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 7 29 5:02.38 Tom Himes 19 8.83
2 6 28 5:07.06 Rick Morgan 2 8.39
3 2 26 5:08.08 Don Weimer 14 7.77
4 8 21 5:07.47 Clayton Tarabori 35 6.29
5 9 20 5:05.32 Logan Tilley 4 6.03
6 4 20 5:14.56 Barb Morgan 1 5.85
7 1 9 2:10.25 Kim Fortner 27 6.36
8 5 9 5:01.75 Matthew Weimer 16 2.75
9 3 6 3:30.55 Drew Teclaw 5 2.62
-- 0 --- DNS --- Mike Button 32 0.00

Aw heck...that other front wheel is just for left hand turns anyway, it only slowed me me down 1 lap! In the main I found out how long a GP1100 lasts if you charge it 2 weeks before you race and don't even peak it.....about 9 laps. Doh!
:rolleyes:

It's racing season so where are all our 1/18 scale drivers? Donalbain was here and itching to run his new FT18T. :)