Posted some better pictures up on the site, www.jphracing.com Also posted pics of the new X-LRW Battery Tray and the Stiffener. And, I posted some pics of George Mitchell's Maverick OPC Chassis, check it all out!

Jake

Jake: I wish I had about 5 of those stiffeners up in Maine, with the way I was hitting those walls. lol

I like the tray!

Mike: Yeah, the Stiffener is a cool little piece. It will help with the super hard wall shots! The X-LRW Tray gets the battery waaaaay back towards the tire!

Katfish: Any luck today??

Jake...I think Kat is out fishin' or something!! LOL

Got mine all built and ready for Sunday. Awesome how well the parts all match and not a single screw hole outta place. The Adjustablity you designed into it is really outstanding.

In the word of someone I know (hehe) NICE!!

Tin Man

jake i sent you an email...i realy didn't care how well the car went together or how it runs on the track..all i wanted was a t-shirt! lololol

i'm sanding and grinding away..graphite up the nose rocks! he he

mine will be ready for minnreg when it counts! i'm going to use the new tray and put a set-up on it that i ran with my adx(rip) . if it stinks there is always ebay! ahahahahhahahhahahahahahaaha

my master plan is light weight fishing line and attaching it to boylans rocket ship and tag along for the ride! if i go 57 next week your gonna sell 5 more cars! if tinman would just give us some room to pass....he he sanding out the battery trays and mounting a new body and stuff stinks!

jake your packaging looks as good as A&E ..very nice.... and i like that rear pod also...wooooooooooooooo

cya next sat tinlips

man Katfish jumped ship and went to Maverick.

the other ship sunk! lol

man it is a sweet car it should run good for yah just don't listen to Phil LOL

Tinman: Good luck tomorrow! I hope it's not too cold for you out there this weekend (it's only 40 degrees outside right now!). Let me know how it goes for the first run on the new ride.

Katfish: Got the e-mail about the shirt ... I'll fix my mistake!

Davepull: If it wasn't for Phil and Tinman giving Katfish a solid run for his money every weekend, he might not have picked a Maverick for his new oval ride. The big question now is, will Katfish's crew let him pit with them still?? LOL

i'm team owner..what i say goes! he he now if i can just lap boylan i can retire from this scene! :p

katfish crew will come around i think to the darkside, but i still think it was pit with me phillip and tim last race at the carpet track that had something to effect Kat,,, he just hasnt been the same ever since...MAHAHAHAHA>..
BIGDON

don dont sell yourself short bro..i'm in this to have fun..pitting with you guys was fun..it's all about the big picture. and yes it would be nice to have a few of my cohorts run maverick soon.. time will tell.. :thumbsup:

Hey Katf1sh, It's Nice to be with a Maverick!

Jake: I'll be calling this week. Need a few more things.

all i have left to do is build the side shocks! phew....if you guys beg i might take a few picks of my new sled! he he he only thing phil and tinlips is gonna see is the rear pod!!!!! ahhahahaahahahaahahahah

hey did i mention to all of you guys how great it is that jake takes the time to answer his phone and talk to you? and how valuable i think the web site is going to be? when we get the 04 sorted out i think the web site is going to be a place to get all the new set-ups and tuning advice. and the new battery tray rocks! only thing mounted on the right side of my car is the esc switch! 5 more days and it hits the rug! zooom zooom zooom :wave:

4 days later it's done! i sent you some pics jake..sexy ride! :freak:

Kat post them there pics! let's see it.

pepe i have no idea how to make the pics small enough for hobby talk..if jake can use them i'm sure they will make the maverick web site? i have some pics with the car and me naked also..email me if you want those! ahhahahaahahahahahahha :tongue:

Lmao! No Thanks!

pepe if you email me i can send you the pics also...

wsell@cfl.rr.com the pics of the car that is,lol..

Kat..looking forward to seeing you and the new ride this weekend!! Should be alot of fun and some great racing at Minnreg!

Ladies and gentlemen, for you viewing pleasure, we now have Mr. Katfish's new ride up on the website, in the '04 Maverick section. www.jphracing.com

Ladies and small children can take a look with no worries, thankfully Mr. Katfish did not include any photos of himself modeling (naked or otherwise) along with the new ride ...

hey katfish if you can't beat them join them. car looks good but then again it don't have to be pretty just fast.

the hot set up is 7 inch long body posts! lol tinlips we will be over friday night! got cigar bar?


jake i got shirts! woooooo hey think you mike make a run of shirts that say "oval rules" i like that saying! :p

here is another shocker! no more jacos for me...thanks to john foister for allowing me to represent BSR racing tires in 04 i will no longer be using jacos..soooo it's
maverick oval chassis
team bsr
team smc
team bigdog r/c
and zubak drops if he hooks me up with some more sweet stickers,lol.

Hey Tin man you got mail

Dave form FCCR

guys i just got off the phone with phillip owen ,, which is deo racing on here,, he has been at the hospital with his wife ,Sandy, she is having a really bad time fighting a bad blood clot,, so if you would keep sandy and phillip in your prayers,, if i get any more info i will let yall know..

BIGDON

Hey Tin Man, e-mail me info@darksidems.com

Eric

Hey Maverick Fans...A brand new '04 Maverick piloted by the one and only "Katfish" Not only TQ'd at the Minnreg Snowbird warmup, he also won the "A" Main!!!!!!! Great Job Kat!!!!!

good run BILL,, wish i could have been there to see it,,

BIGDON

the real story was tinman..he stayed late on saturday and helped me fix my error when i built the car. i had the center shock mount way too far forward and it was giving me fits! with steves help ..we shortened the center shock mount and leveled the rear pod when placed on a tweak board. put a silva black spring in the center and 60 wt oil..steve went to dinner while i charged up a pack. from the first lap on after that the car was dialed! NIGHT AND DAY i went from 80 % on my dual rate with my adx car to 43% on the maverick car..same tire combo,same track. blazing fast through the corners, and by far the best handling car i have had the pleasure to pilot! but i owe this one to steve platt...the car just about drove itself around the track..came out on 4.1's and ended on 4.3's that also is a improvement. i'm very happy and i think there is some room to go faster..i cant wait to bolt a mod motor in the car! zoooooom zooooooom zooooooooom

any questions please email me wsell@cfl.rr.com or bring your car to tinman for set-up advice,lol..... :thumbsup:

on a side note..phil owens wife was released from the hospital and is recovering at the house. that is the best news all weekend! phil was missed at the track ..

First it's great news to hear Sandy is at home now recovering!

Second: Congrat's Katf1sh on your domination at the warm up, hope it carries over.

See everybody on the 24th.

Henry

I am looking to organize a one weekend event at our outdoor rollerblading/ice rink this summer.

It is located in Providence Rhode Island.

The surface is VERY smooth, and I would say it is about 100X50 or even a little bigger.

Is this going to be a good race surface? Do you think there will be interest in runing at this event if tropies were awrarded, and it was on a nice warm weekend in June?

If so, what would you start off with for a setup on a Maverick 03'? (tires, oil, etc....)?


Thanks,
Michael Voccola

Way to go Katifsh! Man, that's good news from the East Coast!

Glad to hear you and the Tinman got things figured out and you were able to have a great first showing with your Maverick. When you get a chance, fax in your set-up sheet so I can post it on the site.

How did your chief mechanic end up his day?

Jake

Mike: shoot me an e-mail on this subject, and I'll give you feedback ...

News from the West Coast: Stockton Raceway, the Northwest Carpet Champs (our Snowbirds Warm-up Race). This race is run in a double event, two day format. Each day counts as it's own raceday, with two heats and the mains, then the scores are combined for the overall winner.

Kevin Osmon wins the overall in 4 Cell Modified. Winning the first day, and finishing 2nd on the second day. Nice work KOZ!

I ran in the 19 Turn class and had a good weekend. TQ'ed both days and won both days, taking the overall win. It was a fun weekend of racing. 19 turn had the largest field and it was great to run with all the guys who traveled up from Southern California and all the guys from Nor-Cal. I really enjoyed it.

Special thanks go out to Kenny from KC Racing, for loaning me some horsepower to run with. It's awesome when the chassis is dialed and can make full use of a top level motor! Thanks to Duane Silva at Silva Concepts for some great shocks and t-plates. Ran the same shocks all weekend (3 days worth), not a leak or a need to rebuild. And, thanks to John Foister at BSR for the sample tires he sent out for me to take a look at, they worked awesome!

Thanks to all the Guys who ran their Maverick Oval Chassis this weekend, on both side of the country.

Jake

Congrat's to Jake and Koz! Jake's car was on rails! And Koz...Well when isn't he fast? :) New pod looks GREAT! Good Job to all the the JPH crew.

Does the rear pod have rear steer ability such as the KSG and ADX cars?

the rear pod does not have a rear steer tuning option like adx or ksg.. i run the silva med t-plate with a .15 slug on it.. the car runs very well built right out of the box.. :thumbsup:

Oh you just had to say TQ both days :tongue: Jake the Mav. ran and looked great all weekend, good luck at the Birds, and hope to race with yea guys again. Probably the 400 at the Boulder "Dam" Track.

Don: Thanks! It was nice to see you and Josh on Sunday. I always enjoy talking with you guys.

Jason: Thanks Dude! It was a blast running with you this weekend, I look forward to more of the same in the future. Hey please shoot me an e-mail, so I can add you to our oval list and keep you up on Nor-Cal racing. JPHRacing001@aol.com

Everyone: Posted some pictures of my new ride on the site.

Jake

Posted my 19 Turn set-up from this weekend's race on the site.

Posted Katfish's set-up on the site www.jphracing.com

There's a few Maverick's heading to K&N this weekend for the Winterblast ... Good luck guys, hope you have a very fun race weekend!

disclaimer: that set-up was very good..but it will get better..as i tweak on some fine adjustments i will update the set-up sheet..turn your dual rate down to 45 or less...he he :freak:

JPH congrats on the results. I had heard "my" driver (Eric Steinhoven) was laying the smack down by two laps on everyone in the Open Mod class but must have received bad information. Might have to review his sponsorship!!! :jest: :devil:

BT

wow! bruce in da house...you coming to the birds bruce? haven't heard from you in awhile..bean and joe mama miss you...lol

wonder if bill spicer has built his car yet? he he :hat:

Katfish,

I was checkin out your setup on the website and noticed how you emphasized on running the center shock as short as possible. I was just wandering what effects it had on handling to make you like it so much better. On my '03, I always ran the longest shock shaft i could, and had some pretty good success with it on a 115' driveline, flat bullring. But I honestly never ran the short shaft on it, so I don't have any info to compare it too. Thanks for the input!

Todd Gross

P.S. - My '04 will be here Friday! Sweet!

Bruce: Thanks! Eric was blazing fast as always, but the first day he DNF'd. Kevin was right there to take the win. Second day Eric had better luck and was able to pull out a very fast run in the main. Kevin finished 2nd, which gave him the overall win in 4 Cell Mod for the weekend.

We sure had fun pitting across from Eric and Mr. Kisbey. I had no idea Mr. Kisbey was like a ninja, throwing death brushes across the pits and nailing people without even a sound ... it was awesome! He got me good, had me looking at my chassis for 5 minutes trying to figure out what made the noise ... he was laughing himself silly.

Are you sure they didn't come form Lary Ruby? He was wing'em right and left. LOL

todd i built the car with a tall stand off and had the center shock mount placed in the 4th hole. there are 7 holes and it was in #4..the car had mad steering disease..way to agressive for this rookie i guess...

so taking steves advice we moved the stand off back to the 1st hole in front of the pivot socket. had to shorten the ball cups on my center shock to almost nothing. this did 2 things to the car..it changed where the weight transfered on the chassis and it took out all the pre load or pod droop. we made the pod so it sat level when placed on a tweak board. very little if any pod droop maybe 5 deg of droop. it made the car easy to predict and a lap and a half faster. i changed nothing else but where the center shock mounted on the chassis. if you look at the pic of jakes car his center shock is also mounted very close to the same locationg mine was. the weird thing is..i live 1200 miles away from jake and we both ended up with set-ups that were very close to the same. now that is scary! tinman ran his car outdoors and found he had to do the same thing with his center shock location. i'm not sure if this has to do with jake making the cross brace inline with the rear pivot socket or not. cars that need help turning usualy will start to move the center shock closer to the front. i'm not a rocket scientist and wont claim to be a wiz at chassis set-up by a long shot..but it was like a magic trick when i moved that center shock location. night and day to say the least..i picked up a lap and a half by changing that shock location..thats the reason why i suggest to be careful with the center shock mount.

again i'm using a the x-lrw battery tray and a straight up pod so i'm not looking for steering..if you run off set and the standard battery tray you may want to have your center shock mount forward. the good thing is the car has alot of adjustments that you can make. the bad thing is you realy need to know what they do! lol and i'm sure i could build the car with the off set pod and standard tray and go just as fast with some work. so dont be surprised if you see several different set-ups that work well for others. i'm going to suggest you start somewhere close and see how it feels to you. you can always build it like your 03 later..i know phil owen has a different set-up than i am running. he just hasn't been able to get to a track to try it yet. the best part is..we have a web site and jake is there at the shop to answer all our questions. we can all help each other go faster. and have some fun along the way.. i must say i am very happy with this car. still waiting on kevins set-up though..cough cough jake wins one lousy race and he posts his set-up in seconds, what up wit dat? he he

lets see a show of hands on who is going to run the birds and what classes..
i'm down for pro 19 t and 4 cell mod :thumbsup:

Kat,

Hmmm, it's kinda funny how you said that a longer shock might be used w/ the standard tray and offset pod, cause that's the way my car is set up. The xlrw tray wasn't available in '03. I think i'm gonna give the standard pod setup a try first, due to the added left rear weight you get with the xlrw tray.

My theory behind the longer shock was by putting the mount closer to the front end, that the car would transfer more weight forward when you lifted off the throttle, therefore, giving the car more front end bite through those tight apex turns on my track. But then again, like you said, that's just my theory! LOL Anybody else got any opinions on this?

And about Jake, I think more and more people are findin out how good of a guy he is and how great he is to do business with. His customer service CAN'T be beat! :thumbsup:

About the birds, can't make it this year. :( But I can always shoot for next year!

Thanks for the info!
Todd

yeah i think that theory holds water..on the track it has proved to be right on..let us know how it does on the track..we will just keep posting what we run until we realy hit on a must have set-up..if jake wins another race things might get interesting around here,lol.. :thumbsup: