Originally posted by Nil
You have softer springs than the Oranges now? I had a chance to talk to Bud today; the oranges are the softest he has, but he said someone has softer straight springs.

Nil

Does anyone have an online source for these 1/18th scale bodies? I know I have seen one but I have lost the bookmark.

Thanks!

Chris

Ancient-
Check out the BRP web page at the following link-http://brpracing.com/18bodypics.html

Do you mean ARM? http://www.dxmarket.com/arm/

Nil

Nil: Sorry I couldn't make Bud's May race maybe I'll see you at the June race. I found these springs on Tower's site they are for associated 12L #'s. They're $2/pr
.024 #8433 soft tower# LX3147
.022 #8431 tower# LX3146
.020 #8429 tower# LX3145
.018 #8427 hard tower# LX3144

Not sure how they compare to Bud's orange springs.....Were you running blue front tires?

Not sure what they were; probably blue. I forgot my transmitter on the workbench at home (DOHHH!) and had to get a rental.

Thanks for the spring info.

Nil

Nil,

Excuse my dislexia! No wonder I couldn't find them on the net.:lol:

Thanks again!

Chris

TO ALL >> We are going to be racing in Toledo this sat. if anyone is in the area. The racing is put on by the Black Swamp RC Club in the parking lot of the Riders hobby shop. They run micros and BRP along with the other big car classes :wave:

Bud,

Does your rebuild kit come with the plastic adapter ring for the hub?
I bought a used Oval Outlaw that needs tire replacements and the owner put too much glue on the adapter ring so I need to get a new one.

Ancientsgamer>> No we don't have that part listed and it does not come with the rebuild kit. But if you order a rebuild kit from us I will put one in for you.

Well guys we got to race against some Micros today!! It was at the Black Swamp RC club in Toledo OH. They all had mod motors 6 cells and various other hop ups $$$$$ one of them with the $70.00 Orion coreless mod motor!
Here is how things went we only ran three Qualifiers and then it rained. I was TQ by two laps over Don S, then there was Dan K in third and David G was fourth all running SC18 cars. The highest placing Micro was 7 laps down with 17 laps to my 24, that is 5 sec a lap slower, 90 sec slower over a 5 min race.:eek:
Needless to say there will be more BRP cars running there in the future.
One other thing I would have been second fastest in 1/10th TC and would have TQed the Legends class by 3 laps.
Wow :wave: And I'm OLD!!!!!!

Bud,You The MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

:thumbsup:
For sure your car is the BEST! Hope to make some of the up coming races soon.
Dan M

Hey Bud, we have a few micro's that I know won't get lapped in 5 min., I know mine won't. Hope to see you sunday.
Richard

Richard>> Good to here from you. I don't know if we will make it this sunday have to watch the weather. It will be fun to get with some good running micros. It really was sad how bad they were running. But don't forget the fact that I would have been second in 1/10th TC and they were running well. Your car is basicly stock like we run our SC18 right?? No chassis, alum parts, mod motors ect :thumbsup: I will post on CORCARS site when we plan to make a road trip down.
Maybe a group of you guys could make it to the next race at the BRP track it is on June 1st and it is road course. :wave:

Think 2sl00w would let them have hot dogs, even if they do run Micros?

nil there will be hot dogs for everyone regardless of make or model. No discrimination at Da Track!:roll:

2SlowOO: Lookin forward to a couple of those hotdogs Jun 1. KSG & Don say you cook a meaner weiner! It's cool how you guys get together to feed everyone. We've had races here at our house where everyone brought something and we cooked burgers & dogs on the grill. Always alot of B.S. and alittle good time racing, pretty hard to beat, huh?

I've been checking out the Micro site and came up with some new stuff SC18 owners who run HPI wheels/tires might be interested in:

Since foam tires were the hot setup at Da Track
Foam tires for Micro RS4 -
Trinity, comes mounted on chrome HPI wheels $10.
TM1800 - front, hard
TM1801 - front, soft
TM1810 - rear, hard
TM1811 - rear, soft

and

Hypertech Tires, sold in sets of 4 tires - donuts
#4SCM-1 (4)reg width $12.
#6SCM-2 (4)wide width $16.
try http://hypertechracing.com
Here's a pic: http://yourmicro.com/forums/attachment.php?postid=14061

Another manufacturer of foam micro tires is a company called SLIX6 but so far thats all the info I have.

also

Looks like Trinity might get into 1/18 Scale bodies
Trinity Micro V-coupe lexan body REF1601 $16.

K1m >>> Go with the trinity tires. Some of those Chinese and other US companys don't use the right foam!!!!
Are you guys planing on the June 1st road race at DA TRACK???

Bud:
Yes, we're going to try again and hope to race with you June 1st. Sounds like some of the Micro racers would like to give it a go too. Do you run your road course clockwise?

You have Email :cool:

k1m you and your crew are more than welcome to our fine dining experience. I enjoy doing the cooking.("can't drive but he sure can cook")donaldbain and kanesurfguru are both good drivers but said you are the guy to give Bud a run for his money.Can't wait to meet you and some more of your crew on the 1st. Hope to see you then.:p

K1m>> We will be running the road course counter clockwise. Bump on back straight not as bad thet way.

Hey Guys,

I just got an email from Tony, Vicki had a little boy.

Congrats,
Patrick

Originally posted by TangTester
Vicki had a little boy.

Way to go, Tony. That's gonna be some racer. I wonder what R/Cing will be like by then? Cameras in the cars? Feedback on the wheel?

Nil

I got to see a video tape of some of the racing at Da Track May 4th thanks to Donalbain & KaneSurfGuru. It looked like a nice day to race and a real good time. You guys were really cranking off the laps, I checked, something like 5-6 sec laps? Man, that's gotta be a long 10 minutes! Maybe not though, we race 5 minutes and they fly by - I usually get to laughing and the next thing you know the race is over.

Who was the guy with the body dragging? I heard him say something about the track would wear it off, but I think his tires were wearing more than the lexan was cause it just got worse.

Looks like you guys really had fun...that's what it's all about.

Sorry you got beat, Bud - he's a good driver and you must have rented him a good car, huh? How many rentals do you usually get at a race? I'm thinking about setting up a seperate car to loan out.

Nil: Don't feel bad, I've gone racing without my transmitter before, another time I had everything but my batterys! Blame it on stress - that's all I can say!

Are anyone of you guys up to trying your SC18's at Classic's roadcourse May 19? I will if we can get enough racers to make a class.

Bud,

How are things with you??? ANy word from the Michigan boys about producing there tricked out SC18 that uses 1/2 AA (??) and the carbon fiber chassis?? Thats car was so cool and soo fast!!! I think with equal motors, batteries the Stock SC18 is very fast, but I love Carbon Fiber!!!!! Just wondering!!! Glad you guys are having so much fun racing this summer!!!

Ray

Ray >>> Have not heard from them, maybe they just run carpet! You need to get one of those and come race us :rolleyes:

mario P >> I might try to get to Columbus sunday if weather is looking OK, If I don't go there I may come to classic. email me like friday nite.

Big Al posted the Classic summer schedule on the Norcar website.
Thanks Big Al!
You can go to Classic's website for the schedule and pictures of the "big Track".

Hey Bud! Talked to eddie from Classic today. He likes the idea of your rent a ride program. Let me know when you plan to come down and race so eddie can announce it at there saturday oval race.
Maybe we can get some oval guy's running the "Big Track" instead of just pitting by it. I heard there oval crowd is down right now.
Might be a good time to get some racers.

Talk to you soon.
Tracy:cool:

:wave: The weather is looking iffy for Sunday at Classic's, but if it is dry I will be there. What tires do you think would work the best on concrete?:confused: Rubber or foam?

All packed up and ready to head for Columbus. Wanna see the CORCAR track.

The Weather channel says PM showers for there on Sunday, Cleveland.com says Clouds and sun. 50-50 for a full day, I figger.

Nil

Mario P >> I think the long wear that we raced at DA Track will work. If you need more rear bite use the kit rears and LW fronts.
Nil >>> I think we are going to try to get down to CORCAR weather looks better there and a little warmer. Will get to Classic for the next race.

Must be a bitch having to decide where you want to race! :( I'm just jealous, we're not racing where I live here in Pa at all right now.

Bud: What compound is LW - pink? Don't see it on web page...

Here's a pic of my SC-18 on HPI rubber I forgot I had in the camera...

K1M:

Nice paint job on the sc18, that's the first I saw that. Looks like it is going to drive right off the hot tub :)

So you and the misses going to BRP world on June 1st.?

I think I might go back, it was a lot of fun & nice people.


BUD:

Do you use the same foams for the road course? Do you recognize the racer in the grey sweatshirt, in the pic attached? He looks like he is having a lot of fun!

Weather is not too bad in Columbus. Prtly sunny, chilly & windy. No rain today. Went over to see the CORCAR track; one fellow was practicing with a Nitro HPI. Next to no traction. I assume he knew what he was doing; he brought along three nitros.

Nice rod show next to the Lowes today.

Nil

Bud,

Do you have any of those gray BRP sweatshirts for sale? You could have sold at least two May 4th!!

The LW foam is purple and it will not be on the web site! It's just for special racers that come to DA TRACK :) Sorry no gray sweatshirts.
So far the same foams will work on the road course. I wish it would stop raining and being so cold so I could test some stuff.
Well were off to CORCAR in Columbus to race with the Mod micros, will let you all know how it goes.

:wave: I just got back from running my SC18 on Classic's on-road track. Looks like the SC18s handled the concrete track pretty good.:thumbsup: There are a few bumps in one section of the track to avoid, but, all in all the track is ok for the SC18s. I ended up with the LW tires up front and the kit tires on the rear. With that tire setup the car was a little loose in the rear(contolable), with alot of front end grip. Tire wear was the same as at Da Track. I didn't have a set of rubber tires to try. I think they would work too. My car looked fast on that big track. It's all high speed, nothing tight and a blast to drive. Some of the touring car guys were suprised on how fast the "little" cars were. I was the only SC18 there. So it was just a practice day for me.

The weather was sunny, but cool, and the rain held off, although it was threatening by the end of the day. The CORCAR track hooked up a lot better after they treated it.

The SCs did well. They had a one-two finish, Bud Bartos/Don Smolik. The Micros were quite a ways back.

Nil

I was wondering if you had directions or a web page to the track in Columbus?

pmelchman:wave:

pmelchman>> CORCAR web site (http://www.corcar.com/track.html)

MarioP... good to here you hooked up OK at Classic! Tell Walt we will try to get down for the next race.

ALL.. We had a nice day at the CORCAR race the track is huge, biggest class is nitro touring so that will give you a idea of the size. Our BRP cars handled the track fine. I ended up TQ with 18 laps Don S was second one lap down and the highest Micro was third 2 laps down on that big track.
The micro did not ever resemble a HPI car except for the wheels, he even had a BRP truck body on it. The racers were very impressed at how fast our BRP cars were and I even sold three on the spot.
I did have to tell the announcer that we were running stock kit cars not Modified since we were running with the Mod micros.
I did get whooped on however the Nitro Touring cars were 5 laps faster than my 1/18th!!
Some of the racers from down there are planing on coming to the next race at DA TRACK I hope they can make it.
Later :wave:

Good job Bud and Don. Nil how did you do? Bud did they have a lot of 18th scale entries? How many do you think might make the trip to world headquarters?:p

2sloww00>>> Will James qualified 5th and Spain had radio trouble! They had 10 1/18th 6 micros and 4 BRP, talked to a local micro racer that finished third and he said there are quite a few down there but they don't race:rolleyes:
Looks like there will be 20 to 25 at the next race at DA TRACK!!!!
You guys need to make a trip down to CORCAR the track is wide open and fast. Oh yes we stopped at QSL on the way home:thumbsup:

:eek: Bud,

I was wondering if you can tell, give me a brief lesson on gears for the BRP? What comes stock? Why would you want to change gears? Track size makes a difference?

melchman

I'm not Bud, but maybe I can help....
The SC18 & Fun Wons come with a 46t spur and a 9t pinion on the motor. They work fine this way but if you want to race, you'll want to add the optional ball diff. You can also change the spur gear to a 52t which makes the car rev up faster and alittle more controlable in smaller places. You can also change the pinion gear to a 8t or a 7t which effects it the same way, only to a lesser degree.

big track - big pinion/small spur
small(tight)track - small pinion/big spur

Maybe this will help too:
http://pennswoods.net/~fortner/BRPittips.html

K1M >>>A perfect answer :thumbsup:

Thanks for the tips. I just want to be ready for any track condition. My HS-81mg servo came in today. boy is it small. I'm open to suggestions on a esc. I have a novak rooster at the moment but it is very very very very very big. I'm looking for a smaller foot print and spending about 70-85 bucks. Any Ideas?

Ty

melchman

stay off your lid!!!:p

I bought a LRP Quantum Sport for $75.00 from my LHS. It measures about 1" by 1". I'm very happy with this speedo in my SC18:thumbsup:

Mario-How would that LRP work in a 12th scale or a TC??? Is it much slower than a Competition you think?? I was thinking of the Duratrax Spike (??) for my next BRP car as its Really small!!!