[QUOTE=davepull]hey when your doing this don't forget to trim the body on your stock car so it isn't draging the track.



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Sense i've been running the same body for five weeks and the body didn't start dragging till after the first heat race this week I think i'll look for the cause instead of a quick fix. Thanks for the suggestion Dave.

cause of the problem is that the body is lower than the chassis. when I mount a body i cut it at the trim lines then mount it on the car. sit it on a a level surface and use a fine point sharpe I lay the sharpe down on the flat surface and drawn a line around the body. what that does is it comes out so that the body sits just a tick above the chassis. now if the body hits the track there is a problem maybe a body post.

cause of the problem is that the body is lower than the chassis. when I mount a body i cut it at the trim lines then mount it on the car. sit it on a a level surface and use a fine point sharpe I lay the sharpe down on the flat surface and drawn a line around the body. what that does is it comes out so that the body sits just a tick above the chassis. now if the body hits the track there is a problem maybe a body post.
That how I mount my bodies. The reason the body was dragging was the front sway bar was out of adjustment. My car was rear ended and hit the pipe with the left front wheel in the first race.

I guess I'll be at HW this Saturday running oval....My front diff needs to be replaced...I guess I pushed it to much on that parking lot. I wonder if I can make it a rear wheel drive touring car

I'm so enviuos of you guys with your kick a$$ wives that understand guys need to putz around w/shiznit or we go nuts. My old ball and chain pops a gasket if I so much as look at my cars during the week and forget about a midweek practice night! All the practice and maintenance time I have is befor a race on that day! Which would probably explain why I showed up at 10:00am last Sat and still only ran one pack per car before the quals. So all you with wives and kids and all the trappings and blessings of a family life need to show mucho appreciation to the signifigant other lest you be the victim of Murphy's Law ".....it can always get worse!". BTW, anyone know of a good divorce attorney? I mean ya gotta have priorities right? :devil:

I asked a friend if he was going to go race Sat.... He said no he had too go spend x-mas holiday with some family and would not make "NO WAY" .. I said well that's cool you know there is nothing like spending time with family...... He paused a second and said "well it ain't racin!!!!"
LMAO
That man has his priorties in order.....

this is my set up that was good for a 36 4:01.1

front end parts Irs king pins
wolfe 1/8 axels no shims on the inside
hyperdrive 5 hole castor blocks
custom adjustable brace
LF
Spring red std wolfe
camber +1 o deg castor
castor blocks in 3rd hole
shims I run 1 silver on top of the steering block
shims on top of upper a arm 3 silver and one black so that the nut is at the top of the nylock
RF
spring std green wolfe
camber 1.5 2 deg castor
shims 1 silver on top of block
top shims 4 silver

tray I run the silva x factor tray extender in the 6 hole from the front with the 4 cell tray

hyperdrive shock mount with the bottom hole cut off to clear the t plate with the shock in the 3rd hole from the top
center shock is an assoc hard coated threaded with assoc silver spring thread about half way. 4owt assoc oil
side shock stock vcs with irs adjusters gold assoc springs i space the shocks with a white assoc washer on the pod plate.
t plate assoc symetrical .075

pod
I run it on center so you'll need the shorter diff hub
axle spacing 1 gold wolfe washer on the diff side
and I space the LR out 1/8 inch from the LF

tires I run RC4LESS pink rears pink LF peurple RF
cut tires to 2.300 rear and 2.3.00 front.

tire sauce I use trinity red dot or corally jack the gripper full rears full LF small stripe in the middle of RF

ride height 6 mm front and rear body is HD protofrom monte carlo 1/4 cut off rear spoiler with a Pedano wing monted on the body so that it is just below roof line.

electronics futaba S9252 digital servo novak xxl reciever mounted flat behind servo novak GTX mounted in RR coner of chassis.

that is my car hope it helps

Dave- Thanks again for posting your setup! Even though you & I are running 2 different cars,there are certain things I was wondering about & that cleared it up. That'll help me get this KGB close to the parking lot of the ball park for 19t next series. The rest will be up to me! lol BTW,I work on my car,batteries,motors from 8-11PM,Wed-Fri (9 hrs).
Bear- You're welcome! Just wished it was done sooner.
Ray- R/C racing is our escape from everyday life. Women today are still trying to figure out why most men spend soo much time in the bathroom. It is to take a break from everyday life,but most women still don't get it.
John- I hope you reconsider your decision,as you'll be missed. Seems like everything's back to "normal" here.

It's been a hectic month & I think everybody's ready for a break in the action. The break is coming after Sat Dec 18,hold on until then!
-George

I work on my car to much!!!. p.o.s. J/K

Oh and Butts ********1000********* ding ding ding....

this is my set up that was good for a 36 4:01.1

front end parts Irs king pins
wolfe 1/8 axels no shims on the inside
hyperdrive 5 hole castor blocks
custom adjustable brace
LF
Spring red std wolfe
camber +1 o deg castor
castor blocks in 3rd hole
shims I run 1 silver on top of the steering block
shims on top of upper a arm 3 silver and one black so that the nut is at the top of the nylock
RF
spring std green wolfe
camber 1.5 2 deg castor
shims 1 silver on top of block
top shims 4 silver

tray I run the silva x factor tray extender in the 6 hole from the front with the 4 cell tray

hyperdrive shock mount with the bottom hole cut off to clear the t plate with the shock in the 3rd hole from the top
center shock is an assoc hard coated threaded with assoc silver spring thread about half way. 4owt assoc oil
side shock stock vcs with irs adjusters gold assoc springs i space the shocks with a white assoc washer on the pod plate.
t plate assoc symetrical .075

pod
I run it on center so you'll need the shorter diff hub
axle spacing 1 gold wolfe washer on the diff side
and I space the LR out 1/8 inch from the LF

tires I run RC4LESS pink rears pink LF peurple RF
cut tires to 2.300 rear and 2.3.00 front.

tire sauce I use trinity red dot or corally jack the gripper full rears full LF small stripe in the middle of RF

ride height 6 mm front and rear body is HD protofrom monte carlo 1/4 cut off rear spoiler with a Pedano wing monted on the body so that it is just below roof line.

electronics futaba S9252 digital servo novak xxl reciever mounted flat behind servo novak GTX mounted in RR coner of chassis.

that is my car hope it helps
MMMMMMMM alot of that sounds familar.....lol

MMMMMMMM alot of that sounds familar.....lol
you got the setup and still cant drive...............
you should practice the whole time hw is on break then u might be good.......................not


sissy

you got the setup and still cant drive...............
you should practice the whole time hw is on break then u might be good.......................not


sissy
Your mama!!!!

George what is the KGB website????

George what is the KGB website????www.kgbracing.com (http://www.kgbracing.com) or http://test.kgbracing.com

Is The Hpi Taurus Body A Good Body For Oval???i Think It Is A 200mm Body

Is The Hpi Taurus Body A Good Body For Oval???i Think It Is A 200mm BodyI'm not a big fan of the HPI bodies,but for stock or breakout,it should be OK.
If I personally were to run a Ford body (and I have,before going the all Dodge route),I would look for a Protoform one.
-George

Is The Hpi Taurus Body A Good Body For Oval???i Think It Is A 200mm Body
That's George's way of saying NO it sucks. Stick with Protoform you'll thank me later :thumbsup:

john and bear: as you know i was suckered into doing a oval series for the state of florida. i thought no big deal..i've run oval for 20 years now and i know everything there is about racing oval,lol. since becoming the race director, president and slave i have learned ALOT! one thing i learned is i can't race and be a director! so 2005 focar series those 6 races i can't race or should i say i wont race. this will make life easy on me and i will have more time to listen to concerns of the racers. good for them sucks to be me! lol

with that being said: i know even on the local sunday race it stinks to run the show. you spend more time farting with the computer and Q & A than you do wrenching on your cars. i love kenny holmes and chuck mann on race day because they realy do a good job of moving the program on. john just bought the very latest scoring system and bear had just taken on the job of race director...things were looking up for HW.....

i'm not sure what it will take to keep things running smoothly and you both getting a chance to race weekly? i do have a suggestion though....you may have to start treating HW as a club...get the core group of racers to attend a meeting every once in awhile and get them involved with the track. i understand the real track owners pretend the track doesn't exsist, well until it's time to pay up.every week the track needs to be blown off and swept. the entries must be taken in and someone has to set up the scoring system. i wonder if you guys could set up a schedule where 3 guys each week handle the basics? maybe have guys rotate weeks? mike bean is very lucky because curt does the announcing at strickland for him. lord knows i appreciate a good announcer! they make the racing fun and keep it moving along..realy i think that is what HW lacks...a full time announcer who doesn't race..he takes home 2.00 per entry? know of someone who could handle that? anyways i love HW and want to keep it moving forward.....too bad todd malone isn't around..he was a good announcer.... peace

Hey Butts, Was that you I seen Today?

Hey Butts, Was that you I seen Today?
Why yes it was. First time I see you on the road and I'm in my car not the truck.

Oh my god!:eek: I havent been on the computer in several days and there's now 10 + pages of stuff some good mostly bad. I, Like most of you guys enjoy playing with my little car or cars as the case may be but it does get a little touchy and much too serious on occasion. I too would like to win every race I enter but I actually enjoy more beating my personal best lap times or counts.

Optimally there would be ten drivers with ten equally optioned and equipped cars and every one of them with equal driving abilities racing for the entire four minutes hitting their marks perfectly and then all of them sprinting for the finish line after the "finish the lap you're on" signal has been called only to have them all cross the line at exactly the same instant with the computer giving out one long beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep as it tries to figure out which transponder crossed the line first.

You know what? Thats dream land! In the real world there are different drivers with different abilities and different reasons to be racing. I dont want to see anyone quit racing because of something that was said on here or to their faces because when it's all said and done. Nothing that happens at an r/c track will ever change the world. Period! It's all suppose to be fun guy's thats it. We dont win money, We dont win merchandise, Hell we dont even win trophies or ribbons anymore, So whats the big deal? Lets just race and enjoy it.

If you dont like someone, I have an idea, Stay away from that someone. If you have a hard time passing a car on the track, Relax and pick a spot. I bet the straights are the best and safest spot to pass so do it. There is too much finger pointing and arm chair quarterbacking going on here.

Also I have a little bit of info for ya, You fast guys too, Those $180 speed controllers we all have(except John Pilgrims raffle won streaks), They will drive your car real slow too. Next time your car is spun out or wrecked, Try this, Instead of grabbing all the trigger you can just gently squeeze just a little bit. I'll bet you can get your car straightened out and drive away with much more control, You've already lost that lap and you're not getting it back by spinning right in front of the pack as they come around to lap you again.

Another thing that some of you may have missed is there are racers from other areas that read this thread too. Some of the stuff thats aired out here really makes us look like a bunch of hacks to someone who does'nt know the the real truth. There are some really good guys and racers that run here in Jacksonville, Most of you are, To know how I feel and that should be the signal they're getting, Not that we're a bunch of argumenative rednecks even if we are.

I say we race and strive to offer the best racing we can on the best and largest/fastest track around. If not the one with the most garbage laying around.?

Now everyone turn to the northeast and stare at that gigantic american flag we now have courtesy of whoevers cell tower/flag pole that is and thank god that in this country we can do and say as we please when we please to do it. Saaaaaaalute!:cry:

Well said Dave Butts, The voice of reason, where have you been when we needed you? :thumbsup:

argumenative rednecks even if we are, Hey, I resemble that remark!

Hey Chris I was planning on going to the track tommorrow night and help paint, but I forgot about Aren's Christmas play at school. The wife reminded me :(

Hey Chris I was planning on going to the track tommorrow night and help paint, but I forgot about Aren's Christmas play at school. The wife reminded me :(
I'm going fri. now...are u still in??

I'm going fri. now...are u still in??


It's hard to apply paint when it's Frozen!:rolleyes:

I have a spray gun for latex paint. I also have a big paint edger and it would only take a few minutes to spray all the walls. But the gun is a pain to clean up. I might be able to meet someone and paint if you want next week. lmk

I'm going fri. now...are u still in??
Kool count me in

It's hard to apply paint when it's Frozen!:rolleyes:
Mid 60's and low mid 40's for Friday should be ok except for my head....got a new do

we'll be done in an hour tops. with 4 guy's and 4 rollers we should be good. Thanks Steve for the offer . we should get all the walls painted with in an hour with
Val, Dave G ,myself and Eugene. Then we can practice.................

GReat now the paint I need to clean off of my bodies will be bright white instead of greyish!

That's George's way of saying NO it sucks. Stick with Protoform you'll thank me later :thumbsup:
Thanks for the help....i wanted to run all fords, but maybe a dodge will do. I run a dodge now, and i like it but.....thank goodness its not a chevy....sorry to all the chevy lovers but im a ford man

I'm not a big fan of the HPI bodies,but for stock or breakout,it should be OK.
If I personally were to run a Ford body (and I have,before going the all Dodge route),I would look for a Protoform one.
-George
Thanks, i like the ford but i think ill go with the dodge like you

Thanks, i like the ford but i think ill go with the dodge like youAs I've said before,"There ain't nothin' wrong with a Dodge!". Especially the new Medium Downforce Dodge R/T that just came out. Great body! :thumbsup:
-George

we'll be done in an hour tops. with 4 guy's and 4 rollers we should be good. Thanks Steve for the offer . we should get all the walls painted with in an hour with
Val, Dave G ,myself and Eugene. Then we can practice.................Chris- I was trying to be a "little" diplomatic w/the HPI body! lol (i.e.:never liked 'em. Something's just not right w/those,but cool decals!) Count me in for the Friday wall painting party.
-George

Thanks for the help....i wanted to run all fords, but maybe a dodge will do. I run a dodge now, and i like it but.....thank goodness its not a chevy....sorry to all the chevy lovers but im a ford man Run a Protoform Ford. You should be able to find those at HW. Or order one from McAllister Racing. I ran one of his 2004 Fords that was painted as a Dodge once & it was pretty good. Try to get a hold of Jeremy or Dan-one of those 2 should have a Ford??? (I know Dan does!)

Chris- I was trying to be a "little" diplomatic w/the HPI body! lol (i.e.:never liked 'em. Something's just not right w/those,but cool decals!) Count me in for the Friday wall painting party.
-George
I know you George!!! You should have been a politician... :lol:

I know you George!!! You should have been a politician... :lol:I should run for President of the US,since Pres. Bartlett's got MS. Oh wait,that's on "West Wing" last night! lol

The cold front slowed down a little 65 on sat...boy That's good racin weather

sorry to all the chevy lovers but im a ford man
you know the others are slow right? :lol:

jk

Oh yea, and to stay consistent....Chris sucks. Was going to go out last night to start the practice sessions for the great slomerican comeback, but ended up babysitting.

Will be out of town this weekend or else would help with the painting and cleanup since I for once know when something is happening! Never been shy about working on the track even if people dont like my layouts lol.

See you all soon.

you know the others are slow right? :lol:

jk

Oh yea, and to stay consistent....Chris sucks. Was going to go out last night to start the practice sessions for the great slomerican comeback, but ended up babysitting.

Will be out of town this weekend or else would help with the painting and cleanup since I for once know when something is happening! Never been shy about working on the track even if people dont like my layouts lol.

See you all soon.
You suck more!!!!!!!!!!! :eek:

You suck more!!!!!!!!!!! :eek:
you suck more u loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sissy sissy sissy

you suck more u loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sissy sissy sissy
Your lucky you are going to keystone to race your little buggy boy!! Cause if you were going to be at HW I was going to run 19 turn and show you what a 37 lap run looks like from the back of my car bbbbeeeuuuuuattttchhh!!!

what did they change the races to 5 minutes????????????hehehe

you better put your truck body back on so you can run 35 laps again............

what did they change the races to 5 minutes????????????hehehe

you better put your truck body back on so you can run 35 laps again............
I run 35 laps with my stock car slow poke.
I ran everyone outs truck long ago. You still talkin that junk You put a truck body on. If you run 35 laps I might race truck again just to show you who's KING!!!!! SISSY!!!

Fri Bear we'll be there to practice you coming sissy boy

i already dropped back to stock and lapped your azzzzzzzzz!!!!
now you want me to whip your azzzz in truck silly you,you will never learn.........

Check ON road Bear....if you dont mind sir.

(Guess I could have re-typed it here, but then it would be off topic :lol:)

i already dropped back to stock and lapped your azzzzzzzzz!!!!
now you want me to whip your azzzz in truck silly you,you will never learn.........
:rolleyes: whatever ....bring it on donkey kong

what did they change the races to 5 minutes????????????hehehe

you better put your truck body back on so you can run 35 laps again............More like 6 min! LOL