Hey guys and gals,

My shippment of Hurricane Motorsports batteries are on there way. I will be getting a variety of batteries in for anyone from a beginner to intermediate, to Buddy B. So If you interested in what I get in let me know and I will let you know when they arrive and what the #'s are on them.

Yes Buddy, I already know your interested!

Thanks,
Jim

I understand i have got a long way to go before i start beating guys like you, Jimmy, Buran, Geotz, ect. But i definatly think that batteries that dont dump would help me be more consistant. But i understand that lines and not wrecking are more important than batteries, I hear where you are coming from.
-BuddyIt's all in the batts and shock oil! Just run new oil every run and it'll give you a couple laps.

BUDDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I havent changed my shock oil since I bought the car from Jimmy. I dont even know what i should run, but i am thinking that i should ask Paul to do them up for me:)
-Buddy

Jimmy...
will there be practice this Tuesday... or track teardown??

Buddy is the man - motors and body but not batts yet.;)

Sell your boomer and take that to get some batts - and tires for your real car - Buddy!!!

The Buddy-Lee racing slicks are cool but not good in the wintry mix!! Trust me the focus is a ice skate with the little traction performance tires - its fun but sliding through a stop light and praying no-one is coming puts your heart in your throat... Got caught by suprise by the weather and that was the last time I drove it when there was a remot chance of the fluffy yellow snowcane stuff falling from the sky.
The novelty of the speakers will wear off shortly and it will be to late - save yourself boy......... Dont goto the other side.......

Ray - I am going to pull my traction control disable switch and try to make one up for you so you to can have some fun with the focus. Nothing like the sound of a 7,200K tire spin and smoke!!!!!!!! until the boys in blue roll up and ask what the heck your doing.....

Someone post the word for Tuesday so we call can make plans!

Gonna get a tc so you guys can make way for me so I can wack the wall.... LOL....

I need some ZEN training with ray on throttle control and cirlces and, and, and..... :hat: that and some stretching exercises because when I squated in the middle to marshal I thought my right new was about to fall apart!!!!!!! I do not think you guys want a full grown man falling on your car, I would do more damage than it would me..... that is sad....

See ya guys sometime.....

"Goodness gratious sakes alive - he likes it, Mikey really likes it!"

Practice will be ON for Tuesday. It will be the last time to run this layout, so make your changes and come on out.

- Chris G.

I have been debating selling the stuff, i am needing some money pretty bad:(
-Buddy

ooohhhh-last chance for that Magic 26 lap run in sedan and 41 laps in 12th scale. Was looking forward to the night OFF-but guess I gotta go-too much unfinished business for me.



I think if its really well attended-we should tear down the whole track at 10pm. if 10 guys help-it'll take 30 minutes. All you need is a cordless drill and phyllips bit and a 9/16 ratchet!!! As it comes apart-two others can vacuum the track and pull off the perimeter boards-that way its ready for the next work night to pull the carpet and stretch out the ripples.

What do you think Chris and Jimmy?

Practice will be ON for Tuesday. It will be the last time to run this layout, so make your changes and come on out.

- Chris G.

Mike-I have a set of snow tires for my SVT-only way to drive it in the snow. Too bad with those big rotors you need 16" winter tires!! $$$$ #@!!@@!*@!!

Thanks!
Ray

Yeah - I have to find some take offs at a dealer or somewhere else to get it ready for the winter.

I want to get a set of chrome svt rims just like what is on there for summer and keep these as a winter set, or get a set of pure white rims for it.

I checked my autozone and for replacement standard rotors it is $70 a piece and they are directional on the front. Looks as if I will find a place to turn them since I have alot of meat left on the rotors since if you look they are thick as heck.

Hope to have my tc to practice on Tuesday......

See ya all there........

Ray that is a great idea. I will plan on doing that if there are people there to help.

just curious but would anybody up here be interested in trading a factory team tc3 for my pro 4 . it is assembled with rcscrews but never ran yet. just curious . or maybe for an xxx-nt if anybody has one . just thought i'd ask around. i can bring it up to the gate if anybody's interested . thanks

Jimmy- I say we shut down practice at 9-930, that would give us out of towners time to work and get home at a decent hour:)
-Buddy

Jimmy..
I can't stay long... maybe 8 or 8:30... If you want to stop practice early, I can help teardown till then.
-Wayne

Yup,

I'm pretty down on an early night. I think everyone is a little tired of the current layout. Add to that the frightening ripples, and it looks like that's a good recipe for a work night. Thanks in advance for anyone who can help.

See you on Tuesday. :thumbsup:

So are we practcing at all or just working on the track.I have no problems either way,just dont want to pack up all the race stuff if I dont need to.

Ray

Well, the idea was to run from 5:30 till 9, and then finish off with about 1 to 1 1/2 hours of work. We just want to get the boards broken down, pulled from the carpet, and the carpet vacuumed. with 10 guys, that should happen in less than an hour. I think I have an extra sweeper than I can drag out as well.

On the flip side, it is asking you guys to bring all your gear, and cutting you an hour short. I guess we'd like to leave the track open for those of you that are still testing setups, new cars, rollouts, etc. since the track hasn't changed in three months. I know Ray is looking to go 26 with his sedan before we tear it down. :eek:

I think it's still worth coming out for the 4 hours instead of 5. Either Jimmy, or myself, will try to get there around 5 so we can begin a shade earlier. That should help, eh?

- C

Hey guys - practice would be great for a bit so I can take a shot at tc.

Also what is a good gear ratio for tc stock? Picked up Aaron old tc3 and need to know what to gear at.

Thanks

Just a couple packs through each car is good enough for me-heck on the Sedan-I am down to one small set of tires anyways. Two or three packs and they are on the rim.

Mike-rollout your TC3 around 0.920 to .940" and see how it feels. So 29 or 30/100 with 2.25" tires. Aarons car is a good one-you should like it.

Hey guys! just wondering! I know that you guys are tearing down tues tonight, BUt why not change the Layout more often, I know its a pain and I know its hard to get help, but its more challenging when the layout changes more frequently, Also keeps the tables a bit more even for people who cant make all the practices. Plus some people get bored with the same layout, You guys are talkin about running high 11's low 12's in lap times but come on now the track hasnt changed in months, of course you will keep getting faster, for the real good guys they can probably do it in there sleep. Remember Bratenahl? we changed every other week cuz we had to tear down I understand, but maybe change it every 2 or at the most 4 weeks it would keep the competition fresh not always the same guys on top. Anyone else agree or disagree? I think people would be more well rounded as drivers, especially for those who adapt fast to change. Just my .02 worth see ya tomorrow night!

Jimmy-your chassis did not come in yet. I'll bring your car back as is tomorrow night.

Ray

Jay- I do not think that there was enough of a demand from our "huge" crowds this summer, there wasnt really a point.
-Buddy

Guys if you plan on helping with the track tomorrow night, we could be more producive with a couple of extra cordless drills as well as screw driver bits for them and 9/16" socket bits. So if you have any of this and can help out tomorrow night after we play, bring them, it would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks,
Jim

During the main season last year we changed the layout about 1 time a month give or take a week or two. We dont do it more often because the we have the same 3 to 5 volunteers showing up to do the work. Everyone is all into helping until it comes time to actually do it. Ray, Chicky, Medveds, Goetz and Myself were there virtually alone almost EVERY time. Yes, I know that there are times that a few others showed to help but bottom line is there is not much help on a consistant basis. I am sure there are people that can't help and there are people that for whatever reason just dont want to. Everyone has their own lives but the ones that are not there helping should not sit back and complain. When we moved into the new place we had 20 guys at the first work day...then 10, then we had the normal 3-5 guys show up to finish. After the nats race there was Jimmy, or Aaron and 3 of us volunteers left to clean up that dissaster. Changing our track around is not something that happens in an hour...our track is not as temporary as the brat was. Many of our boards are tapped into the floor and they are all bolted together. Not to mention that the poles make track building pretty time consuming because you have to spend alot of tme on the stand making sure that the track is visable. I am not if you are trying to stir the pot or what??? We have had a facility that has been open every week for the entire summer. We have had as few as 6 people there on practice nights...probably not enough to run the lights but they kept it open. People wanted a change in the nights so that was done and the turnout has been a little better but I hardly think changing the layout from week to week is a concern for the hardcore guys that have been there ....you have been to 2 races and maybe a practice or 2 all summer...I am sure you have not perfected it yet. I do know that for those of us that are working on setups, having the same layout around has been a help....we know what works and what doesn't by looking at our lap times..Hey guys! just wondering! I know that you guys are tearing down tues tonight, BUt why not change the Layout more often, I know its a pain and I know its hard to get help, but its more challenging when the layout changes more frequently, Also keeps the tables a bit more even for people who cant make all the practices. Plus some people get bored with the same layout, You guys are talkin about running high 11's low 12's in lap times but come on now the track hasnt changed in months, of course you will keep getting faster, for the real good guys they can probably do it in there sleep. Remember Bratenahl? we changed every other week cuz we had to tear down I understand, but maybe change it every 2 or at the most 4 weeks it would keep the competition fresh not always the same guys on top. Anyone else agree or disagree? I think people would be more well rounded as drivers, especially for those who adapt fast to change. Just my .02 worth see ya tomorrow night!

Just drive that thing !!!!!
Track layout doesn't matter.
We are racers! The same guy's are going to be up front even if you had a drag strip. I got more valuable track time this summer then I have in past seasons.
You know what your up against.
Thanks to Jimmy for moving it to Tuesday's.;)
It was nice to race with the old crew again.

Hope to see you soon.
Tracy :cool:

Track layout doesn't matter.
We are racers! The same guy's are going to be up front even if you had a drag strip. I got more valuable track time this summer then I have in past seasons.
You know what your up against.
Thanks to Jimmy for moving it to Tuesday's.;)
It was nice to race with the old crew again.

Hope to see you soon.
Tracy :cool: Tracy, Track layout does matter for a bit, No Eric, I wasnt trying to stir the pot, I was there for the first set up days except for the very last few. You have been very dedicated and dont know how you pulled it off as busy as you are with your kids and all. Alls the post ws meant to be was a suggestion, and I acknowledged the HELP factor was and issue and other things. All I was saying is when we changed more often people shuffled around more not saying the top 5 still wont be the top five, some people are better on short tracks some on long tracks, some on technical and some on easy tracks, the same track helps for setup and getting better and faster but once the tarck changes it starts all over again, to some that me seem like a pain to others its a huge learning exp., I nkow this can be a huge discussiona nd not what it was meant for just a suggestion on not letting it go so long. thats all

Track layout doesn't matter.
We are racers! The same guy's are going to be up front even if you had a drag strip. I got more valuable track time this summer then I have in past seasons.
You know what your up against.
Thanks to Jimmy for moving it to Tuesday's.;)
It was nice to race with the old crew again.

Hope to see you soon.
Tracy :cool:
Tracy-keep up the great work on your Losi-it looks t be on rails on the track. Also-hoe yor work schedule allows you to race this winter.

Anyone know if the champs entry form has been posted yet? Just booked my room! woohoo! cant wait its been too long since I raced there,

Jimmy- I say we shut down practice at 9-930, that would give us out of towners time to work and get home at a decent hour:)
-Buddy hey buddy did ya get my motor done? I will pick it up tonight if so.

As quoted rom Mr. Bill on August 28th:

FLYER/HAND BOOKS WILL BE IN THE MAIL BY THIS TIME NEXT WEEK. PLEASE REMENBER IF YOU NEED A FLYER/HANDBOOK OR YOU HAVE CHANGED ADDRESS EMAIL ME AT MR.BILL@NLS.NET

As quoted rom Mr. Bill on August 28th:

FLYER/HAND BOOKS WILL BE IN THE MAIL BY THIS TIME NEXT WEEK. PLEASE REMENBER IF YOU NEED A FLYER/HANDBOOK OR YOU HAVE CHANGED ADDRESS EMAIL ME AT MR.BILL@NLS.NET (MR.BILL@NLS.NET) thanks Ray Guess I missed that:rolleyes:

NO problem. GOnna be an expensive month!! Paid for the Halloween Classic last Tuesday and in a week-the Champs.

NO problem. GOnna be an expensive month!! Paid for the Halloween Classic last Tuesday and in a week-the Champs. Yeah no kidding! atleast the Hotel will not be until Nov! LOL I plan on going to CT for thier leg of the race wanna go? We can stay at my familys place! they are about 35 minutes to the track depending on traffic! Better than a hotel< great food, Work out room, 62" wide screen, full service Bar, and in the country! LOL:thumbsup:

YOU think its gonna be an expensvie month???? Just dropped about $775 on engine/intake parts on the big car. :) Worht every penny tho, most of its for engine maintainence.

Jimmy, you get any more info on the TC4 yet? Can you preorder them? Lemme know if you need a down payment, once you get a kit price.

Eric and everyone else,

As of this second I have no pricing info let a lone a part number for the new TC4. Once I get this info I will indeed let everyone know what the price is going to be.

Thanks,
Jim

#30100 Team Associated RC10TC4 Team Kit
Suggested retail price:$369.99
Projected Availability: September 2004

Hey all,

Sorry I couldn't make it to tear down tonight. Couldn't make practice last week, because I was out sick, and tonight was just bad timing, extra hours at work this week. I'll be going into withdrawl soon if I don't race something!

I think Danny was going to stop by tonight. Keep me posted on the next setup day, I'll do my best to make it.

Later,
Pete

Sorry i couldnt make it out either, some things at work kept me much later than anticipated. If there is another night you are getting together please post it, End of month sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tear down was awesome, about 30 min at the most. Excellent job guys:)
-Buddy

WOW! is all I have to say. Thanks to Eric, Brian, Ray H, Ray A, Zach A, Dan M, Buddy B, Norm, Tido, Chris G, and to anyone else that I missed for tearing the track down tonight. It went great . :thumbsup: We started at 9:06 and we finished at 9:58. Carpet cleared and vacumed, that was great. Again thanks to thoose guys, it made a little work seem like nothing. On another note the track will be closed from now until September 16th. Hope to see everyone back on the 16th if not on the 19th for sure. The 19th is the first Fall event.

Thanks again,
Jim:)

WOW! is all I have to say. Thanks to Eric, Brian, Ray H, Ray A, Zach A, Dan M, Buddy B, Norm, Tido, Chris G, and to anyone else that I missed for tearing the track down tonight. It went great . We started at 9:06 and we finished at 9:58. Carpet cleared and vacumed, that was great. Again thanks to thoose guys, it made a little work seem like nothing. On another note the track will be closed from now until September 16th. Hope to see everyone back on the 16th if not on the 19th for sure. The 19th is the first Fall event.

um..I'll second that. Thank you tons for all the participation. Now it's time to get those new cells, tires, motors etc, and be ready to hit the ground running. The fall season will be here soon. See you all in three weeks.

- Chris

Tracy-keep up the great work on your Losi-it looks t be on rails on the track. Also-hoe yor work schedule allows you to race this winter.Thanks Ray!
You know how much time it takes to get a car where it's fast and driveable at the same time.
Much thanks to Dave Morrow and Wayne Gerber for helping sort out the set up for me.
And thanks to Chris Goetz, Wayne and Dave for driving it and giving me very helpful imput.
They made the car look very fast and
showed me the potential the car had.
That way I could work on my driving and not set up.

One day the work schedule will work in my favor.
And I will be back to race another day.
Until then, I will keep up on "What's Hot and What's Not!" here on Hobbytalk.
It was good to see all the new fast guy's.

Tracy :cool:

Josh Cyrul just officially announced his new HALO Hobbystore and track in Toledo. Same location as Hobby STop West track at Woodville Mall, but totally renovated, smooth floor, new carpet, new pit area and hosting the NORCCA Nats Nov. 4-7th.

Also-ran one pack of 19t last night-come-on-lets do it. Its SO much more fun than stock-and it teaches you to drive better lines when you go back to stock. Maybe make it an expert 19T class?

Also-Wayne was dumb enough to let my crash-er drive his 12th scale car. Hmmmm.....how do I put this-if your 12th isnt dialed and your not satisfied with your current ride-buy the BMI 12th scale. Sould be available soon. Its good-GUUUUUd!!


Other misc ramblings......oh yeah-very cool so many helpers to tear down and vacuum.

Some more fast up and comers out in practice last night. 11.7 for Buddy B!! Smokin fast. Was a great layout-but I am glad its gone. SHould the next layout be a bit more open and a bit easier to welcome back the Fall crowd? Just a thought. I'd prefer it really technical again-but.....

Ray -- any website or Hours on Josh's new place - track and hobby?

Gonna take a look at it Sunday when up there for the nitro's.

Thanks for looking at the car - now I know that practice is what I need!

The steering made a big difference once you adjusted it a little, no more snap turning.

Got a focus tuner book that you can look at - I iwll bring it up next time - it is a breakdown with dyno pulls of mods to the svt and the results.

MC

Theres somethng going on with your speed control or motor too. Car slows way to abruptly when you lift which unsettles the car a bit. We'll sort that out soon and car will be easier to drive still. YOu might have some drag brake in the speed control or in the radio. As Tracy posted-it is possible to have a fast car thats easy to drive too. Thats what you need-an easy to drive car that also doesnt push like a dump truck.



Ray -- any website or Hours on Josh's new place - track and hobby?

Gonna take a look at it Sunday when up there for the nitro's.

Thanks for looking at the car - now I know that practice is what I need!

The steering made a big difference once you adjusted it a little, no more snap turning.

Got a focus tuner book that you can look at - I iwll bring it up next time - it is a breakdown with dyno pulls of mods to the svt and the results.

MC

I am considering selling my brand new X-Ray FK and associated gear. Work has gotten mutch more nusy and I think I only will have time to concentrate on one class of racing for the forseeable future. That will be 12 scale.

So, if someone makes me a fair offer for the gear, I will ilekly part with it.

Please keep in mind that ALL of this gear is brand new, never once been used, even for a second.

the x-ray was carefully built by me and mostly set-up, but of course never run.

Accesories:

Mounted in the car is a brand new LRP Quantum 2 speed control and KR Propo servo. I don't have the model # in front of me, but I bought it at the track for like $95.

Also mounted on the car are 4 unused, but trued tires.

I have another set of new untued tires as well.

Unpainted and uncut Parma Alpha body

X-ray ultimate spring set
$90 worth of x-ray replacement parts. These are the more vulnerable parts that Ray H. advised me to get

hudy touring car tire truer adapter.

2 matched Gp 3300 packs (not built yet) purchased from AJ's. The are like 1.57's or so.

I will sell listed things seperately.

Thanks,

Adam.

PS - I hope to be recovered enough from injury and surgery to race in 2 -4 weeks.

Hey Adam,

YOur a much wiser man than I!!! I wish I could just commit to one class for the whole season!! E_mail me directly or call me at work 440-735-9095-I know someone eho MIGHT be interested. I say might because he likes to buy new and build cars himself!!

But i can vouch for your attention to detail-thats for sure.

Ray

I would like to thank anyone and everyone this summer for helping me get to the point i am at. Whether it is Chris for letting me run his TC3 and see the light. To Ray coaching me on the driver's stand when i had my Losi. There are far to many people to name. But i appreciate it.
-Buddy

OH-Tearing up-not gonna cry-not gonna cry!!!

LOL, come on Ray, I was just trying ot say "thanks".
-Buddy