Hey guys,


Just got the silva built, wondering if you guys are running side shocks in outer hole on the cross brace, I am running offset pod, and could you guys give me you shock length. Just want to make sure I get full travel on this sweet ride. Thanks Mike

Mike,

I think just about everyone runs their shocks in the outter hole. I am not to sure on length.

FYI Silva concept cars TQ'd both Brushless and 4 Cell mod at this past ROAR carpet nats.

-Monti-

FINISHED THIRD IN THE ORL RACE THIS WEEK OUT OF ABOUGHT 38 GUYS CAR WAS DIALED wish i had silva stickers for the car though?

Great job Dave. Send me a e-mail at silvadaryl@hotmail.com with your address and I will get some stickers and a shirt to you.
Daryl Silva
Silva Concepts

Just to let you guys know we got some of the new Silva Concepts front end springs to try out for this weekend. These things are awsome. Its a different feel, but just from doing the finger test its a much better feel. I will try them out tomorow and let everyone know how they work.

Another awsome product from silva concepts. you guys wont be dissapointed.

DW

Ok Silva guy's I got a questioin on center springs:confused: How does the strength go which is the softest to hardest? The first two springs both measure .044 and the second pair both measure .049, obviously I have the springs but they weren't labeled (which I think would be a big help):cool: to let us know what we just bought.

They come with a chart when you buy them. Gold, Silver, Copper, Black is the order, Gold being soft, Black being the stiffest.

rccarmaveric thanks for the information that's what I needed to know. Just to let you know I can read and there is no chart in there that's why I was asking. I think they should put one in there it would be easy to do and not cost too much:)

chuck47 I believe they are written on the header card.

Chuck: There should be a sticker on the bag with the spring rates. I'm sorry that set didn't have them. You can also go to www.silvaconcepts.com and get all of the info you need. If you have any more questions feel free to ask.
Daryl Silva
Silva Concepts

SILVA X FACTOR went to marshalls hilltop hobbies and won the a this car is perfect!!!!

nice job dave at marshalls. very fast run for first time there in stock!

joe ivo

THANKS joe (channel 595)

Chuck47- Hope i helped & sorry for sounding harsh!
:p

Has anyone ran the the Irs 1/12 scale conversion OVAL CAR? How did they like it? Thanks George.
:wave:

DW was ripping up the track this weekend with those checkpoint motors, can't wait to get my hands on some!!! :thumbsup:

My X-FACTOR was rippin on Sunday in the 19 turn A main, took home a second place trophy! Jake & his Maverick only won by the hair on his chin.

Great job guys. Thanks for the support. It looks like Jake put on another awesome event. We are shipping the first batch of TI screws out this week. Also the first batch of Team Checkpoint motors are going out today.
Daryl Silva
SC/TC

Silva concepts does it again. Silva products helped me put the car in the winners circle again this weekend at the Nor-Cal 2 day race. Thanks Daryl and Duane you guys put out the best products money can buy.

BTW both my car Winner in Mod, and Jakes car 19t Winner were running the new silva concepts Front End Springs. Super smooth and a good spread from soft to hard.

DW

"Front End Springs"....Where can we get a peak at these?

I was told that they will be out in the next couple of weeks.

DW

David,

what kind of track was the Nor-Cal race at?

-Monti-

I have 2 of the IRS 1/12th oval cars, and I love them both. They are always flying. Ask the guys at Hobby World and Stricklands.

Thanks for the feedback, I am picking mine up tommorrow!

Monti it was a flat outdoor asphalt that was pressure washed and cleaned really well then a few good coats of rootbeer were laid down. Lots of grip. 180' drive line with 1&2 a little wider then 3&4. lap times were 4.0 sec.

DW

DW how did the motors run? We tested alot this weekend with them at Tamiya to get ready for the Reedy race. The box stock motor was the best motor I ran all day.
Daryl Silva
SC / TC

Daryl - where are you guys running the battery tray on a short flat asphalt oval?

Hey Daryl

Dave's stuff was fast and effecient.. His time in the main was a @ second faster than my T.Q. on saturday when the track was better.. I lead the first 3 minutes 15 seconds or so than Dave starting charging about the 30 sec to go he passed on the front staight and never looked back finishing stronger than me about 2 seconds ahead..He had it rockin. The crowd went crazy!!! It was totally awesome!!
I was so happy he finally has got things going and i hope it keeps up for him!!

When you guy's shipping front springs?

DW how did the motors run? We tested alot this weekend with them at Tamiya to get ready for the Reedy race. The box stock motor was the best motor I ran all day.
Daryl Silva
SC / TC

They were off the hook. Never had that much rip before, ever. For a 6x1 it finished strong. I had 6 runs on the same set of brushed and will still run them more and more. They look real good.

The best thing is that in the second round I undergeared the motor and scorched the comm, but the brushes were uneffected by the over reving.

These motors are the next best thing in my mind.

DW

x factor won again at marshalls r/c this weekend again this car loves 4 cell stock!

X-factor took TQ today in 19 turn!

rccarmaveric and all others who answered my question on springs, thanks it helped me to free up my car and finally get things going in the right direction. Maveric you helped and wasn't harsh, thanks again.Daryl I checked the bag out and couldn't find anything I should just have gone to your site. Thanks again for all the answers:thumbsup:

Any Silva Concepts guys coming to the NORRCA Nat's Memorial Day weekend in Henderson,TN

Any concrete set-ups yet, going to msa this weekend to try the X-factor. Thanks Mike

Well ran the car last night and was pretty good for first time out on banked concrete. I have not raced a cap tire race for about 6 years, about 3 tenths off of the fast guys in the main.

Well I have a couple of questions?
1st This was at msa in crossville tn, the batteries really need to be all the way to the rear for this track and with the x-factor tray it is difficult to move the tray any further back because of speed control mounting, would I benefit from running a 6 cell tray to allow the batteries to move back.

2nd wing pretty much has to be run on pod here, I threaded wing mounts into the toplate holes of the rear pod but would like to know if I should run the l4 toplate that has wing mount holes readily available.

3rd, and again the question arises about being able to run a larger spur gear, How much would the IRS extended pod plates change the handling of the car. I think on longer banked concrete tracks such as bms the car may benefit from longer plates.

Thanks for all the help guys, great car fun to drive and very happy after the first race I believe with a few tweaks I am going to be in great shape.

Mike,

1) I would consider MSA more of a flat track that handles like carpet. For that reason I would run the batteries up three holes like we do on most carpet tracks. Make sure that you do not have the battery extender tray on backwards.

2)I do not think that the L4 top plate will fit....and if it does fit then the geometry will be off. I would not run it.

3) I would not worry about the size of your spur gear, a bigger or smaller gear will not show any performance difference on the track. As for the longer pod plates I am not a big fan of them. If you really want to run a bigger gear get a set of Kimbrow offset ride heights they are cheaper for one and will give you a little more room. If you run the car in the long wheel base position the car should be long enough with out the plates. I would try sliding the right front back .040 to .070 for MSA and keep the left side long.

If you want to e-mail me your set up and tell me what you car is doing I think I have a good grasp of MSA and should be able to give you some ideas. As for BMS set ups I am not sure at all. I plan to be there Wednesday of the nats to test.

-Monti-

Monti, thanks for the help

The tray is not on backwards, he he, When moving the batteries back I was worried about rubbing the tire.

Well I was running the tray 3 holes up and the car was running well, my main problem was driving the correct line he he

Well in the dreaded turn 4 I would lose the rearend when trying to cut it off, but I believe the main problem was not getting in the corner well, the car was pushing a bit and by the time I had lost enough speed the car would lose the rear end.

How much you guys space out the left rear?? and give me an email address

I ran 38
winner ran 39

Thanks again

Love the car

Hey Mike.....winner ran 39 with 2 spins!!!!!!!;)

Yeah, Yeah,


I am stuck in hyperdrive land!!! I need all the help I can get he he he

Car looked awesome JW good luck

YEAH MONTI SEND ME YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, and we can talk setups that way I will write mine up and let you take a look.

Thanks a bunch Mike, I will be hitting BMS in 2 weeks!!

Monti,

my email is

mikentammy610@charter.net

Thanks again

With all the chatter about Silva (very good) shocks on this site, I have yet to see anything that looks like a set of actual instructions on the proper way to assemble the things! All the little tips and tricks, IOW. Has any one actually put together a set of "racer" instructions for building the Silva shock? Thanks; Ernie P. :cool:

Ernie: Check out www.swiftracingproducts.com (http://www.swiftracingproducts.com) look in the "Technical" section for articles on these shocks.

Jake

Jake; thanks for the pointer. I'll check it out. Thanks; Ernie P. :cool:

Hey guys,

Just checking on the rear steer slug set about the colors, got the t-plate and spacers from a buddy.

It looks like the blue is 0, silver 1/2 degree and black 1 degree??

Is this correct, thanks mike

Blue=0
Black=.15"
silver=.20"

hey guys any body beside me going to the custom works race this month in de?

Hey guys, I got 2 t-plates in a deal rear steer t-plates

one has 2 triangles in it the other is a solid just wanted to check to make sure I got this straight,

the one with triangle cut is medium
the one that is solid is soft?? thanks Mike

both are rear steer t-plates

Oh yeah need to run wing on pod also,maybe a toplate with wing holder holes, I have just used the rear screw holes on the top plate to attach my wing holder. I was thinkging of cutting a toplate myself with an extra set of holes for a wing holder??

Any other ideas, Thanks Mike

If you have any questions on what you have you can check our website at www.silvaconcepts.com. Sorry for not getting back to everyone but been busy traveling and finishing up the motor project.
Daryl Silva

Daryl,

On the website under the rear steer t-plate there is only one picture and it is the t-plate with the 2 triangle slots. I am wondering which rear steer t-plate I hae that doesnt have any slots. thanks Mike

Solid is the med-soft.

narrower 2 slot is med

wide 2 slot is firm

1 slot is softest

DW

thanks a bunch,