WELCOME TOM COCKERILL

[YoungChazz]

X Factory is proud to welcome Tom Cockerill to The Team. We're working with Tom to get some bio info and pix so we can do a proper announcement on our sites, but he's just received his X-Cars and you'll all see him with them before we can get things done. Judging by the results with a borrowed car at Batley, we've found another good one!

As it says in the title, Welcome Tom!!!

[super__dan]

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[bigred5765]

nice one tom
good luck with ur new rides mate

[ben]

Nice one tom. Good luck this year with the new cars:D:thumbsup::thumbsup:

ben

[niggs98]

well done tom good choice ;)

[Slimboyfat]

congrats tom, hape it works out for you.

Matt OJ

[Chrislong]

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[matdodd]

Nice one Tom at least your motors in the right place now, even if you still run a rubber band car :p

[Northy]

The secret is finally out! :woot: Well done Tom :thumbsup:

G

[Lee]

Nice one Tom and Nice one Xfactory, im sure it will be a great partnership:thumbsup:

[Chris Doughty]

Well done Tom!!

good luck with your new rides...

welcome to team deserter :p (a joke between myself and Ellis)

[super__dan]

welcome to team deserter :p (a joke between myself and Ellis)


You both like cakes and puddings a lot? :confused::D

[Chrislong]

Chocolate Sundae :thumbsup:

[Chris Doughty]

You both like cakes and puddings a lot? :confused::D

we both like those sandy places with camels

[ashleyb4]

Well done tom good luck in 2008

A

[Chrislong]

we both like those sandy places with camels


Essex?

[Chris Doughty]

this is going completely random now...

I think Sandy is in Bedfordshire ?? :confused:

[Cockerill]

Cheers for all the kind words guys. I'm looking forward to getting my new cars outdoors and into the A finals

[Northy]

Chazz, could you lend the poor kid some cash to get his hair cut? :confused:

:woot::woot::woot:

G

[Cockerill]

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

[ashleyb4]

haha :D:p:p:p:lol:

A

[Chris Doughty]

mops are the future, my head is growing a bit of a mop.

from the 2005 season I found that mop=fast in 4WD - no mop=fast in 2WD

[Lee]

Hmmmm you might be onto something there chris.

Lee martin + mop fast 4wd

cragg and bloomers no mops fast in 2wd:o

[Spencer Mulcahy]

So if you have mid length will you be fast in both.:thumbsup:

[bigred5765]

no shave half your head, and leave the other half long
sorted

[Chris Doughty]

So if you have mid length will you be fast in both.:thumbsup:

its not that easy, mid-length means you are average at both.

you need to choose, 2WD or 4WD.

Carl has an interesting idea though....

I wonder what Tom's views on this are?

[bigred5765]

sod his views,
lets pin him down and give him a good old free hair cut what say you tomus
no i didnt spell it wrong

[Chrislong]

How short should the head be shaved to be fast with 2wd? Ive been testing this theory, I started at No.3 shave and im at No.2 now and im still doing better with 4wd than 2wd.

Could it be related to hairs in other places? ...... such as eyebrows?

I wonderred if it was to do with wearing wonky caps before I read this thread...

[millzy]

See now i have no hair ( its bic'd) and im faster in 4wd than i ever was......

Well done Tom, hope your 07 results carry on in 08 for you

all the best

Millzy boyo

[YoungChazz]

Don't much care what his hair looks like so long as he's holding the correct car and the big trophy. However, we do have a few standards...

[jimmy]

Here he is, TQ'in first time out - and with a borrowed car too!

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/supercup2008/bigimages/OOP_0857.jpg

[niggs98]

i did like the headline on that saying frodo baggins TQ's :D:D:D:D

Here he is, TQ'in first time out - and with a borrowed car too!

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/supercup2008/bigimages/OOP_0857.jpg

[Lee]

AE front shocks/Losi rear:confused:

I have to say i preferred ae shocks on my x6

[bigred5765]

dont think he had to time to do both thats all

[emzy]

See now i have no hair ( its bic'd) and im faster in 4wd than i ever was......

Well done Tom, hope your 07 results carry on in 08 for you

all the best

Millzy boyo

Faster than you ever were? You got beaten by a girl in the 4wd Nationals last year, and a rubbish girl at that!

On the hair... does level of skill correspond to length of hair? If so I should be kicking some 4wd ass...!

Do curls / straightness have any effect on performance?

[Richard Lowe]

dont think he had to time to do both thats all
Done on purpose, so the front had the usual B4 setup on ;)

[Garry Driffill]

wouldnt the weight set-up of the car effect the origional set up of the car ?

for example the front end wouldnt carry the same amount of weight on the B4 compared to the X-6 when the 4 gear comes into action when the accelaration is hit ?..

if any of that makes sence lol, but then again, if it was really that bad it wouldnt have worked right and he wouldnt ahve gotton TQ ! :D

cracking driver mind, maybe that helped alot though....

[Chrislong]

Conclusion: Losi shocks are better. LOL, Tom confirms this.

Therefore, could have been faster at Batley :woot::thumbsup:

[Cockerill]

As Rich said I put AE shocks on to copy a B4 front end setup. When I ran my car at Worksop I ran both AE and Losi shocks and found the Losi Shocks to be better.