wheel-adapters

[Lowie]

someone ones asked me if it was possible to mount Losi-wheels on the Pred.
He was very interested by the Predator but had lots of wheels from his Losi-car which obviously he wanted to keep.

Now, as we use wheel-disks I'm sure it must be possible to make some new disks which will fit Losi-style rims
But does anyone know about such wheel-adaptor/disks?

[KevLee]

Originally Posted by Lowie

someone ones asked me if it was possible to mount Losi-wheels on the Pred.
He was very interested by the Predator but had lots of wheels from his Losi-car which obviously he wanted to keep.

Now, as we use wheel-disks I'm sure it must be possible to make some new disks which will fit Losi-style rims
But does anyone know about such wheel-adaptor/disks?

I looked into this a while ago and it is possible, but not if you want to keep the same track width. Losi wheels are wider and therefore with the same track the wheel will rub on the upper ball joint on the rear.

[nitrokillah]

Hummm ...
I guess it won't make that much difference. as you would need to get new wheels & tires anyway ....

Love the Pred though . Tried Lowie's & it felt planted on the track way more then my s44 . it was a little nose heavy for me....
nothin' too dramatic just something I need to get used to .

need to have another go maybe at arendonk ....

[feniks]

you can tray myne iff you want .

[KevLee]

Originally Posted by nitrokillah

it was a little nose heavy for me....
nothin' too dramatic just something I need to get used to .

With a stick lipo conversion you can shift the weight around as you please, so its easy to tune it to how you like. I run mine with an extra 35 gramms (20 under the shocks and 15 on the chassis spine). That comes out at about 1620 gramms with plastic chassis and wishbones.

[feniks]

Originally Posted by KevLee

With a stick lipo conversion you can shift the weight around as you please, so its easy to tune it to how you like. I run mine with an extra 35 gramms (20 under the shocks and 15 on the chassis spine). That comes out at about 1620 gramms with plastic chassis and wishbones.

hi kev
i run 30 grams under the chocks and 45 on the chassis spine and 10 on the outside of the chassis and this comes out tho 1650 with grafite chassis.
but my lippo is placed compleetle at the rear so daerfor 30 on the front.
is this a wize disizion

[MRD]

Originally Posted by feniks

hi kev
i run 30 grams under the chocks and 45 on the chassis spine and 10 on the outside of the chassis and this comes out tho 1650 with grafite chassis.
but my lippo is placed compleetle at the rear so daerfor 30 on the front.
is this a wize disizion

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[KevLee]

Originally Posted by feniks

hi kev
i run 30 grams under the chocks and 45 on the chassis spine and 10 on the outside of the chassis and this comes out tho 1650 with grafite chassis.
but my lippo is placed compleetle at the rear so daerfor 30 on the front.
is this a wize disizion

Hi Feniks,

As your chassis is lighter you will need to run a bit more weight so thats sounds about right. I have tried the cells forward and back and settled with them as far forward as possible, and now never move them. With the car in stick layout it does pivot more into and mid corner, and thats becuase there is more weight at the rear than the saddle layout. I just found it was too much pivot and it would also give understeer on power with the cells back.

Try the cells forward and take 10 gramms out of the front. Put the rest of the weight on the spine centrally between the front and rear wheels and see what thats like (you can always go back to how you have it now if you don't like it)

What lipo are you running by the way and do you know how heavy?