alloy up grades

[cryer-evo]

alloy up grads when are they going to be in the uk
as gone throw 2 lots of idle gears
apart from that the car is sweet

[Dombrasky]

is this the one ?
http://www.cmldistribution.co.uk/cml...tId=0000007574

[cryer-evo]

Yes that's the ones

[Freakypen]

Should be this week mate

[bally]

Our delivery will be with us on Wednesday, im planning on adding stock quantities to our website on tuesday night once i know they have been shipped.

MB

[cryer-evo]

Sweet 👍

[lcpvcce]

Hot stuff.

[smokes]

alloy chassis as well?

[cryer-evo]

mb models has most of the alloy up grades in stock now
roll on the 28th payday

[smokes]

yeah got the alloy bits yesterday from MB

alloy chassis resize.jpg

[mekios]

Too beautifull to resist...

[smokes]

the front end fits flush with the plastic side pods. The plastic chassis never did that.

[OneKiwi]

So whos got them and what are your thoughts?

[BentKa]

Originally Posted by OneKiwi

So whos got them and what are your thoughts?

They look and work very well

Have them on both the rear and mid motor

Bent

[blue_pinky]

I put the alloy chassis on on Friday night and did back to back runs during club night...

I went nearly 0.5 secs quicker on my fastest lap than with the plastic chassis...and that was on a 13 second lap. Consistency wise...my average lap came down to being only 0.3 secs off my fastest! Track was indoors on carpet with a good number of nice flowing lumps bumps and jumps.

In general....to begin with I couldn't feel much difference...but after a few laps in race conditions...it def straightened up and behaved better out off the higher speed apexes, where previously I'd have to get off the power/wait a little to make it straight up before pushing on. Consequently I could push on harder off the apexes and carry a bit more speed without it wanting to hook and stay in the bend. It stands up and settles much quicker now.

That also means it generally feels a bit more responsive...just a bit more nimble in direction change.

Interestingly, having taken the plastic chassis off and given it a bend/twist on it's own...the rear of the plastic chassis is very soft by comparison. I don't remember it feeling like that out of the box, but probably didn't try that with any meaningful reason to notice back then, but...I did wonder if perhaps the heat cycling of the chassis with motor temps might have helped soften the material over the time...I've not got a new one laying around to compare it to though.

I then went to the local outdoor astro track on Sunday, and although fairly hungover managed to put down some race times that are an improvement in my recent form against the closest competition. I didn't do back to back testing this time, as the new chassis was already on the car, but, I've been around 0.5 to 1 sec per lap off the fastest runners at the club on the plastic chassis...and competing with them as I'm more of a steady eddy than outright fast lapping driver.

With new chassis on, I got my fastest lap time down to within 0.1/0.2 secs of the fastest runner...and actually put in the FTD in the last round....which I've never done in that company on the plastic chassis!

So...on high grip tracks the new chassis def does feel like an improvement.

Overall, the biggest difference from what I can tell is in the rear end stiffness. It always felt very safe in it's general behaviour before, but with that extra strength it feels more lively and even more consistent, controlling the weight transfer a lot better. The car felt good before mind you...I already loved it...came away from this weekend loving it even more!

[smokes]

I ran it less flex = less grip,

but I like it, it handles much better for me personally, it jumps better and lands more consistantly. It also seem to turn more progressivly making the car easier to drive.

[smokes]

a few pics of the weight differences of the alloy and plastic parts

[neallewis]

Originally Posted by smokes

a few pics of the weight differences of the alloy and plastic parts

I bolted on the lower bulkhead and ball stud mount Friday for indoor racing, and the few grams extra really helped give a little extra steering on the rubber floor, without overly imbalancing the car. Was really happy with how it drove after the upgrade, so would recommend. I also picked up the superbly machined Yokomo Europe 11g bulkhead insert weight. Not run this as yet, as I didn't need to, but will probably remove the 15g of stick on weight I've added previously, and use this for quick tuning.

Not got the cranks as yet, but they look nice.

[Danny Harrison]

The new shock tops are lovely. Easy to crank tight by hand too.

[smokes]

Originally Posted by neallewis

I bolted on the lower bulkhead and ball stud mount Friday for indoor racing, and the few grams extra really helped give a little extra steering on the rubber floor, without overly imbalancing the car. Was really happy with how it drove after the upgrade, so would recommend. I also picked up the superbly machined Yokomo Europe 11g bulkhead insert weight. Not run this as yet, as I didn't need to, but will probably remove the 15g of stick on weight I've added previously, and use this for quick tuning.

Not got the cranks as yet, but they look nice.

Neil
Where are you raing indoor on fridays?

Has anyone tried the alloy chassis indoors yet?