Tardis 22

[JACKOR33]

Just got my Tardis conversion today in the post

Quality and finish is awesome cant wait to fit out the car tonight
Will post pics when fitted lol

Great product and service guys

dave

[till]

can i order only the body ?!?

[jonathan may]

Has the tardis been designed to flex a lot on the rearend
Mine seems to flex quite a bit

[JACKOR33]

The flex will aid traction and i will stand corrected if i'm wrong but i'm sure it is integeral to this design.......

Once you have the sidepods screwed on and the whole car built with the motor link it is much reduced but still there

I put mine on the scales last night with my normal setup and weights 104g under lipos, and 36g under motor as i normally run and i had :

Front:
36.2% front weighting with only a difference of 0.5g side to side
Rear:
63.8% rear weighting with a difference of 30g side to side, once i addressed this i then had 64.3% rear weighting

I'm gonna run like this tonight as i'm sure rear traction will be improved, but if needs be with a bit of playing round either with a cream pivot block or more lead should be able to hit 65% and even more traction!

I cant fault the quality of the kit pieces, the packaging and support from Graham @ AC

Big thumbs up from me on my first AC purchase

Originally Posted by jonathan may

Has the tardis been designed to flex a lot on the rearend
Mine seems to flex quite a bit

[OldTimer]

Originally Posted by jonathan may

Has the tardis been designed to flex a lot on the rearend
Mine seems to flex quite a bit

Yes it has, but the flex should be as the chassis twists, you should not have any front to rear flex. Also make sure there is no slop in the link between the battery strap and gearbox.

[OldTimer]

Originally Posted by JACKOR33

The flex will aid traction and i will stand corrected if i'm wrong but i'm sure it is integeral to this design.......

Once you have the sidepods screwed on and the whole car built with the motor link it is much reduced but still there

I put mine on the scales last night with my normal setup and weights 104g under lipos, and 36g under motor as i normally run and i had :

Front:
36.2% front weighting with only a difference of 0.5g side to side
Rear:
63.8% rear weighting with a difference of 30g side to side, once i addressed this i then had 64.3% rear weighting

I'm gonna run like this tonight as i'm sure rear traction will be improved, but if needs be with a bit of playing round either with a cream pivot block or more lead should be able to hit 65% and even more traction!

I cant fault the quality of the kit pieces, the packaging and support from Graham @ AC

Big thumbs up from me on my first AC purchase

You should find you have around a extra 50grams on each rear wheel

I only use a weight under the lipos, you will most probably find you need to add a little weight to the front end rather than more at the rear.

[jonathan may]

so what setup are you using with the tardis 22 any pointers

[OldTimer]

I would use the below setup as a starting setup for the tardis.

Front - 60 wt, 5 hole 1.5mm, Blue or Black spring
Rear - 60 wt, 5 hole 1.5mm, Yellow spring or Pink
4.0 deg HRC
2 deg AS
Front camber - long link, 1mm under both ball studs
Rear camber - 3mm outer 2mm inner, C location out inner hole.
SWB on rear hub
25 deg kickup with 5 deg castor blocks.
110 gram weight under lipos, no other extra weights on the car, no rear bolt on weight either.

[jonathan may]

used my tardis to day on a grass track rear end grip is a lot better.
but could do with a bit more steering.
jumped nice and took the bumps like they are not there.

[JACKOR33]

1st run for my Tardis today on a bumpy astroturf track...

I actually ran with Griff55 setup with the lighter oils and different pistons as i dont have 60wt oil, and was very happy with forward drive and also traction coming out of the bends.
It felt i was lacking a bit of steering so i added 10g on servo and changed to pink rear spings as advised by Dave belsten who was also using his Tardis 22 to good effect

Overall happy with the first outing just need to get a setup that suits my driving

Originally Posted by OldTimer

I would use the below setup as a starting setup for the tardis.

Front - 60 wt, 5 hole 1.5mm, Blue or Black spring
Rear - 60 wt, 5 hole 1.5mm, Yellow spring or Pink
4.0 deg HRC
2 deg AS
Front camber - long link, 1mm under both ball studs
Rear camber - 3mm outer 2mm inner, C location out inner hole.
SWB on rear hub
25 deg kickup with 5 deg castor blocks.
110 gram weight under lipos, no other extra weights on the car, no rear bolt on weight either.

[jonathan may]

were is the best place to mount weight on the front i have the 25deg brass kickup plate on the car

maybe a long camber link on the front will give me more steering .

[JACKOR33]

Originally Posted by jonathan may

were is the best place to mount weight on the front i have the 25deg brass kickup plate on the car

maybe a long camber link on the front will give me more steering .

Ok so the car performs well over bumps, has plenty of forward bite and is a consistently quicker than a std car but i still am getting massive understeer which is stopping the car be alot quicker!

I have tried both setups suggested and also added 20g ontop of the servo to try and help the situation also rebuilt diffs and shock, and tried stagger ribs/ mini spikes but still lack decent steering

I have the brass 25deg shim on order also to try

Any ideas / setups from team drivers i can try?

thanks in advance

[GRIFF55]

Sorry mate, not ran mine at all since tally national. i know Belsten has managed to get his spot on and he is a steering monster. Might be worth sending him a pm to see what he is running if he doesnt post on here. One thing i do know is that, HE LOVES HIS TARDIS!!

[JACKOR33]

I love my tardis but would love it soo much more if i could push it into the bends
I'll hopefully catch up with dave friday at caldicot or sunday at Taly WRCA round and steal his setup ideas
Congrats on the new family member aswell welcome to sleepless nights lol

[Belsten]

Dave I will be at both Caldi Friday and Taly Sun so feel free to grab me. Got my Tardis spot on now and it has LOTS of steering, its awesome

[migsy]

belsten, what have you changed on your 22 to get more steering? i got a lot going in to a turn but feels like its under-steering comeing out of the turn.

any ideas?

[Belsten]

are you running a tardis Alan ? Or standard mid 22 ?

[migsy]

I'm running standard at the moment, but any advice would help.

[Belsten]

Depends on what set up and tyres youre running at the moment dude ?

Seriously cant go wrong with Tardis though, well worth the investment

[JACKOR33]

Well i changed to the suggested setup of the tardis using the 60wt rather than the lighter 35 wt setup griff was using and it was awesome
Round the Talywain track today the car was Dialled and got me my best ever result with a Q4 in the A final and 5th finish position it also netted dave belsten Q1 in the A final and 1st finish position

It is by far the best purchase i have made for the 22 since getting it and anybody debating it should get one ordered

Well done team atomic carbon

dave