VIDEO - My Xpro tonight at CML Raceway

[Nick Goodall]

Just to point out - this car is setup EXACTLY as per the manual, kit shock oil, positions, camber links - everything!

Running Proline M3 Ribs and Bowtie rears, Novak 6.5 B/L and Reedy Lipo.

I tried backing the slipper off but it's a wheelie machine, needs some weight in the front and a bigger pinion but i was really impressed with how it went straight out of the box! (No broken T-piece either).....

Vid1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukmfo4RL2LY

Vid2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY3RKkYNY-U

[Darren Boyle]

Someone get Lee to get the lawnmower and weedkiller out!!! LOL

Place is looking a little unloved....car looked Ok though Nick

[JCJC]

Yea, needs a few more racers down there, that back tripple always catches em out, looking good tho Nick.

[Nick Goodall]

Someone get Lee to get the lawnmower and weedkiller out!!! LOL

Place is looking a little unloved....car looked Ok though Nick

Thanks to Trish it's certainly better then it was, at least the track is useable - The Grass will only take a couple of hours to get through so it's no big deal :lol:

Yeah i was pleased with the car to be honest, considering it's not had any set-up change whatsoever i can't complain really.

[Battle_axe]

looks good are we to expect you at the PDA tonight?

[Nick Goodall]

looks good are we to expect you at the PDA tonight?

Thanks mate, not tonight unfortunately but i will definitely be there next Wed's!

[Battle_axe]

Thanks mate, not tonight unfortunately but i will definitely be there next Wed's!

Great stuff looking foward to seeing this buggy

[DCM]

Nick, have you swapped out the stock shock o-rings for some nortech whitties?

[Lee Martin]

LOL! think im just a little too busy at the moment to do the track!

[Nick Goodall]

Nick, have you swapped out the stock shock o-rings for some nortech whitties?

Nope, nothing like that yet - The car is literally as per the box it came in, nothing modified or changed at all yet.

[Darren Boyle]

Lee, Get up earlier you lazy toad......... LOL :p

(I know what you mean by busy at the moment though....)

[DCM]

Nope, nothing like that yet - The car is literally as per the box it came in, nothing modified or changed at all yet.

Change the o-rings, I found that the kit ones made the shocks feel realy stiff in action, the Whitties allowed the oil and piston to do it's thing, also, drilled out the rear pistons to 1.4mm to reduce the pack.

[Nick Goodall]

Change the o-rings, I found that the kit ones made the shocks feel realy stiff in action, the Whitties allowed the oil and piston to do it's thing, also, drilled out the rear pistons to 1.4mm to reduce the pack.

Yeah i think i'll run it as is first just to get a feel for the car - main thing for me is getting the weights added as you could tell is was really under-weight.

Also need to play around with gearing / slipper as it was wheelie central all over the place, obviously the lack of weight doesn't help but once i get that side of things right i'll start playing with set-ups :-)

[DCM]

I think I got 40g on the servo, and about the same stashed in the rear, the slipper isn't helped by such a big nut either, so the adjustment is a bit agricultural.

[Nick Goodall]

I think I got 40g on the servo, and about the same stashed in the rear, the slipper isn't helped by such a big nut either, so the adjustment is a bit agricultural.

Are you running Lipo's in yours? I was thinking of a bit more weight that's all....

Will have to look at the slipper as i backed it off a lot but it didn't seem to make that much difference really....... May have to look at the B4 set-up and see if there's a way to convert it - the standard Spur wasn't very true anyway so i wouldn't mind changing.

[DCM]

you would have to ream the plates out a little, but should be too hard, I have used an old wheel nut, as it has less fridtion, so easier to adjust. Might look into the DB-01 slipper unit.

Yes, LiPo, and a light one at that, I am waiting for the brass trays.

[Graeme]

Just to point out - this car is setup EXACTLY as per the manual, kit shock oil, positions, camber links - everything!

Running Proline M3 Ribs and Bowtie rears, Novak 6.5 B/L and Reedy Lipo.

I tried backing the slipper off but it's a wheelie machine, needs some weight in the front and a bigger pinion but i was really impressed with how it went straight out of the box! (No broken T-piece either).....

Vid1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukmfo4RL2LY

Vid2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY3RKkYNY-U


Looks good - glad to see it's not painted like your old Yokomo.....

Cheers

Graeme

[mdb_75]

you would have to ream the plates out a little, but should be too hard, I have used an old wheel nut, as it has less fridtion, so easier to adjust. Might look into the DB-01 slipper unit.

Yes, LiPo, and a light one at that, I am waiting for the brass trays.

I've also used a standard nyloc nut that's shorter than the supplied one which has a kind of washer built onto it. I also filed 2mm or so off the slipper hub face that the spring contacts against.

[Nick Goodall]

Looks good - glad to see it's not painted like your old Yokomo.....

Cheers

Graeme

My old MX-4 from 1997??? How do you know that lol, i still have that shell!

[Battle_axe]

I run the B4 slipper nick i ran tonight the car went well and i made improvement of 2 secconds a lap on the week before the B4 slipper fits fine with the tinyest ammont taken out the center

[Graeme]

My old MX-4 from 1997??? How do you know that lol, i still have that shell!


Two places - very first issue of Racer I bought and very first issue of Auto RCM (French magazine) that I bought when I lived in St Gaudens which had the 1998 Teeside Euros in it. The shell is in both and your name is on it. Fortunately you had switched to the Pred for the 2001 Euros or else we would not have let you anywhere near the track :D

Cheers

Graeme

[Nick Goodall]

Two places - very first issue of Racer I bought and very first issue of Auto RCM (French magazine) that I bought when I lived in St Gaudens which had the 1998 Teeside Euros in it. The shell is in both and your name is on it. Fortunately you had switched to the Pred for the 2001 Euros or else we would not have let you anywhere near the track :D

Cheers

Graeme

Haha that definitely takes me back..... The MX-4 was only for 1 season, i really didn't get on with that car so it was Cat2000 and then 3000 before the Pred which was awesome at St Gaudens! I loved that Track!!

[Paulmay79]

I know this is an old thread so i may not get answered but i need to know one thing. Why does my x pro nose dive on jumps????

[madwestmo]

have you got the rebound in your back shocks set right ?? cos if it is not it might be pushing the front down cos the backs too stiff

[Nick Goodall]

I know this is an old thread so i may not get answered but i need to know one thing. Why does my x pro nose dive on jumps????

Most likely i would think is that you're running some sort of drag brake as with any car, and more specifically 2wd if you brake in the air it will push the front of the car down so i would expect it's doing this

[DCM]

the car don't come with much anti-squat on the rear, you need to add some, for it to jump better too, but that does mean, modifying the rear of the chassis, to gain clearance.