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scr8p wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2017 8:42 am No shaving down of spikes and no sauce.

How is it shaving if I only have the tires that I bash on the asphalt with? lol.

Can you sauce? Might be better getting your most worn pair and saucing them.

I just recently toyed with racing again myself since there's actually a few really good tracks not too far from the new house. It's all about the new radios and brushless motor /lipo battery. Definitely great for speed and run times. It's cool I'm not lugging around a half dozen batteries and few mo...

The thing that held me back for so long was not wanting to mess up a $30 body experimenting with new techniques. I picked up the idea of using old 2 liter soda bottles for practice. After that, I could try all kinds of things without fear of wasting too much money. Alot of ugly soda bottles went in...

She's looking good. Jealous. Paint is one area I totally just am not good at.

That's why I use the same 3 colors in roughly thirds on the body and call it a day... haha

Always love seeing what people find ...

IMO, with all that horsepower, pushing is to be expected.

You could dial in some brake when you let off the throttle. I think you could decrease the rear toe-in too?

Hrm, think I have one in the box. I'll have to see if mine has tube holes...

Looking good for sure. I've only been able to get my B6D out twice... but from the moment it hit the track, it was so much fun to drive.

you guys got it so easy... I sourced/built my Prusa i2 from parts... did it all from scratch. Cutting threaded rods, machining hobbed bolts, all the wiring and then testing and then tuning... I should go back and try to finish my 2nd one... it's "vintage" at this point. lol. Amazing what y...

Looking really nice. Will be following the build.

NomadRacer wrote: ↑Mon Aug 14, 2017 7:54 pm You got a lot of the essential parts. Those front arm mounts are rather hard to find right now.

wait, what's hard to find? I got tons of front end parts...

scr8p wrote: ↑Sun Aug 13, 2017 8:36 pm Knock the pins out of the dogbones and use weed whacker line. That what we did when we ran aluminum outdrives on the oval cars.

That's awesome. How often did you change that solution out?

Wow, that is a good looking car. Enjoyed the thread and all the good ideas.

That is one intimidating looking car.