SCOTT MONTGOMERY TRX-1 info !

[Lonestar]

This is freakin' awesome! Thanks for taking the time to do this for us

Can you please ask your dad if he had a "works every time" method to do his shocks? I am struggling to get a good result out of the one I'm rebuilding now

Thanks!

Paul

Paul,

Yes I have an answer to your shock question.
The main key is to use green slime on the o-ring and spacers before you assemble the shocks,this is very important to the shocks being very smooth and very little sticktion of the shock rods. I think associated stills sells this under thier brand, if not it may be MIP.If you really want the best diff use this on the thrust bearing and it will stay smooth for ever,but dont put it on the diff gear balls! use only the white silicone grease.

Great Racing
Scott Montgomery

Scott

thanks for your answer, I feel priviledged Yes, Green Slime is still the hot ticket for ANY shock o-ring since Cliff Lett brought it to RC from motoX in the 80's, and AE still sell it by the bucketload. I had no idea these could be used on a diff thrust bearing, but I'll give it a shot

I struggled to build my shocks but I think I found "a" method... like the AE shocks, the teflon spacers need to be sanded down a bit to allow for a smoother shock (ie less friction from the o-ring). It was mostly the filling/bleeding that I found painful (it took me several hours to get them right) but once I understood the diaphragms needed to be seated in the caps first, it was ok, I was hoping you'd have some tips n tricks on that step . I need to update my thread btw with all the learnings, I'm just short on time as I need to get the car ready for raceday saturday and I barely had time to paint a body for it yesterday - end of the digression

Additionnally, we'd really, really like to see pics and pics and pics of your ride(s)

Welcome to the forum!

Paul

[S Montgomery]

Hi Scott,

I started to build my own vision of your World finalist TRX1.
Your rear arm mount looks to be machined as the gear box.
But the motor plate you used comes from the Blue Eagle.
So I drill and build the thread in a Blue Eagle motor plate to fit the TRX1 gear box.
But when I assemble it on a regular TRX1 chassis, this one looks too short.

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What looks to be wrong ?
Your chassis are longer as the TRX1 production car, or I'm out with my theorie ?

Thanks

Cedric

[kenooze]

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[kenooze]

Email sent for the XX.

Could you please remind Scott to take a look to this thread and his las reply ?

Thanks

Cedric

[rdanbom25]

pics

[rctenracer]

Yes Scott, please pics pics and pics.
And informations about the front hubs and carriers pictured on your car during the World.

Thanks

Cedric

Cedric,
The front axles and carriers were from a losi Jrx 2 because production parts were not ready at that time and I wanted 30 degrees of castor for the sandy Detroit track. The more caster you run on a sandy or slick track gives you better straight line high speed control especially in Detroit with the major sand woop section it had.This is where I felt I could make up the most time on the track after the Worlds Warm Up Race.

Great Racing
Scott Montgomery

Was that detroit track on sixteen mile road. Now known as freedom hill.

[scr8p]

can i unsticky this since it went absolutely nowhere?