Brad Reelfs RC10 Replica /'93 FL Winterchamps Winner
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Re: Brad Reelfs RC10 Replica /'93 FL Winterchamps Winner
Very nice as usual. Your standards are only the best! So if you won concourse, I take it you had to race it?scr8p wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18, 2017 9:22 pm I was texting back and forth with Brad this past Thursday morning. I mentioned that I was planning on taking the replica along for the concourse at the Vonats but that I wish I had the missing stickers to complete it. So he dug deep through his stash and managed to come up with what I was missing and overnighted them to the racetrack so they would be there the following afternoon.
So Friday night at the hotel I put the stickers on. I still have to cut the scoop open, but didn't want to get into that during the race weekend.
Brad's original
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And my replica
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The car also won "Most Authentic" at the concourse event at the Vonats which was pretty cool.
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Re: Brad Reelfs RC10 Replica /'93 FL Winterchamps Winner
Thanks.
Nah, you don't have to run your concourse entries at the vonats.
Nah, you don't have to run your concourse entries at the vonats.
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Re: Brad Reelfs RC10 Replica /'93 FL Winterchamps Winner
Yeah, I put just as much time and energy into my 2wd entry (maybe even more since I had planned to actually race it). And I'm glad I ran an under tray on it. The suspension parts and body still look good, as does the chassis and ano.
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=88&t=41123
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Re: Brad Reelfs RC10 Replica /'93 FL Winterchamps Winner
that's dead sexy...
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Re: Brad Reelfs RC10 Replica /'93 FL Winterchamps Winner
scr8p, your attention to detail is truly admirable. The fact that bad Brad chimed in was unexpected to say the least. Congrats on the win.
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Re: Brad Reelfs RC10 Replica /'93 FL Winterchamps Winner
Thanks. Yes, Brad showing up in this thread was huge. There's no way I would've gotten anywhere near this level of correctness without his input.
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Re: Brad Reelfs RC10 Replica ('93 FL Winterchamps Winner)
went back a few pages...
folks were using machined shock pistons already back then?!?
when you know how much performance difference a properly dimensioned piston drives, why am I even surprised they were doing this almost 25 y.a. already...I should have known it!!!
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Re: Brad Reelfs RC10 Replica ('93 FL Winterchamps Winner)
Actually, machined pistons weren't a common thing back then. This just happened to be around the time Associated released the 1-2-3 piston trees, and these were prototype #1 pistons.
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Re: Brad Reelfs RC10 Replica ('93 FL Winterchamps Winner)
Cheers Brad - interesting... Once the design was finalized, were the top official pilots running pistons from the piston tree, or machined ones? Because (properly) machined ones would work have likely worked better anyway
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Re: Brad Reelfs RC10 Replica /'93 FL Winterchamps Winner
Got the scoop cut out last night. I was sweating bullets doing that...... just waiting to slip.
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Re: Brad Reelfs RC10 Replica ('93 FL Winterchamps Winner)
As far as I know, everyone used the production pistons after they became available. In hindsight, maybe we should have kept using the machined versions.
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Re: Brad Reelfs RC10 Replica /'93 FL Winterchamps Winner
It takes nerves of steel to cut up a concourse winning body.
The whole build is awesome. You got all the details right. Great Job!
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Re: Brad Reelfs RC10 Replica ('93 FL Winterchamps Winner)
Appreciate the info...
indeed, machined would have been better looks like this didn't prevent the A team from winning anyway!
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