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Re: Manta Ray - 2019 Vonats Build
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2019 12:21 pm
by RCveteran
Any top secret tuning tips for next year? It is time to lift the secret cover off your factory backed Manta Ray racing efforts.
Re: Manta Ray - 2019 Vonats Build
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2019 4:15 pm
by scr8p
Beside what I had listed earlier:
30w oil up front, losi dark green springs
30w oil in rear, silver kit springs
Re: Manta Ray - 2019 Vonats Build
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2019 3:29 am
by Lonestar
(putting my TamiyaDan hat on
)
The MR is truly a great compromised platform for the time, what let it down (same for the top-force) was the absence of slipper, which was bumming the performance AND credibility of the whole thing, let alone those silly childish bodies... The car has a sweet balance, though, and it's tough as nails. Congrats for the good showing!
Re: Manta Ray - 2019 Vonats Build
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2019 1:47 pm
by RCveteran
Lonestar wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2019 3:29 am
(putting my TamiyaDan hat on
)
You'd take your toys and go home then
And maybe it was ahead of it's time. We all run slipper eliminators these days
Re: Manta Ray - 2019 Vonats Build
Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2019 3:39 am
by EvolutionRevolution
Lonestar wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2019 3:29 am
(putting my TamiyaDan hat on
)
The MR is truly a great compromised platform for the time, what let it down (same for the top-force) was the absence of slipper, which was bumming the performance AND credibility of the whole thing, let alone those silly childish bodies... The car has a sweet balance, though, and it's tough as nails. Congrats for the good showing!
The Terra Conqueror/Blazing Star have a normal-ish body.
And it's tough as nails as long as:
- you don't put in too hot a motor (at least not without doing the "reinforced rear gearbox cover"-mod).
- you don't hit something hard head-on while using the stock plastic shock towers (the front one will snap).
- you don't overtighten the yellow CVA shocks.