Trans Am

[bearrickster]

Well my daughter and Son in law are moving to Virginia Beach this week. the reason I am saying this is that Brandon my sil is into RC like I am. so we are going to do some racing this summer. well they just spent a week with me and it was great. we wrenched on Rc cars all week. I gave him my XXX-S Camaro. I bought another xxx-s from drbelleville, I am working on getting it ready for a race on March 5th. this is going to quite a learning curve for me I have never ran a Touring car before. but we are going racing together, he's never raced at all so it should be intresting. or at lease a funny Demolition derby. well here is my new car. it has a Trinity 2pk stock motor a LRP Quanton 2 comp. pro speed control and a Novak lipo cut off, I will run a Orion 3600 lipo. HPI 68 Camaro body with Metalic red backed with Racing red. and some trans am decals.

Any Tc advice would be welcomed thanks guys.

[bearrickster]

Here are some pictures of my old car I gave to my Son in law. both cars have full threaded shocks are are graphite cars. mine has the full milled chassis, and both have one way front diffs. Lunsford turnbuckles. it was hard to let this body go I really like it. they want one of the new HPI 69 camaros so when I find one of those I will get this one back. it has Mr Lexan decals on it.

[Coelacanth]

Both Camaros look great! I love the scale accuracy of the HPI bodies.

[RCveteran]

great work, they look great and as a Ford guy that is hard for me to say

[Eau Rouge]

hey rick, they look good, but you might want to check your local track vta rules. the 27t brushed motor on 2s lipo is definitely NOT vta legal. that motor was 4-cell based and way too fast on a lipo.

lipo motor for vta is only a 25.5 novak brushless, and some places are still running them on the 2010 rules with 21.5 novaks.




dc

[DerbyDan]

hey rick, they look good, but you might want to check your local track vta rules. the 27t brushed motor on 2s lipo is definitely NOT vta legal. that motor was 4-cell based and way too fast on a lipo.

lipo motor for vta is only a 25.5 novak brushless, and some places are still running them on the 2010 rules with 21.5 novaks.




dc

What does vta stand for? Is it the US regulatory body for model car racing... I thought that was ROAR?

BTW 27t stock class was our 'slow' class in touring before the brushless revolution & the 2PK motor was the one to have, we would have been running NiMhs & 2S LiPos. 13.5 brushless motors were seen to be the equivilent motor to 27t brushed (maybe slightly quicker & more torque) & so 13.5 brushless has become our stock class... although with the more recent developments in timing advance speedos - a 17.5 BL stock class is being introduced at many clubs.

Rick, those chassis look great with the scale bodies & wheels... but I fear they may not help with the handling of your cars... unless the club you race at have a specific class for 'scale/retro' bodied cars?? In touring cars the type of shell you use can make quite a difference to the handling of your car - especially the faster you go (which is why most TC shells are now unrecognisable 'blobs' )... but even at slow speeds its fairly critical to have a decent sized wing on the back. Similarly tyres can attribute 95odd% to your cars handling - which will depend upon what surface you will be racing upon & the rules laid down by the club.... we generally use belted slicks of different compounds for both carpet & tarmac racing (Sorex 28Rs are popular at the moment on Primafelt carpet)

Your one way front diff are not ideal if you are likely to be doing much braking/learning - they are great for getting the car to 'hook-in' on fast sweeping tracks - but not ideal on tight twisty tracks. A Diff in the front will give you a car thats easy to drive.... however I always run a spool (fixed axle) on the tracks I race on, which gives super sharp turn-in & pull out of the corner - but it makes the car a bit tricky to drive smoothly

[bearrickster]

hey rick, they look good, but you might want to check your local track vta rules. the 27t brushed motor on 2s lipo is definitely NOT vta legal. that motor was 4-cell based and way too fast on a lipo.

lipo motor for vta is only a 25.5 novak brushless, and some places are still running them on the 2010 rules with 21.5 novaks.




dc

I called down their and they said no brushless only 27t and a 2s lipo? they have a muscle car class that might be what were running. I will find out when I get their. and make changes as needed. thanks I thought that was funny to. I was running it in the house last night its quick. looks like it going to be a lot of fun.

[slapshot1979]

VTA= Vintage Trans AM series.= a great class to watch. or drive too but Ive never experienced. Nice looking cars.

[bearrickster]

[Rick, those chassis look great with the scale bodies & wheels... but I fear they may not help with the handling of your cars... unless the club you race at have a specific class for 'scale/retro' bodied cars?? In touring cars the type of shell you use can make quite a difference to the handling of your car - especially the faster you go (which is why most TC shells are now unrecognisable 'blobs' )... but even at slow speeds its fairly critical to have a decent sized wing on the back. Similarly tyres can attribute 95odd% to your cars handling - which will depend upon what surface you will be racing upon & the rules laid down by the club.... we generally use belted slicks of different compounds for both carpet & tarmac racing (Sorex 28Rs are popular at the moment on Primafelt carpet)

Your one way front diff are not ideal if you are likely to be doing much braking/learning - they are great for getting the car to 'hook-in' on fast sweeping tracks - but not ideal on tight twisty tracks. A Diff in the front will give you a car thats easy to drive.... however I always run a spool (fixed axle) on the tracks I race on, which gives super sharp turn-in & pull out of the corner - but it makes the car a bit tricky to drive smoothly

thanks but the class mandates these bodys and tires. thanks

[DerbyDan]

Ah-ha, that makes sense now, sounds like a fun class! Would be cool if the chassis' were rwd for some true muscle car rear end happy action!

[bearrickster]

Ah-ha, that makes sense now, sounds like a fun class! Would be cool if the chassis' were rwd for some true muscle car rear end happy action!

yea but this thing is pretty squrily with 4wd 2wd would be a mess. I just called down to the track, they are running their rules. so the tires are out. their running jaco blues or what ever they have in stock? and 27t brushed, with 2 cell Lipo should be intresting.

and 1/12 17.5BL with a 4 cell Lipo I just bought a Carpet Knife for that class.

[Eau Rouge]

http://www.usvintagetransam.com

Rules, photos and everything.




The cars should not be loose or hard to drive with those tires or body. The original use for the 27t motor was with a 4-cell battery pack, thus a lot less power. 2S lipos on stock motors is WAY too much for a class like this, and I have argued against this sort of class structure for VTA many times. I wish track owners would understand what actually brings new people out to race and what keeps the existing racers interested in racing.

The cars SHOULD be slow—that was the whole point to it. The rules now are 2S lipo on a 25.5 brushless which is where stock class racing was 20 years ago.


And Rick, I do agree that a front one-way is not a good idea for new racers—especially in cars that are already too fast for what they are. You would both be better served with a diff or spool up front in both of those cars, without a doubt.




Donno if anyone here saw it or not, but today Protoform finally released their 1971 Trans Am Javelin from the amazing '71 Championship season.

[bearrickster]

And Rick, I do agree that a front one-way is not a good idea for new racers—especially in cars that are already too fast for what they are. You would both be better served with a diff or spool up front in both of those cars, without a doubt.
Donno if anyone here saw it or not, but today Protoform finally released their 1971 Trans Am Javelin from the amazing '71 Championship season.

I agree but I have to run what they run or go some were else. I have to drive 4 hours to race their? so I dont have much choice. thanks I will put the diff back in it. and build another one for the other car. that Javelin looks fantastic did you paint that. if so when is mine going to be ready what was your pp

[Eau Rouge]

I was supposed to paint that, but I didn't. Not sure why it never made it out here.

[Coelacanth]

Judging by that poster in the background of bearrickster's wall, he might prefer an AMX body to the Javelin. I could swear that's an AMX...

EDIT: That Javelin body would fit perfectly on my CYANide Turbo Optima car! If I was more of an AMC fan, I'd be all over that.