Page 1 of 2
B4.1 Factory team worlds car
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 6:38 pm
by mikea96
Re: B4.1 Factory team worlds car
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 6:51 pm
by peetbee
Longer chassis and body are the main changes, not convinced thats going to make a big impact this side of the pond unfortunately, mid motor seems to be where its at these days
Re: B4.1 Factory team worlds car
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 8:13 pm
by Charlie don't surf
Nice that they Included the remainder of the holeshot and 4 rib tires they had in stock, since the worlds were won with Goosebumps and Groovy's
Re: B4.1 Factory team worlds car
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 8:17 pm
by mikea96
I know i dont think anybody uses the kit tires! Are track is gold barcodes front and rear does anybody run ribbed front tires anymore?
Re: B4.1 Factory team worlds car
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 8:33 pm
by Charlie don't surf
Today the track was so dry and dusty I ran Rips and Double Dees treated with Paragon FXII, we normally run barcodes, rebars and fullshots-
Re: B4.1 Factory team worlds car
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 8:46 pm
by mikea96
That is one good thing about our local track it stays really consistent it owned by an associated team driver so he really makes sure the track stays in good condition and it always has a cool layout.
Re: B4.1 Factory team worlds car
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 8:53 pm
by Charlie don't surf
They are tearing ours up as I type and doing a brand new layout this weekend, so sadly the last 3 weeks the track has been junk as they knew they were redoing it. New design ( borrowed from an Ohio indoor track ) looks great, don't know how this rock solid red clay will do compared to the black Ohio clay though- different traction, different track-
Enough thread derailment on my part-
Re: B4.1 Factory team worlds car
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 4:00 am
by Lonestar
Charlie don't surf wrote:Nice that they Included the remainder of the holeshot and 4 rib tires they had in stock, since the worlds were won with Goosebumps and Groovy's
and kyosho springs...
Re: B4.1 Factory team worlds car
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 5:46 am
by Charlie don't surf
Lonestar wrote:Charlie don't surf wrote:Nice that they Included the remainder of the holeshot and 4 rib tires they had in stock, since the worlds were won with Goosebumps and Groovy's
What Kyosho springs? I saw a few of the drivers locally trying some-
and kyosho springs...
Re: B4.1 Factory team worlds car
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 5:28 pm
by VintageCat
mikea96 wrote:I know i dont think anybody uses the kit tires! Are track is gold barcodes front and rear does anybody run ribbed front tires anymore?
I do... normally run the same gold Barcodes, but sometimes depending on track temp and moisture level I'll run pink BK Bar rears and a pink 3 rib front. Sometimes a clay Panther switch will enter the mix. Ribbed fronts are still quite common, in general.
Re: B4.1 Factory team worlds car
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 5:36 pm
by Charlie don't surf
In the main I ran AKA Rebar front's and Double Dee's- talk about weird
Re: B4.1 Factory team worlds car
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 5:37 pm
by VintageCat
Charlie don't surf wrote:What Kyosho springs? I saw a few of the drivers locally trying some-
They've moved past that around here, now everyone is trying the Losi big bore springs on their B4's. Not sure what they're using for spring perches/hardware (we run Kyosho) to make them fit, but almost everyone has switched over to the +8 chassis as well.
Re: B4.1 Factory team worlds car
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:38 pm
by SMOKE-DOG
Charlie don't surf wrote:They are tearing ours up as I type and doing a brand new layout this weekend, so sadly the last 3 weeks the track has been junk as they knew they were redoing it. New design ( borrowed from an Ohio indoor track ) looks great, don't know how this rock solid red clay will do compared to the black Ohio clay though- different traction, different track-
Enough thread derailment on my part-
You must be talking about "The Factory" The clay is black and sticky.
I ran Proline Suburbs/Scrubs MC compound on my B4 but nobody else does. I never see anyone else run Prolines, just Losi tires round here...
Re: B4.1 Factory team worlds car
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:12 pm
by sneako43
mikea96 wrote:That is one good thing about our local track it stays really consistent it owned by an associated team driver so he really makes sure the track stays in good condition and it always has a cool layout.
+1 if you are talking about Tacoma RC Raceway. The track is always in great shape...Scott runs a great shop.
Re: B4.1 Factory team worlds car
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:50 pm
by mikea96
sneako43 wrote:mikea96 wrote:That is one good thing about our local track it stays really consistent it owned by an associated team driver so he really makes sure the track stays in good condition and it always has a cool layout.
+1 if you are talking about Tacoma RC Raceway. The track is always in great shape...Scott runs a great shop.
Yes i am Tacoma rc raceway is great. I used to race with Scott back in the day when there was a bunch of tracks around this neck of the woods like Performance Hobbies, Tacoma rc raceway, big daddys, and Hales rc supply and Scott is super helpful.