any one run them in the uk ? carpit / astro

Has anyone tried the narrow front end yet? :eh?:

yes ive tried them. They work on carpet, not so good on slippy

not yet i haven't. I think its going to be more for small technical tracks or really low grip

Sounds perfect for my needs, I am suffering from turn issues. I see mb has the brace now in stock so maybe grab one and try it out. :)

try removing the spacers from the rear shocks to allow more weight transfer. Much better for me today. I also have 30g up front and the speedo behind the servo rather than the receiver

Good thinking on rear shocks, will try that next time out. I've got about 70gs up front at the moment with standard servo, with a thin strip of lead under lipos about 40gs towards front of car.

I need to put mini pins up front though, I started with cut staggers but they just aren't up to it. Moved to worn mp's and it was better.

I do find that the turning circle of the car doesn't seem great in low speed corners, how are other people finding it?

60grams under lipo, 20 behind servo and 20 up front with cut staggers on astro and have had no problems with steering to be honest.....early days with car but steers at least as well as the Vega i had before...70 grams seems an awful lot of weight up front?

ive only run mine on carpet so far ..ended up playing with shock oil 450 cst in the rear /no internal spacers
400cst in the front /no internal spacers
minipins on the rear/ cut staggers on the front
(no added weight)
car was great plenty of turn in bite /mid and exit plenty too

Pic of new car
 

Thought i`d put my new ride up here
paint job by AK Customz
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Bmax-2 mr
 

Hi all, still finishing off my bmax-2 but will post pics when finished,must say what a kit to build it just fell together and everything super smooth and free.

Just a thought guys/girls the steering issues some, not all are having i have noticed on the steering blocks/spindles there is a little stopper that hits the castor block try removing that this will give approx 2mm more turn in each way left to right.;)

I just started building my MR! Has anybody found issues with the idler saft wobling?

Yeah make sure you have put all the bearings in

Not wobbling but there is a small amount of play back and forth which can be shimmed out.

Well let me be more precise...
Everything rotates freely but every now and then there is a clicking sound.
I removed everything and put every gear back on its own. Diff didn't click. Top shaft didn't click. The idler did click.

Did you check if there is any excess material on the idler gear? Still waiting for my MR conversion, but did not experience any issues with my "old" B-Max2.

If there is a clicking there is a chance it could be a dodgy bearing.

Thanx guys, it was a tiny piece of debris in the bearing.

Another question now. The kit oil is #400. Does this mean 400cst? I used Associated 32.5wt which is 388cst and it is way too heavy in the bench.

Yes, should be 400 cst. Give the box set-up a try, IIRC I didn't have to change many thing for a properly handling car in Duisburg. :)

What surface is that?