Thanks guys, good to know. :thumbsup:

Heres mine now its all finished and painted..

I think any ones shocks are in for a shock at batley regional, any chance we could just run it on the football pitch?? Much better

I think Neal means it wont be what your used to at the previous regionals :thumbsup: I hear good things on the grape vine.

Well only the wait will tell, heard this for the past 7 years and it only gets worse, last year was the final straw for a lot of people

Heres my all new YZ2. Only ran it once on carpet at Mio in Oss. And oh my this is one hell of a car. Instantly felt like i Always driven it. So grippy, so fast.
First few rounds i drove it box setup. Felt good none the less. Then i ve slipped on the Yatabe springs and some (11g) brass weight in the nose and the car was a rocket.

Btw, the pics are with my TRF springs, the Yok ones werent ready yet. :)


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Finally got mine wired up, just waiting on the body shell to get back out the paint shop.
Trying one of the SkyRC Toro 120a speedos, all seems to work as it should, but yeah, its all a tight fit, really had to try various configurations, can't wait to drive it.

lee
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psfkodyobo.jpg
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Are those the proline high grip slicks? Have u tried em before, and if so on carpet or astro?

Have just rewired mine with a muchmore fleta pro and an xpert si-4431 from LMR. Using a full size servo was a challenge.

They look like Schumacher Venom's to me?
http://www.rccarshop.co.uk/index.php...ear-white.html

http://www.rccarshop.co.uk/index.php...pr-silver.html

Tidy! But you need to shorten those servo leads ;-)

Where did you pass the receiver wire to get it into the mount?
I think Yokomo designers missed a trick here. Antenna mount should be on both sides IMO.

All those YZ-2's are looking great. Mine has been built a while ago, but I'm waiting to get my body all painted up. Have no time to drive it anytime soon. First time probably in March. :thumbdown:

Haha I am going to shorten them but I don't have the tool to do the shortening properly. I shortened my transponder lead by just cutting and soldering the wires again as it was wayyyy too long also.

My receiver wire runs along the battery foam for a few mm, then runs down the middle of the esc and the receiver, then round the back between the esc and servo. The idea was to keep the antenna as short as possible as I hate them. :D

Thx Neallewis...
have u tried these tyres yrself? Hows s the grip on carpet/astro?

They are indeed Venoms guys. Our club use them as a control tyre to protect the carpet for the touring and GT cars.
Have to say i was skeptical, I've only even run buggies on carpet using foams way back, but they grip, awful when cold, but they come up fast and i can't complain.
Do look forward to trying pins at the new club opening soon though.

lee

Cant wait to shake mine down at TORCH tomorrow. have to say it has been the nicest build i have ever done. Thought xray was good, but this was even better.

Do you use any aditive?

Having run the Venoms (in various compounds) back-to-back vs pins, we found that they offer significantly lower grip, particularly side-bite when turning into the heart of the corner off-power. If you're running them as a control tyre, then they're OK because it's a level playing field. But if you're comparing them to pins, then there's no question in my mind that the pins are much better, even when part-worn.

Heres mine. Went ok friday. Very different to what i was driving. car felt good by round four, used kit rear springs, black front, 45wt front and 40wt rear on carpet.
Rest all stayed kit, though i did move the shocks in one hole on the rear arms, was struggling with the gear diff, really not liking that, so I've ordered a ball diff.

One thing i want to try was cells forward, but my install would allow it, so I've made a slight tweak by trimming the side pod a tad to allow the receiver to move forward some.

Found her really rear heavy on jumping, not as level as my TRF, but overall i was impressed, very grippy, just going in and out of corners i had to really be tamer than usual due to the geared diff being snaky, I'm still rubbish, but i hope i can move forward with this car.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ps8ten9ek5.jpg
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A car I recently built on behalf of a friend, really nice build and a challenging electric install on this one, came out great though! The body fits as well :thumbsup:

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ps48d1453d.jpg
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love those gold shocks, they look bling!

also love the wing buttons... as opposed to clips...

All built and ready to go...just add wheels.

Now sporting my new shell from Cstar Paint....Cheers Craig, awesome job..:thumbsup:

Did the chassis protector do the job?

Hasn't come yet..Will get it on when it arrives..:thumbsup:

Looking great Paul. get booked in for last Worksop on Sunday.:thumbsup:

Can't do worksop unfortunately, at a wedding in Portsmouth this weekend. I've booked in for Chadderton and cup at rhr. May do Cully if its on as well this week...

So how are people finding the new car?
KF or 22 or in between?
I don't mean build quality,Iv got a BD7 ❤️

For me the YZ2 got tons of steering with the stability of a mid motor (especially under braking).
Very nice on carpet, very predictable but stable and very precise steering wise, I like it a lot.
Traction could be an issue, got to find out how the car handles on bumpy and wet astro with a good setup.
So far so good.

Been testing today at Robin Hood Raceway. The car was awesome on the bumpy astro. Really safe and predictable and holds such a tight line on power. So good infact that im gonna motor up to a 6.5 :woot:

I've just finished building mine today! Can't wait to get it on track and test it!

Likewise. First fit of wiring wouldn't fit the shell so had to have another go, but all the gubbins are now safely ensconced.

Roll on Sunday

You definitely doing Batley Sunday?? I'm off into work tomorrow to do the wiring. The big resistor pack that comes on the SP Pro isn't helping the fit. Did you try with the receiver on top on the servo???
Cause I did and I couldn't get the body shell to go on! :thumbdown:

Capacitor pack.
I use the compact orca one:
http://www.rccarshop.co.uk/index.php...capacitor.html

and the hobbywing:
http://www.rccarshop.co.uk/index.php...capacitor.html

Wow guys, I ran my YZ-2 for the first time tonight at West Bridgford. I hadn't raced off-road for almost 18 months and this was intended to be a simple shakedown in readiness for the Mid-East BRCA regional series which starts next Sunday.

The car was simply awesome 1st time out. Really stable, I could really push it through the corners, excellent high-speed turn-in, just needs a bit more at low speed (some weight in the nose will help there). I can't believe the speed in this car and can't wait to start tuning the set-up.

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A bit of weight infront of the servo and under the lipo works a treat. Look on LMR website next week for some nice trick weights ;)

Here's my YZ-2 ready for its 1st run out tomorrow!!!!

I was running the under-LiPo weight I picked up from you at Worksop a couple of weeks ago, but yes the next move will be some weight up front.


Rear shocks were forward for this 1st run, so will also be doing a comparison by running them at the back next week.

You will find less steering with them on the rear. Lee Martin ran them on the rear at EOS and the setup is available on the LMR website.

I think the majority of the time they will be run on the rear unless you are running super high grip.

What is the grip like at your club?

Our carpet is fairly low grip, and with them on the front the set-up was pretty good. Will try a comparison with them on the rear this week.

They are fine on the front as long as your punch isn't too high. Our carpet is also low grip and with them on the front I struggled to get power down but sorted that by just turning the punch right down.

Let us know how it goes. :thumbsup: