Fellow vintage racers
 

What you all racing at the Roger wood race I'll be using my Losi xx not been touched for around 20 years same Motor God knows how it will go trying to coble together some wheel and tyres from the 40+ sets I have lol

I'm running a Cougar 2 but with modern electrics

Manta Ray with modern electrics, but still the old yellow plastic shocks. It died badly on me at the Oople Invernational but it was just the servo so should be OK now.

I think I may be struggling with my.old electrics against you guys :D

You will be if Rob Mills is running his pimped up ZXR :o

Rob might be running his Cougar I believe it's back together.

Just tried to charge a set of batteries and it won't even charge lol 2 minute races anyone :thumbsup:

Day, if you need a modern speedo n motor I can lend them to you, got an orion speedo n a spare 7.5 or 8.5 if you need?

Daz.........bloody auto correct, lol

Thanks mate but I don't think the lipos would fit anyway and don't want to wreck the gearbox

If we're talking motors what are people thinking? I don't want to win buy a mile:p

my last race was indoors so i've probably got a 12x in it :blush:

My Manta has a 6.5t in it though I only have to one pinion so the gearing is a bit off.
Rob was planning on using his Cougar - the ZXR is his indoor car.

I'm running my egress. It's got a 10.5 in it boosted

I'm going to be coming last here lol

What tyres you using yellow mini spikes on the rear I assume what about fronts for 2wd?

I've got hammered yellow spikes front and rear, but most will argue staggers or cut staggers and rightly so that's what I run on the modern.

As for drive pins I've got you covered:thumbsup: 1/16 solid or 1.5 roll pins.

Thanks Neil I'll leave my part worn slim minis on the front :D

Yellow minispikes all round for 4wd. I'm not sure staggers would be right on a vintage, and I don't just mean for aesthetic reasons either. They don't have the turn in modern cars do. My RC10 also runs minispikes both ends - I tried staggers but it just didn't work right. It doesn't help that its hard keeping the cars nose down at all with a modern motor.
Curiously though staggers up front and minispikes rear is perfect on my RC10, but then a full truck width set of staggers is a pretty beastly tyre.

ive got yellow mini spikes all round on my egress ive put a slightley more modern wheel on the car ( Top Force ) so i can run the modern tyres as std wheels where 2"

I'm hoping to be running my cougar 2. If I get chance to put the electrics in. I will be using a 7.5t motor with a nosram pearl Speedo.
I'm thinking blocks on the rear as it may be kinder on the belt and slipper as they dont have as much bite.

i thought you might give everyone a wooping with the lazer :drool:

As si-co said indoor only for that car.

Neil, what spur and pinion size do you use in the cougar?

Hi, can I just ask what the criteria are for vintage, new to buggy racing this year but been searching for a car from my youth to run but not sure what the rules are, cheers K

Don't think there are any for the memorial sounds like most people are running lipos etc maybe I should get a lap headscarf :thumbsup:

Currently 86/25 on a 9.5t but looking at what your planning on running that might be changing, but I've not looked at what to yet -/- 8.5t.

If that's working Neil stay with it as I think I'm just going to destroy my gearbox with this 7.5t. Also my ballstuds are a bit past it, ging to see if i can find sone new ones before next week. I managed to find my manual and that has all the gearing charts in so sorted it now. Thanks for the reply still Neil.

I'd use the original club10/mk1 front wishbones it you have any I found it ridiculously twitchy at Bury with the swept back ones.

We don't really have any rules - its about having fun!

In theory anything thats a few years old is OK to run. and as you've noted most people are running modern electrics. Thats more a convenience thing though - a lot of the old stuff wasn't that reliable.

If you are thinking about what it takes to win in this class, it probably isn't the class you should be in......

I have both mk1 and mk2 front arms, I'm going to give them both a try.

for me vintage is anything from my youth, or rule of thumb anything over 15 years old for me,

Carnt decide now if I should run my egress or this beauty in vintage my jimmy Oople trf 501 x

egress for me, on another subject was it you asking if I had some .6 pinion? Someone asked last meeting but I can't remember who.

Next year if it's allowed I'm going to run my Associated B4 by then the car will be 14 years old :)

Ha, if thatd allowed mines ready to go

Who won

God dam 4wd predator I tried my best for the 2wd boys I at least split the 4's but alas qualified 2nd finished 2nd.

You did good Neil, well done, hope I can get mine up to speed now I know it works :thumbsup:

Some good racing in the vintage heat guys and I still managed to finish with my 3 wheeled losi xxx
Well done Neil on 2nd and hopefully next year we can beat that predator

It is was the most fun I had in a long time I was amazed the pred stayed in one pice though

Oh Yeh vintage is awesome I enjoy it more than the modern every time