defeated durango
 

well to reply to mr shanks earlier thread in this forum just to let you all know the lazer zx5 beat his latest car the durango:p

TRF501X also whooped his ass.... his old car my i add :p

Andy

Yes ok the lazer beat my brand new first time out Durango !!!
Apologies fellow Durango owners

I was happy enough with the car though

first round was very loose on the rear

after woody drove it (it looked mega) an gave a little advice car got better n better

oddly the front main drive shaft came out if the cup
on the slipper! Had a chat to a few guys who
had durango's (easy to spot as they all had the same durango tops on!!)

ta for having a butchers at my
car - didn't catch yr names

3rd with addition of lengthing rear track
rod to longest poss car seemed spot on really

did get a few laps in then that were as good as the mates I race with just mistakes that cocked me up

think I'll get quicker from here in - new car some people have had there for a long tine lol

You could give Neil Cragg a Tamiya Thundershot and he would still beat you all!! ha

Give it time and im sure Mr Shanks will be having the last laugh :p

Im booking myself into the next Bury meeting to take you all on now, and help Shanks show you which car is boss ;)

Craig Collinson

yep well done pal

New car for you and straight on the money - yr my hero!

Think you let down some if us though by covering up the undertray!

the durango
 

give it time and mr shanks will put durango out of buisness:p lol

See Matt - look what you've done!
By posting here about Shanks and his Du-wrongo you've just got him the support of the whole bloody UK Durango team.
Its bad enough he got himself that jacket so he can 'feel like a team member' - now he's going to act like he is!

mr shanks
 

yes but si they will soon find out what that old saying "pissing in the wind" means lmao

Oh, is that how he got those funny marks on his Team Durango jacket? I thought they were from diff oil......

team durango
 

you just watch si the last bury meeting all the durango team will be in plain clothes,wearing sunglasses etc just so shanks cant find them lol

Lmao nah us Durango drivers stick together the lasers days are doomed !

Yup youve gone and wound up the team putting a thread titled defeated Durango!!

Im sending Woody a pm asap to get booked in early for the next one. Watch this space Durango will rule the day! Ill be there to support any Durango driver and will be watching Shanks races to see what needs doing to put him ahead of you all, and your inferior toy cars! haha. :p

Durango domination at the next Bury meeting!!

Craig Collinson

Loving the positive attitude! I'll have a Durango too for the next meet I'll have to come say hello to you lot.

Yeh feel free to come over mate, all the team drivers are friendly and approachable. Were happy to help in any way to get us ahead of the competition! lol. :thumbsup:

Craig Collinson

Sorry Craig, me, Bowater and Chris Cocker were in the A yesterday with the Durango's, unfortunately my motor (non Durango part) decided to throw a bearing and jam up!

I am sure when you are there, normal service will be resumed!

I've seen your car go round, you could probably tow me and Shanks round and still get a top result lol, it's like a bat out of hell!

I'm tempted to book in now :p

That will teach you for running inferior wheels with borrowed tyres!! :woot: lol!!

Thought thats what it would be with your motor.. same happened to mine :blush: regular oiling required mate!! According to Glynn every few meets if not more.. :thumbsup:

I have a spare X12 bearing if you need one...? infact i have the old casing with a new bearing fitted if required :)

Cheers

Nick

When is the next Bury meeting? we should all go for the laugh. :woot:

Feb 21st. You'll have to book in as early as possible to get a space too.

good stuff pal I love having the last laugh - it's always the best!!!

First time with the car so I was happy enough for now - with a few team pointers I'll improve enough to pass those pesky lasers!!

Ryan from je joins the team soon too so there will be a fair croud all in all

Durango will be filling the a final soon enough!! (apart from woody of course!)

looking foward to seeing all my fellow team mates next meeting and causing some pain!!!!

hi could you let me know what advice he gave you and what you did as mine is also very loose on the rear
thanks
Mark

Mark

Yes of course remember it may slightly conflict with others opinion

We raised front camber links to the highest setting on the shock tower - this gives less initial turn in I believe

on the track car did feel slightly less "twitchy" but not by a massive amount

next we raised the rear camber links on the shock tower I think this was to give more grip mid corner (which is where my car was loosing it)

again I notice a slight improvement but not loads

finally I lengthened the rear camber link to the longest by moving to the outer hole on the hub

now this made the largest difference by far - the rear end was far more planted now and would only really go if I was just to heavy on the throttle

one thing to note is that all the time I ran with the rear weights on I.e the plate undeneath n the two rear side weights

I understand some say removing them sorts the rear end and I am not disagreeing with people who do far better than
me!

Woodys advice was the additional weight gives more traction n it seemed to work for me-admittedly I have yet to carry out representative test - try without weight now I have made geometry changes.

I think the way I have the car is good for someone of my ability I.e it's very forgiving - I could throw it into the corner at the end of high speed straight however I wanted reallY n it was easy to sort it out

for a better driver it is probably not responsive enough I guess

oh yeh I also had the ackerman link in the back position

ps thanks to Craig collinson who gave me the majority of the set up advice via pm on here and of course woody who drove my car trackside and actually started with the spanners himselve!

Next meeting is going to be even better now - all the Durango boys are fired up after some flippant comments by one of those pesky laser drivers!!!!

There are various things you can do to gain more rear end traction, most of which have been covered by Shanks.

A few points that have not been mentioned are:

1. Reduce shock travel at the front - put a 2mm spacer in the front shocks to do this, then if you want more travel at any point you can just unwind the ball joint a few turns. Reducing travel at the front will stop the front end lifting so much under power then dropping under breaking giving you loads of weight transfer. The car will feel smoother, more consistent and easier to drive. Only a small change but trust me, it makes a big difference!

2. diff oils - going to a lighter oil in the rear will allow the diff to rotate easier when going round corners, thus generating more grip.

3. Shock position - standing the shocks more upright at the rear will allow the car to square up better when accelerating out of corners. The more inwards the shocks ares on the tower the more rotation you will get which could make the rear break free when pushing out of a corner.

There are many other ways in which to fine tune your car to gain more rear traction, but these few points should help greatly.

Here is a really good link on set ups :thumbsup:

http://users.telenet.be/elvo/

Craig Collinson

Just to echo the tips from craig :thumbsup: Also it might be worth trying the light green springs on the rear if you arent already.. Also are/were you using roll bars?

Watch this race and watch it closely.

The first few laps is Shanks at the moment, but after some set up advice from the team he will soon be in front of you all, just like my car at the later stages of this race! haha.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sGZ5VrOxSA

Craig Collinson

durango
 

yeh mate just watched it your car looks mega but i must say shanks will be a realy good edition to your team he will be very usefull at testing the strength of the durango wishbones and shock towers and he will be able to demonstrate how many cart wheels the car can do in such short distance lol. has any of your drivers managed to have such a heavy inpact yet that it makes the centre drive shaft pop out???lol

I'm sure the car will take it. But the center shaft was a bit weird when you consider how it's all designed and setup.

durango
 

come on ryan dont be so diplomatic just let go we all know shanks is the "floyd mayweather" of the rc world

throw enough shit a wall and some of it is bound to stick
shanks you are a penis when you get results with your aero then you can mouth off about it!! I'm suprised your fellow Durango drivers haven't disowned you for bringing the brand name into disripute!!
Bet they will when they see you drive the humbug!!


Buds

I'm just waiting for Durango to file a restraining order banning Shanks from driving any of their products due to the damage he will do to their reputation.......

I hear yr mother dis-owned you cause yr so fu**kin ugly!

Im with ya on that one Criag!

Il be beating those swines next time round!

Keep it coming guys this is cracking me up!

durango
 

No chance mr shanks i think ill bring the wifes ipod so i can listen to the eye of the tiger before every heat!!!

I think shanks might have a crush on hulk
man love apparentlly it's a beautiful thing. So Shanks tells me!!!

Buds

Any more comments like this and you'll be finding out all about "man love" - like it or not!!

Then again bet you have already had a few close encounters that you have omitted to tell us about eh buds???

Thanks a million Shanks and Hulk,i will give them all a try one at a time,all the things you talk about are what im trying to tune out so bring on Friday:thumbsup:..........good banter by the wayl:woot:

Ipod? why not - i hear you wear her underwear now an then!!

It's a good job your teams colour is brown!! I bets that's why you bought a Durango !! Head light flashing freak