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I have just ordered the following parts on Tower Hobbies:
X1 Front Carbon Fiber Damper Stay
X1 Rear Carbon Fiber Damper Stay
X1 Plastic Caster Blocks front
X1 Plastic Caster Blocks rear
X1 Rear A-arms

I have an extra set of belts also that I ordered 2 months ago.
And 2 sets of front A-arms I ordered 2 months ago

Someone said running the plastic caster blocks gets rid of the twitchiness
so I thought Id try it for myself.

I have a set of proline inside jobs I'll CA glue to the durga rims.


I also have 71 dollars in parts waiting at my local hobby shop
X1 Front Tungsten diff balls
X1 Rear Tungsten Diff Balls
X1 Aluminum Steering Bridge
X1 91 tooth Spur Gear

So? :confused:

BMag mate. Were all so delighted to here about your great news:thumbsup:

Brian (first name terms ;))

Have you run the 501X yet?

haha yeh was gonna say. He's only used it in practice or something hahaha

Maybe this should be in the playground?

hope all the new shiney parts help
let us know what they do compared to the original setup

Jimmy should I change to the plastic caster blocks?
I have not had twitching issues with the aluminum ones at all.

And Jimmy did you out-qualify anyone with the 501x recently?
I know you have been racing the durga also, do you like it better than the 501x?
Do you think I'll stack up to Wes's predator X10 with this car?

sorry for all these questions... :/

Not officially, I have been running the B44.
Parts are cheaper for the B44, and I have suffecient supply of B44 spares.

I'll save the 501x for the Albion debut.

Hi Brian

You have just bought a pile of parts for a car that you are going to run in half a year to fix a problem you haven't been having (twitchiness...)

Why don't you invest the cash in two decent Reedy saddlepack lipos that you can use in all your cars, a used T4 and a decent stock motor and learn to drive properly instead in a larger field of drivers? Driving with others of similar ability improves your driving a lot more than buying more stuff... Also learn to tune your car and understand what each change you make does. There are great online resources to read on setup too.
I think you'd actually have more fun and improve your driving a lot more than fighting with a totally overpowered 4WD (I understood you were running a 3.5) on smallish indoor tracks.

That way maybe sometime you might really be able to hand out advice and be listened to instead of being flamed when you say hello :)

Oh and don't mention wrestling. Most people just don't understand :woot:

Dudes, watch this: I ordered 6 ball cups today, I was thinking of buying 8, but that would have been too heavy.

I had a BLT with mayonaise for lunch. The cool thing about it was that I washed it down with a cup of tea...

That isn't true, I really did the lawn on Saturday, not Sunday.

Wow, that's really cool.

Maybe you can learn us how you do that? :p

BLT`s are for girls, chilli cheese and ham with mayo is the stuff the fast guys are on.

It's a Tekin R1 Pro with a 362 motor.
It's not a 3 turn, it's a 3 turn brushless, but after running it, it was
a bit faster than my B44, so Id say 9 turn brushed equalvalent.
Oh and wrestling I wont mention anymore, it's driving people crazy.:lol:

It never hurts to have extra parts, you never know when I might get kegged.:cry:

I couldnt find any setups for this car either they all point me to oople.:blush:
I wreak alot less when running the 501x. I wreak more often with the B44,
And wings for the B44 I constinly break...SAD....

But I have not broken A-arms in a long time so I suppose that is good.
Apparently RPM Ball cups strengthened my A-arms.

:confused:

Brian,

Have you considered trying a 27t motor or a 19t, to be honest you will not be any slower than you currently are, it will also teach you to carry a lot of corner speed and will probably make you a better driver instead of struggling with a high power brushless system.

Well worth thinking about dude :thumbsup:

You will enjoy racing more as well, i used to love running stock when i was younger.

That motor would just be super-ridiculous in anything but an RC dragster, not even the proest of pros run stuff that hot on small tracks.

Have you ever thought of running a slightly more porpular class to be able to measure yourself against other people instead of just coming last all the time? Trucks are seriously easier to drive and just the thing to learn with. And stock with a lipo is just the thing to hone your skills with.

As for the setups, here goes:

B44

TRF501X

RC10T4 <-- MASSIVE HINT!!!

mmmmmm............BLT rules:thumbsup:.