Alrighty then...
I have been running my ZX-5 in the US (massachusetts) on a VERy technical indoor track with a mostly dark clay surface.
www.rcexcitement.com. The layout tends to be fast with one large table top jump ( a TIMING NIGHTMARE) and a couple sets of doubles and 2 crossover jumps (scary marshalling).
I run the Novak 6.5 brushless in the car using 3800 IB cells with the stock gearing...although i have been playing around with different gearing, the stock setup tends to hookup well with the brushless and GTB.
I have had several VERY bad cartwheeling episodes and to date have broken a few things that have been very easili fixed with this brace.
I have moved the rear shocks to the 2nd hole in on the tower and inside hole on the arm...you have to dremel the shock mount on the arm to move in on the tower.
I have moved the front shocks in 2 holes on the tower and the inside hole on the arm...this setup gives nice body roll for tighttracks , while providing the stiffness needed for American "jumpy" tracks.
I set the slipper a little loose...mostly because of the surface we run on and a little because of the 6.5.
The diffs are tighter than I thought in the beginning...after some use, and with the assiciated barbide balls, i have them super tight and it is still very "rotatable". Not the best for tight tracks, but when you have the wheelspin i have, you'll figure out what i mean.
For tight tracks, i put the battery to the rear...this thing has enough stearing as it is.
BROKEN STUFF
- the stock brace itself breaks pretty much every hit straight on...we are running in the winter here, which tends to be around 20*F ...so pretty cold. The indoor track is in a part of the building that used to be a warehouse...and its old...so heating is not up to par. It is about 40*F in there!
- The rear upright has broken but that was one of the bad hits.
- the diff balls are garbage, imo, and need to be replaced with the associated carbide balls, at the very least.
- I have been running the front oneway diff and have been getting awesome traction....just make sure you put the o-ring over the center shaft "pin" or you'll lose it..lol
- after installing the brace, as Jimmy did right away, all the front end breakage has ceased.
I have broken an arm since then, but that was a head on from some bonehead going the wrong way down the straight, trying to jump the pipes.
So....i do have stuff to add