FINALLY received the 6 gearboxes sample (after they spent 10 days in customs, then another few days at a place I wasn't anymore and had to wait for someone to bring them to me, but that person got ill and I had to wait even more
).
I've tested it today, ran from 1PM to 8PM, EMPTIED 8 Lipos on it, with electronics getting really really hot due to the high temperature.
Track is the toughest I've ever seen in europe, outdoors high grip carpet with mainly hairpins followed by short straights, power on, brake, turn, power, brake, big jump, etc... We run mini pins at the rear which is just killing the diffs. In fact most of the guys at the club now run geared diffs because of that.
Gearbox is running smoothly and SILENTLY which is always a good sign
. It's very
very similar in all aspects to the prototype gearbox I made and that Craig has been running from the beginning, so basically it's the gearbox as it was always meant to be, as opposed to how it had ended up with the other manufacturing process.
Will post 3 of those to Nick for further testing as I won't be able to run until september.
The 29 other gearboxes are on their way already, but again won't be able to post them until september as I will be away on family matter. They are not perfect and there is a bit of work to get them to fit the car, as for some reason the manufacturer blatantly ignored some of the tolerances from the drawing. I will do the work required to fit them so you won't have to do it but it is fairly time consuming (took me 2 hours to fit mine due to not having the correct tool at hand and the plastic being quite hard). On the other hand the price I got on them is UNBEATEABLE so I cannot complain too much.
In the meantime, if all you MCS owners could PM or email me and let me know of their gearbox situation so I can prioritize and be efficient upon my return, that would be great. Regarding price, it will be on a case by case basis.
For those in of you in the UK, I have arranged with Nick. I will send him all the gearboxes, and he will send them or hand them out. It will save everyone quite a bit on postage.
One last thing.
As Nick mentionned I had decided to stop posting on this thread until I had the gearboxes in my hands. I'm sure all of you understand why, and for those who wanted an update on the gearboxes, I was always available by PM. The reason why the wait has been so long was out of my hands and all I could do was wait. Now the wait is over (well nearly enough) so I hope everyone can now get on with their racing and this thread will soon resume with normal operation of setup and tips sharing.
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