My B44.1 is too fat

[RobW]

Went to run yellow mini-pins yesterday at Mid South regional and the car was too wide to fit in the box. I'm not talking a bit tight - the rear would not fit in the box. Car is kit standard on rear toe-in with about 1 degree of camber.

I know mini-pins are are a bit wider than most tyres because of the overhang and there were issues at our 2WD regional that were dealt with in a sensible manner but I do not want to turn up to the 4WD regional at DMS indoors with a car that I know is illegal on the tyres I expect to run.

Does anyone have any tricks for dealing with these (different wheels, narrower hex??) or else I'll have to work out what ballastics compound to run as they do not seem to have the same amount of overhang.

Cheers

Rob

[Ralls Racing]

run the tyres with the writing on the inside as this makes the track slightly thinner. there are also some shims on the rear axles (behind the blue wheelwasher). move these inside the hub. beyond that one of the team should be able to help

Nathan

[RobW]

Thanks, Nathan, I'll try both of those ideas and check it in our club box.

Rob

[estebandonde]

I think the only way is to cut or dremel down the thread on the axle

B4 & B44 /centro/ B44.1

HTH

[KRob]

Hi Rob,
There should be no need to do anything other then Nathan has already mentioned.
When I ran mine with pins using the 'official' BRCA box that was all I had to do. That's when I learnt the hard way to put the writing on the inside

Steve, it's the tyre overhang that's the problem, not the axle width.

[estebandonde]

Originally Posted by KRob

it's the tyre overhang that's the problem, not the axle width.

Not sure what you mean, just checked a tyre and both sides look the same with equal or very little overhang, even the writing is the same or am I missing something??

At a national Charlie was warned, more than once, about the width of his car and it was always the axles. Shims in the right places, not that they make that much difference, and he is using AE wheels.


Steve

[estebandonde]

Just had another thought..... should it have more shims on the inside hub side as the driveshafts are only just in the outdrives

The manual says use 2 very thin ones but I would suggest more, this would reduce the axle length.....what does the team use??

and yes I have limiters in the shocks.

[MatJohnson]

I've hacked down my axels on the rear which seems to help a lot