B-Max at Petit Euro Tour

ryan · #1 20-01-2009

I thought i would let people no how i got on with the b-max indoors at maritime raceway the weekend.

It was my first run with the b-max and i really didnt no what to expect, so i decided to expect nothing great so i couldnt be dissapointed! I started with Neil Craggs euro setup in the manual in practice. The car was way to soft, seeing as it was waying in around 1950g i thought it would have to be much harder than the typical 4wd car. Seeing as i couldnt change the springs, i decided to run the losi springs. I started with the green on the front and red on the rear and went to a 1.4mm roll bar on the rear.

In the first round this was much better, i was amazed by the car. So easy to drive yet the lap times where all there! After hearing alot of problems with the b-max over heating; i was very weary of the temperature afterwards and this was fine. However, i had cut many grills/vents in the shell and also dremelled the top of the spur gear cover of. After round one i had made 15th in the round, seeing as it was ftd, this meant nothing!

As the day progressed a gradually got faster becoming more comfortable with the car, i ended up qualifying D2 but could of been much higher. It was the person behind the wheel that let it down!

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Here are a few things which i found with the car through the day:

Diffs, they where all over the place. I rebuilt them from new as i didnt trust the factroy settings to much. I was adjusting them most rounds, had a few tight spots but by the end of the day where ok. However i would recommend some different diff balls from a different manafacture.

Slipper was adjusting it self for the first few rounds, keep checking this. By the 4th round it was spot on!

Make sure your gearing is suited to the track/motor. I was running a 5.5r with the 87 spur/19t pinioun. Cut the top of the spur gear cover and dont run the motor gear cover. Get as much air and open as possible!

I will post my final setup in the setups thread abit later.

Ryan