defeated durango

[mattb]

well to reply to mr shanks earlier thread in this forum just to let you all know the lazer zx5 beat his latest car the durango

[T4miy4 Guy]

TRF501X also whooped his ass.... his old car my i add

Andy

[Hulk]

You could give Neil Cragg a Tamiya Thundershot and he would still beat you all!! ha

Give it time and im sure Mr Shanks will be having the last laugh

Im booking myself into the next Bury meeting to take you all on now, and help Shanks show you which car is boss

Craig Collinson

[mattb]

Originally Posted by Hulk

You could give Neil Cragg a Tamiya Thundershot and he would still beat you all!! ha

Give it time and im sure Mr Shanks will be having the last laugh

Im booking myself into the next Bury meeting to take you all on now, and help Shanks show you which car is boss

Craig Collinson

give it time and mr shanks will put durango out of buisness lol

[Si Coe]

See Matt - look what you've done!
By posting here about Shanks and his Du-wrongo you've just got him the support of the whole bloody UK Durango team.
Its bad enough he got himself that jacket so he can 'feel like a team member' - now he's going to act like he is!

[mattb]

Originally Posted by Si Coe

See Matt - look what you've done!
By posting here about Shanks and his Du-wrongo you've just got him the support of the whole bloody UK Durango team.
Its bad enough he got himself that jacket so he can 'feel like a team member' - now he's going to act like he is!

yes but si they will soon find out what that old saying "pissing in the wind" means lmao

[shanks]

Originally Posted by Hulk

You could give Neil Cragg a Tamiya Thundershot and he would still beat you all!! ha

Give it time and im sure Mr Shanks will be having the last laugh

Im booking myself into the next Bury meeting to take you all on now, and help Shanks show you which car is boss

Craig Collinson

good stuff pal I love having the last laugh - it's always the best!!!

First time with the car so I was happy enough for now - with a few team pointers I'll improve enough to pass those pesky lasers!!

Ryan from je joins the team soon too so there will be a fair croud all in all

Durango will be filling the a final soon enough!! (apart from woody of course!)

looking foward to seeing all my fellow team mates next meeting and causing some pain!!!!

[budfish]

Originally Posted by shanks

good stuff pal I love having the last laugh - it's always the best!!!

First time with the car so I was happy enough for now - with a few team pointers I'll improve enough to pass those pesky lasers!!

Ryan from je joins the team soon too so there will be a fair croud all in all

Durango will be filling the a final soon enough!! (apart from woody of course!)

looking foward to seeing all my fellow team mates next meeting and causing some pain!!!!

throw enough shit a wall and some of it is bound to stick
shanks you are a penis when you get results with your aero then you can mouth off about it!! I'm suprised your fellow Durango drivers haven't disowned you for bringing the brand name into disripute!!
Bet they will when they see you drive the humbug!!


Buds

[Si Coe]

I'm just waiting for Durango to file a restraining order banning Shanks from driving any of their products due to the damage he will do to their reputation.......

[shanks]

Originally Posted by budfish

throw enough shit a wall and some of it is bound to stick
shanks you are a penis when you get results with your aero then you can mouth off about it!! I'm suprised your fellow Durango drivers haven't disowned you for bringing the brand name into disripute!!
Bet they will when they see you drive the humbug!!


Buds

I hear yr mother dis-owned you cause yr so fu**kin ugly!

[shanks]

Originally Posted by budfish

throw enough shit a wall and some of it is bound to stick
shanks you are a penis when you get results with your aero then you can mouth off about it!! I'm suprised your fellow Durango drivers haven't disowned you for bringing the brand name into disripute!!
Bet they will when they see you drive the humbug!!


Buds

Any more comments like this and you'll be finding out all about "man love" - like it or not!!

Then again bet you have already had a few close encounters that you have omitted to tell us about eh buds???

[shanks]

Originally Posted by T4miy4 Guy

TRF501X also whooped his ass.... his old car my i add

Andy

yep well done pal

New car for you and straight on the money - yr my hero!

Think you let down some if us though by covering up the undertray!

[shanks]

Yes ok the lazer beat my brand new first time out Durango !!!
Apologies fellow Durango owners

I was happy enough with the car though

first round was very loose on the rear

after woody drove it (it looked mega) an gave a little advice car got better n better

oddly the front main drive shaft came out if the cup
on the slipper! Had a chat to a few guys who
had durango's (easy to spot as they all had the same durango tops on!!)

ta for having a butchers at my
car - didn't catch yr names

3rd with addition of lengthing rear track
rod to longest poss car seemed spot on really

did get a few laps in then that were as good as the mates I race with just mistakes that cocked me up

think I'll get quicker from here in - new car some people have had there for a long tine lol

[reg]

Originally Posted by shanks

I was happy enough with the car though first round was very loose on the rear,after woody drove it (it looked mega) an gave a little advice car got better n better

hi could you let me know what advice he gave you and what you did as mine is also very loose on the rear
thanks
Mark

[shanks]

Originally Posted by reg

hi could you let me know what advice he gave you and what you did as mine is also very loose on the rear
thanks
Mark

Mark

Yes of course remember it may slightly conflict with others opinion

We raised front camber links to the highest setting on the shock tower - this gives less initial turn in I believe

on the track car did feel slightly less "twitchy" but not by a massive amount

next we raised the rear camber links on the shock tower I think this was to give more grip mid corner (which is where my car was loosing it)

again I notice a slight improvement but not loads

finally I lengthened the rear camber link to the longest by moving to the outer hole on the hub

now this made the largest difference by far - the rear end was far more planted now and would only really go if I was just to heavy on the throttle

one thing to note is that all the time I ran with the rear weights on I.e the plate undeneath n the two rear side weights

I understand some say removing them sorts the rear end and I am not disagreeing with people who do far better than
me!

Woodys advice was the additional weight gives more traction n it seemed to work for me-admittedly I have yet to carry out representative test - try without weight now I have made geometry changes.

I think the way I have the car is good for someone of my ability I.e it's very forgiving - I could throw it into the corner at the end of high speed straight however I wanted reallY n it was easy to sort it out

for a better driver it is probably not responsive enough I guess

oh yeh I also had the ackerman link in the back position

ps thanks to Craig collinson who gave me the majority of the set up advice via pm on here and of course woody who drove my car trackside and actually started with the spanners himselve!

Next meeting is going to be even better now - all the Durango boys are fired up after some flippant comments by one of those pesky laser drivers!!!!

[Hulk]

There are various things you can do to gain more rear end traction, most of which have been covered by Shanks.

A few points that have not been mentioned are:

1. Reduce shock travel at the front - put a 2mm spacer in the front shocks to do this, then if you want more travel at any point you can just unwind the ball joint a few turns. Reducing travel at the front will stop the front end lifting so much under power then dropping under breaking giving you loads of weight transfer. The car will feel smoother, more consistent and easier to drive. Only a small change but trust me, it makes a big difference!

2. diff oils - going to a lighter oil in the rear will allow the diff to rotate easier when going round corners, thus generating more grip.

3. Shock position - standing the shocks more upright at the rear will allow the car to square up better when accelerating out of corners. The more inwards the shocks ares on the tower the more rotation you will get which could make the rear break free when pushing out of a corner.

There are many other ways in which to fine tune your car to gain more rear traction, but these few points should help greatly.

Here is a really good link on set ups

http://users.telenet.be/elvo/

Craig Collinson

[James]

Just to echo the tips from craig Also it might be worth trying the light green springs on the rear if you arent already.. Also are/were you using roll bars?