Newbie Racing - B4

[coleman758]

Hey guys, I've just got a B4.
It's going brushless i believe Orca is a good brand so I think
An 8.5t motor is on the cards. So it should go some!

I have just got a new set of wheels and some yellow mini-pins.

Is there anything else I should be looking out for?
Would anything benefit from being alloy or is that just to heavy?

It needs to be competitive il be racing at Bury Metro if that's any help?

[coleman758]

Also... What size of pinion would you recommend to use with an 8.5?

[Col]

There are fundamental problems with alloy and B4's in my opinion.
Wishbones, bulkheads, shock towers, etc are all designed to break as they're cheap and easy to fix. I'd rather do several wishbones than 1 chassis...

[TonyM]

I agree with Col's reply. When I first started I bought a few aluminium parts, towers, arms etc for my B4, but I soon realised they are useless in a racing environment - easily bend and you can never bend them back to the same shape again. Stick with plastic parts and avoid any of the dearer carbon/plastic parts.

For me the real worthwhile buy is a K-Factory front shock tower. They don't make them anymore, so if you can't get one second hand Creame Extreme on here makes the lower metal mounts and you can get the carbon fibre tower to fit from DMS.

Being a bit of a duff driver myself I would use a 25 pinion with an 8.5T at Bury - not to sharp on the acceleration as the track tends to be low/medium grip. I'm sure some of the Bury lads will have a better idea.

[coleman758]

Originally Posted by Col

There are fundamental problems with alloy and B4's in my opinion.
Wishbones, bulkheads, shock towers, etc are all designed to break as they're cheap and easy to fix. I'd rather do several wishbones than 1 chassis...

Actually i was thinking of parts like the steering mech', and the hubs?

[captainlip]

go fusion exceed rather than orca

[coleman758]

Originally Posted by captainlip

go fusion exceed rather than orca

What sort of difference will it give me? I beli e there aftercare and warranty is really good at orca? I've heard that from 2 people? Also I forgot to ask, is ther any rules on motors or battery sizes etc??

[Col]

Originally Posted by coleman758

Actually i was thinking of parts like the steering mech', and the hubs?

Personally I wouldn't bother. I ran my B4 for a couple of years and never broke any hubs or steering bits, even with the servo saver glued up.