Mardave racing at Glos ?

[sunbeam]

Hi Guys,

How are you racing your Mardaves?

We've just started racing them at Cobra (Cardiff) but anything goes here and we run on the TC track.

I suspect that our cars are not legal at your club ??

If my cars are legal at the Glos culb, I wouldn't mind a visit

Thanks.

[grayslick]

you can basically run anything in the mardave "open class" - there are no restrictions

you are welcome to join us anytime , friday 7pm onwards every week

[LongRat]

Whatever you bring you will be allowed to race, 'illegal' cars in any of the classes at Glos just won't accrue any championship points, that's all. As far as Mardaves go, we run 2 classes, which could be loosely interpreted as stock and unlimited. In fact we are discussing this subject right now. I would encourage you to come down on a Friday and see what you think. Maybe also share an opinion or two on how the classes could be defined.

[sunbeam]

This all sounds great.

Do you run on a track or oval.
Do you try to smash the hell out of each other?
Do you try and race like Touring cars "non contact" (LOL)

Just trying to see if my lovley new CE will come back still looking lovley.

[ChrissieL]

Do you run on a track or oval.
Track
Do you try to smash the hell out of each other?
I dont think so but it does tend to happen
Do you try and race like Touring cars "non contact" (LOL)
Not a chance - even the TCs dont race like that. We've a very small track but definately suits 'daves over TCs.

RIP 'CE'

[Simion Wabs]

in all honesty, we all try to run with no contact in mind. The inevitable incident does occur but depending on your driving abitility you'll probably be racing with the better drivers at the club (current open class) who are courteous both in passing and whilst being overtaken. Hopefully your shell should last a fair few weeks.
I'm interested to see how a brushless Mardave CE goes at Glos as i've been considering the upgrade for a number of weeks now.
As all the previous posters have said, you're more than welcome to come and drive at Glos whatever car you have.

Hope to see you on Friday

Si

[sunbeam]

Thanks for that guys

I'll come over. I've got to wait for some new Li-po's to turn up before I can go anywhere with the Mardave. I did buy 4.8v 'C' packs but was having problems with keeping the electronics running. I was getting very short shut downs that was causing me to crash about 6 times a race

I've now bought some short 7.4 Li-po's that are an exact match to the size of the 'C' packs, so they will fit in the battery tray I made. The only problem I have now is that I thought I was going to run 4.8v, so bought a 13T brushless. That worked VERY well on 4.8v, but it's going to be STUPID on 7.4 !!! 17T would have been better on 7.4v, but I'm not buying another motor !

I think I'm going to have to turn down my throttle end point, turn down the start mode punch and play with the throttle curve!!

See you soon.

[ChrissieL]

My 'dave turned up so I'm on the prowl for some tc3 body posts. Does Anyone have any I can purchase?

[Simion Wabs]

WOW Racing was intense last night !!! Really good to see some of the old boys back plying their trade in the Dave class as well as the new team Dave . Not spent a penny on the dave for almost a year now but i'm beginning to think I may require an upgrade or two.

[Gunter]

Yea team Dave is up and running now got the speedo/motor and gearing all sorted n not overheating now so we can think more about setup n handeling got a probs of the rear end bouncing under power Out of corners and end of stright so need to sort that then we flying :-). Simon what roams u run ing on the car of urs? N how long they last? N ur running a diff ain't ya?

[Simion Wabs]

yep running a diff, fronts are Jap 50 rears are Jap 42 trued to 49mm front and rear. Check that your axle is straight/true, they are prone to slightly bend at the thread and that can cause the rear to bounce when accelerating.

[Gunter]

Cool I'll get boldwin to check it cos he got the car this week. N c if th axle bent. Dose any1 hav any hard front foams on wheels that we cue try for a run? Just to see if that helps the problem? We not tuning bearings in front wheels or nething so std wheels required :-)