3Racing

[CAClark]

Ok, I'll not bore everyone with the 'I'm considering a Durga' monologue, but I have noticed a few hop-ups by 3Racing... nice spangly Blue alloy towers/dampers etc....

Any good? Or best avoided?

Cheers!

[jimmy]

DCM knows more than me as I've limited experience with them where as he's all over that stuff I think the quality can sometimes be a little low, but then some things are quite good. I had a couple of things for some of my previous Tamiyas and they spanned the range of nice/naff

[Spoolio]

Originally Posted by CAClark

Ok, I'll not bore everyone with the 'I'm considering a Durga' monologue, but I have noticed a few hop-ups by 3Racing... nice spangly Blue alloy towers/dampers etc....

Any good? Or best avoided?

Cheers!

From earlier posts I gather the dampers are pants for racing. Not sure if the towers work with the (excellent) Tamiya Hop-Up dampers, I think they are too low and cause the dogbones to fall out.

[jimmy]

The dampers are something I'd seriously not bother with - no experience with them other than what I've read.. BUT other than looks, it seems a bit pointless. If you want to get performance then the Tamiya hopups and the ones they are based upon (AE B4) are the only way to consider. Then you can use setups form others and get the car going very well.
The other stuff I'm not sure about, I'm not a big fan of adding alloy all over the car like hubs etc - if you are breaking kit ones or there's a reason to swap (different settings available) then sure. The towers look good and the hinge pin braces / holders look great.

[bender]

I've just put the 3Racing shock towers and alloy suspension mounts on my car and I have to say I was very impressed with the quality of these items.

From what I've read, any 3Racing hop-up which involves moving parts, such as driveshafts, shocks, steering bellcranks etc can suffer from a lack of quality, but their non-moving parts are ok.

I did notice that the shock towers mimic the kit towers in terms of shock mounting positions - so you will need some internal limiters in the rear shocks to limit droop if you use 501x shocks. The towers do however offer an additional camber link mounting point for more tuning options.

For alloy hub carriers, I'd probably suggest sticking with the Tamiya items.

[CAClark]

hehe this place is great, thanks guys

Cheers!

[rcluke]

i would avoid the 3racing shocks, but the UJ's and other parts seem to be top notch and bottom price. well worth the money