ZX-5 Chassi

[jaank]

Had first race with my SP today.
Your setup= gorgeus. It works like a charm.
Only my car could drive trough some corners with full throtle and easy.
Had my 3-rd drove with offroad car and finiseh 4 or 5th of 9 competisior.
Just a fun to drive, but i had some baby-problems and then couldn't finish better. My best lap 19.5 , the fastest driver 18,3.

[bert digler]

Originally Posted by RogerM

I've driven a KMC converted car and it was a hateful thing to drive!!!!

yes roger it was a pile of spaff have you tried boiling the parts

[RogerM]

Originally Posted by jaank

Had first race with my SP today.
Your setup= gorgeus. It works like a charm.
Only my car could drive trough some corners with full throtle and easy.
Had my 3-rd drove with offroad car and finiseh 4 or 5th of 9 competisior.
Just a fun to drive, but i had some baby-problems and then couldn't finish better. My best lap 19.5 , the fastest driver 18,3.

Glad you enjoyed the car. If you need any further help then just ask mate

[jaank]

Only i had a problem in highspeed corners.
I coulnd't take it fast because i didnt had grip on the back.
I dint'd but ARB on the front, so i thought to put it on to the front or put soffter spring to the back (i have dark greens #80) because the nitros drive to on our track and its slippery.
Any ideas?

EDIT: And are there any good and must have mods for for zx-5 sp?
My car has little mod done (ala battery strap with screw and something like that)

EDIT2: Which foams you use in schummi mini spins and where to get them?

[RogerM]

#70 (silver) or #68 blue springs on the rear mate!!!!!!

I did very few mods to my SP, other than the king pin ball stud mod and ttatnium turnbuckles it ran mostly box stock.

[jaank]

Ok.

Mine in action (dont look the wires. Really dont had time for them)
http://picasaweb.google.com/vanaema7...67095570627826

[jaank]

Where i could buy Mini Spikes and inserts from the same shop?
And they have to ship to estonia.

Could i use Green compund? Dont have money to change the tires every race. They have to OK for atleast 2 races.

[jaank]

Originally Posted by jaank

Where i could buy Mini Spikes and inserts from the same shop?
And they have to ship to estonia.

Could i use Green compund? Dont have money to change the tires every race. They have to OK for atleast 2 races.

EDIT: HEELP. Which shop in the UK has the Sp wheels and schumacher tires in stock?

[Col]

Nearly every UK shop.
DMS are one of the best. Make sure they will ship overseas though.
http://www.dms-racing.com/

[jaank]

Wow, 30£ for 4x wheels/tires/inserts.

[sparrow.2]

Originally Posted by jaank

Wow, 30£ for 4x wheels/tires/inserts.

Yes, that is what racing model cars costs. What exactly is your point?

[jaank]

Tire prices are the one only thing that pisses me off about rc's.

[Col]

I assume you know you don't have to change the wheels and inserts much?
I have 3 full sets of wheels that I just change the tyres on and rotate round to the next. Helps that I only run on 1 surface though.

[RogerM]

Running on anything that is thrown at me I use about 8-10 sets of wheels. Some of the wheels and foams are several years old!!

Tires are the second most expensive part of the hobby (after the fuel in the 1:1 car to get to events ... grrrrr).

I always say that a car that is working well is a car that is easy on tires .... well my RB5 and ZX5-FS are VERY easy on tires, I often get several eventsout of a set of tires before I feel I have to change and I'm trying to hold on to the fast guys!

[jaank]

Is ZX-5 FS better than the ZX-5 FS thats converted from the ZX-5 SP?

[RogerM]

No difference if converted from a true SP (as in a car with the SP/FS suspension not an original ZX5).

Actually not 100% true, the FS kit uses a slightly wider set of rear hinge pin braces but as most people use the ali upgrade parts (LAW36 & LAW37) they can set them to the same width anyway.

[jaank]

Mkay.
May conver to FS to have some good setups and to make life a bit easier.
Im not 100% happy with my SP. So lets see.
Conversion kit is around 150usd, right?

[RogerM]

Not sure how much they are to be honest, best have a look on the web mate.

[mattb]

Originally Posted by RogerM

No difference if converted from a true SP (as in a car with the SP/FS suspension not an original ZX5).

Actually not 100% true, the FS kit uses a slightly wider set of rear hinge pin braces but as most people use the ali upgrade parts (LAW36 & LAW37) they can set them to the same width anyway.

roger i was looking at the fs conversion for my sp and i dont think you get rear drive shafts in the kit are sp and fs one the same length its just looking at my sp if you had wider rear hinge pins the drive shafts would be close to poping out???

[RogerM]

Your correct that you don't get the shafts (you need the silver shafts from an RB5) but you can get away with the original SP ones, that is what is in my car until the next rebuild!!