Clubman :-)

[Chris56]

Originally Posted by reg

Maybe you all run foams?

I do!

I like the idea of a gentlemans agreement though, means cars have similar pace but without having loads of rules/ restrictions taking over and we can all have some fun.

[The Doctor]

Hmm, Clubman looked good last Fri, especially the F1 / Group C cars. Tempting to bring out the Jag again. Hmm, decisions, decisions...

[Chris56]

Originally Posted by cunawarit

Didn't you just buy a Manta Ray to convert to a TA01?

Is that what you will be racing next Friday?

I have, was starting to give up on buying a ta01 yesterday as cheap ones are pretty rare so was looking at F1s instead. Then I had a brainwave that I could use a Manta Ray instead as a donor car. Brainwaves are quite a rarity for me, so much so that at 3am when this occurred to me I woke the mrs up to tell her

[Chris56]

Originally Posted by The Doctor

Hmm, Clubman looked good last Fri, especially the F1 / Group C cars. Tempting to bring out the Jag again. Hmm, decisions, decisions...

What about your MR4 Rally? oh sorry, its not Tamiya

[Chris56]

Also, sorry about the millions of posts today but I only need another 31 for my status to change from "senior member" to "mad member"!

[cunawarit]

Originally Posted by reg

It's clearly not about speed but handling,skill,and the class of car

Exactly

[reg]

Originally Posted by Chris56

I do!

I like the idea of a gentlemans agreement though, means cars have similar pace but without having loads of rules/ restrictions taking over and we can all have some fun.

I know you do! Foam tires tend to hide a bad setup as its easier to loose grip than tying to find it to get quicker lap times,

My car gave no quicker lap times from upping the speedo settings because the grip was non existent on rubber 6 meetings old

I really enjoy watching the clubman,it's really good to see all the different chassis and how they handle,it's always a give though,what starts out fun,deep down you will all want to beat each other,so with open rules you will all just end up trying to get more than the car an give,started by upping the timing and foams

[cunawarit]

Originally Posted by Chris56

What about your MR4 Rally? oh sorry, its not Tamiya

I'd actually enjoy seeing that blasting past us slower drivers sideways

[cunawarit]

Originally Posted by reg

I really enjoy watching the clubman,it's really good to see all the different chassis and how they handle,it's always a give though,what starts out fun,deep down you will all want to beat each other,so with open rules you will all just end up trying to get more than the car an give,started by upping the timing and foams

Mmmm.. you make a good point. I just hope it never gets really out of hand...

[Chris56]

Originally Posted by reg

so with open rules you will all just end up trying to get more than the car an give,started by upping the timing and foams

You do have a point there mark, although at least with vintage Tamiyas you have the risk of breaking the car/upsetting the already dodgy handling when you try and spec the car beyond its limits. The classic example was friday night: I upped the timing on my FF01 to give it a better chance of racing the F1s, but it was to no avail as it generated a lot of grip roll and nearly killed my already stressed gearbox

[cunawarit]

If it turns out that Mark is right and it degenerates into a power war taking away the fun I certainly wouldn't object to everyone being on silvercans and simply putting up with the difference between cars... If the F1s are lots quicker so be it, as long as there are still other tourers in the field it'll be fun for both kinds of chassis.

I would prefer something like F1s being on silvercans and tourers on sports tuned motors (or whatever is cheaper yet slightly better than a silvercan, eg: Mardave G2?). But if the simplest thing is to settle on silver cans for everyone that's OK as long as it doesn't desensitize people from running anything other than an F1.