Can vintage keep up with a modern car?

[tymill]

My '87 gold tub 6-gear RC10 made 5th in the B at the most recent SE Regional 2wd race.

(that's a pretty good result for me - much better than I've ever done in 4wd with the B44 anyway!)

Cheers,
Ty

[quincey]

my rc10 worlds qualified and finished in a c final at southport,the car was only taken to have a quick go round the track during practice it was'nt even set up,i ran it in the end for just something to do what was even more funny was the tribe of b4's it beat and d final which was full of b4's.
not bad i thought but the only problem i can see into running an old car is the spares.

[shanks]

believe rob mills (old lazer zx5) beat a certain budfish (new fs) lol

[Astutekid]

So where can we find some of this vintage racing?? Indoor??

[tymill]

Just run 'em with the rest of the class...

Originally Posted by Astutekid

So where can we find some of this vintage racing?? Indoor??

[kaszal]

I'd definitely be up for a vintage class but then again, my Procat was keeping up with the others e.g. Cat SX at Stotfold. I finished in the middle of the B final

[Stretch]

The main problem is likely to be the transmission (provided you don't hit anything). Modern motors have a LOT more torque.

The original RC10 transmission with the diff on the layshaft struggled to cope with the 'awesome' power of 15 doubles, leading to the revised tranny with the diff at the bottom. The original CAT would take the teeth off the rear drivebelts in a couple of meetings using 14 turn motors. Don't talk to me about the rear belt of Yokomo's or the gearboxes of the original Predators...

[Stretch]

If you do hit anything, the age of the plastics, plus the additional speed will leave you with a restoration project.

Now, if anyone would like a mid 90's Trinity D3 modified run for one meeting, rebuilt and then left in a box....

[kaszal]

Originally Posted by BORMAC

I also like to keep the drive train as free from debri's as possible. Both the undertray and top lexan cover is sealed up with double sided foam tape to keep rocks and dust out of the sensitive drive parts.

Wish I had a spare Procat bumper. I need one myself.

Chris at Radshape is looking at making parts for the Procat... they specialise in chasses and bumpers. Give Chris a nudge so he can guage the interest. Nice website... https://radshaperc.com/bumpers.html

[Welshy40]

Originally Posted by Stretch

If you do hit anything, the age of the plastics, plus the additional speed will leave you with a restoration project.

Now, if anyone would like a mid 90's Trinity D3 modified run for one meeting, rebuilt and then left in a box....

Well anyone driving a lazer zx wont have that problem as the wishbones are kevlar reinforced and breaking one is sooo hard to do. Also traxxas used delrin for their first buggy so also solid. But do agree the plastics do get a bit brittle the older they go..

[Stretch]

CAT Crashback front ends help tho'...

[kaszal]

Love 'dem crashback rings.

Here's a never-ending supply

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RUBBER-O-RINGS...item53df4eb5e7

[Bugle]

My Yokomo YZ-870C with a few mods + 5.5t keeps up ok I ran it at the state titles (NSW-Australia) the other week, only BQ'd but I don't think I would've done any better with my B44. Unfortunately the servo saver collar loosened itself off the bottom of the tube and jammed the steering in the final.. Next 2 vintage racer projects are a PB Maxima and SWB Cat.

[jameswilkinson7]

Originally Posted by kaszal

Love 'dem crashback rings.

Here's a never-ending supply

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RUBBER-O-RINGS...item53df4eb5e7

We used to use lamb castration rings

[shanks]

Originally Posted by jameswilkinson7

We used to use lamb castration rings

Knowing you lot from keithly the question is where and for what did you use lamb castration rings for!!

Ive seen how snug you two are in the back of that van!

[jameswilkinson7]

Originally Posted by shanks

Knowing you lot from keithly the question is where and for what did you use lamb castration rings for!!

Ive seen how snug you two are in the back of that van!

I'm A farmers boy!!

[DerbyDan]

Originally Posted by Bugle

Loving the 870C - looks mean with the black shell!.... & LOL @ the castration rings!

I've raced my Worlds RC10 a few times over the last few months... its been a return for myself also, to off road racing.... so running an old car was a good excuse for my bad performance I found my vintage car quite 'sketchy' on the high grip & bumpy astro turf tracks... but this is also a surface i'm not used to... the tracks I used to race on were mostly grass or a combination of surfaces.

Anyway, the last time I raced was on Hinckley's grass track at their last club meeting of the summer, the car was much more stable on this surface & actually handled really nicely, anyway I finished 3rd in the A final (IIRC I qualified 4th?) I was also holding a comfortable 2nd spot until I made a dumb mistake

In conclusion, it would seem that at club level a vintage racer can certainly hold its own... & in the case of my RC10 can be perfectly reliable... the gearbox internals in a B4 is pretty much the same as the Stealth on my Worlds car & has handled the 6.5 brushless motor i'm running without breakage.... so far touch wood My only issue was continually bending back my wire holding on the rigid Yokomo wing, think i'll replace it for a more flexible lexan jobbie.

[Welshy40]

Looks like a B2 or B3 not the metal chassi worlds car.

[GRIFF55]

how the hell can you tell that from that picture??? i thought the worlds had a carbon/fglass front and rear tower like above and also looks like the rear motor plate folds round like the old tubs???
Nice looking shell too Dan

[DerbyDan]

Originally Posted by Welshy40

Looks like a B2 or B3 not the metal chassi worlds car.

You can't quite see the the machined grooves in the chassis from this pic, but trust me its a Worlds RC10.