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It is still using the Avante 2001 gears, I was wondering if it was sending too much power to just the rears but it over steers on corner entry and exit....and the middle, lol. The camber is the easiest so I'll give that a go, I did straighten things up after the first try but I could have gone to far with the rears but not enough with the fronts. When it was sitting on my desk it all seemed right but it does look much more front camber than I thought. I've got some stiffer front springs as well so I'll check that.

Finally got it to the track on Sunday to see how it would go. Was surprised by the track, not as bumpy as I thought it was going to be or the Egress handled it a little better than I thought, it was a 1/8 nitro track. I managed to avoid the nitros well enough but the car still over steered, even with the dual rates on my controller it was twitchy all the way through a corner, plenty of spins. I did have a problem; I didn't think that the BF4 damper mount base was really that important, I was wrong. After a few big hits the metal damper arms BF8 and 9 moved (because the base wasn't there to stop them rotating around the screw) and this meant that the shock popped off the ball connector. I tried to fix it with some washers at the track but it only lasted a few more laps and they popped off again. All in all I had a lot of fun and learnt some lessons, it jumps pretty flat and level at speed but tended to nose dive at slower speeds. It held up really well, nothing broke just a few loose screws to keep an eye out for. Any setup suggestions to would be welcome.

OK. Tested it again this morning and got 28mph, all is good and I had a brain wave I finish work at 2pm and there is a wood near where I live with a few open areas and some jumps that some mountain bikers had made, perfect, no problem.........WRONG! I was literally out of control, the car went wherever it wanted, I would clip some leaves and the car was dragged into more and disappearing in a mist of leaves and sticks, it was extremely twitchy. The open areas were suddenly crowed with trees and roots and sticks. Sticks isn't a strong enough word, as far as the Egress was concerned they were logs. I nose dived the first jump that went down a bank (what was I thinking) and it tumbled end over end and putting a huge crack in the rear wing. I barrel rolled down two massive banks, hit roots that put the car into orbit and lost a rear wheel nut putting the car on 3 wheels. I didn't even finish the battery, and I went with two. I was too nervous to continue so I came home for a lie down

Thanks for all the advice everyone, I went with a Super Stock RZ motor and a 16t pinion gear. For now though, after testing the 16t, I'm sticking with the 20t that was on the Sport Tuned as it has a better top end. Sport Tuned. 20t pinion - 22mph* Super Stock RZ. 16t pinion - 19mph. Super Stock RZ. 20t pinion - 26mph. *The Super Stock wasn't tested at the same place the Sport Tuned was, doing that tomorrow morning Need to see which one works best when I get a chance to take it to the track. p.s I also found the spring I'd lost as well, bonus.

Yeah, that might be going a little to far the other way. Might have to look a bit more into some of the brushless combos. Its tricky to know what to go with.

The other problem is money, going brushless means a new ESC not to mention the motor.

I remember all the dynatechs and technigolds from back in the day and it does hold some appeal I'm definately looking forward and some of the jumps I've seen are going to require some more speed. I was also looking into brushless but I knew that there had to be a price to pay and I'd seen the RZ/TZ/BZ motors, they seem like an ideal choice.

I know, but how much more mumbo does it have? I don't want to call it stalking but I've been watching you.....on ebay!

Balls. Thought if they weren't compressed as much it might help soften things. You've just posted me some stuff Tamiya era. I'll have to do some more digging and find what springs will fit and that are softer.

Its the egress shock tower but I used metal ones front and rear. I always new I was going to run it but it still makes me cringe when I was jumping it yesterday and I could hear bangs and knocks. just need a little more speed, the sport tuned motor isn't quite enough.

I've got the modern wheels and tyres because I'm running it. The harder springs from the Avante 2001 make there rear bounce, I've tried cutting them down but it hasn't really helped.

Things started with me buying a Thundershot and upgrading it to a Terra Scorcher (my childhood car), that progressed to buying another, and in much better condition TS, which then progressed to an Avante 2001 (what I always wanted as a child). And while is this was going on I'd discovered the Egress and fallen in love. Totally passed me buy the first time round but I'm addicted now. I've not been able to get a 100% Egress so I've had to go about things in another way. Just need the Egress torque splitter and chassis, after talking with Tamiya Era (who was very helpful, thankyou) about parts and prices it will probably have to be a repro, but nevermind. Got the body from Kamtec, was a little disappointed as it wasn't as nice as the Terra Scorcher one I got from ***** and the holes didn't match well, but it's painted up nice so I'm happy. It was never going to be a shelf queen, I've run it hard already and suffered lost screws and a rear spring. Which brings me to a question, I've used some Avante 2001 rear springs with are longer and stiffer, what would be a good replacement for the original springs to soften the rear?

Really need the N parts, specifically N5 and N2 would be nice. If anyone has any Egress specific parts I would like you hear from you whatever they are. Thanks for any help.

I know exactly what you mean I suddenly have 2 Terra Scorchers (1 an upgrade & rebuild from a Thundershot), half an Egress, an Avante 2001, a growing number of parts and it's only been maybe 2 months......I have also been looking at a Madcap but have so far managed to fight the urge. Good luck.