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  1. Shouldn't have any steering issues with a TT02 even on a tight track. I actually turn my steering down quite a bit when racing - less turning = less tire scrub = more corner speed. Be sure to take a wider line when not defending position, you'll be faster.
  2. Some great advice already and seems you're getting it sorted. I run an SRX in VTA racing and its been very successful to this point. The only updates to the chassis itself are a bearing holder (to get proper gearing), a center carbon brace, and carbon top deck. Other than that she's out of the box stock. I run about 5mm side height and very soft suspension which gives tons of grip with this chassis. Higher end plate chassis will like a stiffer setup, but I've found the TT02 to like a decent amount of body roll that really lets the tires dig in and get traction. A spool up front helps with a loose rear as well. The only issue with a soft setup like I run is that you have to make sure you're tires are glued and prepped perfectly. I run glue just up onto the shoulder of the front tires and fully sauce both fronts & rears. The key is getting that glue right so you can take advantage of all the grip. Asphalt is a different story altogether, but I assume you're asking about carpet.
  3. Hope your daughter is OK! I certainly wouldn't want to be smacked in the face by a Clod Tough kid! Funny you posted this, I had a similar experience at a race this weekend with the monster trucks. All of my trucks are on the same Futaba transmitter and I've never had an issue switching between models, turning trucks off, etc. Not sure exactly how it happened, but a truck was called up to race that I wasn't expecting (guess I forgot where we were in the bracket progression) so I quickly turned it on and got it out on the track for a warm up lap. About 10 seconds in a heard a bunch of commotion in the pits and apparently I forgot to turn the previous truck off and it went flying off the pit table and across the room. It was an LMT with a 4000kv 3665 motor so you can imagine that thing just took off Luckily it was stopped by a pit bag against a wall so no damage to other trucks, people, kids, dogs, cats, etc. What was funny about it was when I was on track with the other truck I thought the motor sounded extra healthy, turns out I was just hearing the same power system in stereo in the background being controlled by the same trigger finger that was driving the truck on track. Could have turned out much worse and I would have felt terrible if it were to hit a person or even another competitors truck and did some damage.
  4. Go ahead and swap everything to the road car then put the buggy back to stock. You can still run the TT02B in the dirt when you want and a stock car will be good enough for just messing around.
  5. I've been downsizing a bit lately, actually sold a few trucks in the past month which is a big step for me I'm losing a bit of interest in the hobby to be honest. I still enjoy racing and that's what I will focus on, but the hobby itself and having tons of RC "stuff" around is just not my thing anymore. I have about 6 on road cars that I race regularly now and around 12 monster trucks that are my main competition trucks. I'll keep 5-6 crawlers too and probably about the same amount of park runners - Tamiya stuff mostly like the Grashoppers, Blackfoot, Mad Bull, Monster Beetle, Hummer, etc. Going to slowly start moving everything else. Might end up parting out most of it since it would be worth more than way anyhow. That'll leave me with around 30 I guess. Currently have around 60 (I think?) all running/driving with motors, ESC, and everything else. I don't really have anything sitting around that couldn't be run without a charged battery on hand. I think having much less will let me focus on what I have and also leave me time to enjoy other stuff. There's just no reason to have so many and I'm not really a collector so they don't have much value to me just sitting around. I can certainly understand the appeal of having so many around, I've been doing it for years and rarely sold anything. Will take some motivation on my side to actually get around to doing it though. I haven't worked on much lately and just don't have the interest so getting out there to take stuff apart and box stuff up is not a priority at the moment.
  6. Sounds like you're having a rough go of things at the moment @Mad Ax, hope things turn around for you soon.
  7. I've been thinking the opposite lately, strangely enough. I've always been into real cars, but they've pretty much been put on hold since my daughter was born and I got heavily into RC. I'm still pretty young (40) and have lots of real car goals to accomplish in my life so I think its time to shift back to the real stuff. Guess I just feel like no matter how many RCs I build, races I win, etc. it really amounts to nothing. It can be fun at times, but doesn't give nearly the rush that the real thing can give you. Going to get the old cars out in a few weeks when the weather warms up and see how I feel then. Like the wind, my mind can change very quickly and without notice, haha.
  8. Very nice work, that mount should work perfectly!
  9. I actually saw a Euro Truck at the races last week with a clear body and decals. Since I don't see it often anymore I thought it was kind of neat, definitely different. I'd sill prefer to paint, but it can definitely look cool and different if done well.
  10. Always run additive on the rear tires, and heaters if you have them. Not sure how similar touring car is to F1, but I find running a tighter rear diff helps and don't have issues with braking hard on carpet or asphalt in the F104. I only have experience with the F1 cars as far as RWD, but never had an issue with properly prepped tires. I do see lots of other racers having issues when the rear tires are not properly prepped (car will spin itself around under braking).
  11. Thanks for posting the video, looks great with the body lower. Servo mount looks very nice too, let us know how it works.
  12. The CPE sway bars on my TXT's above keep torque twist to exactly none I raced those two trucks for a while and they worked great. Very soft suspension (15-20 wt shock oil) and still no twist.
  13. Yea, its pretty rough. Keep in mind its mostly kids in that class. And yes, all cars must run a Tamiya body in TCS but they don't have to be brand new or shiny, I saw plenty of junky bodies being run. Unless that's a track rule which is possible. Either way I highly recommend you go and run something. TCS is a great event and a lot of fun. Can't wait to go again this year, I think its in August again in NJ. They only allow us to run two classes so I'll need to figure that out at some point. I'm thinking Pro Spec & F1, maybe GT2 if I decide to get a TA08R before then.
  14. So TCS events are tough because after novice it gets much more competitive. Novice is pretty brutal to be honest and not only was it not really a challenge, but its a demolition derby. It was my first race out with a beautiful new body and it just got rammed to pieces. I'd probably start with Euro Truck and work your way from there. Next would be Pro Spec, but that is a super competitive class that lots of fast guys run. There really aren't any true intermediate classes at the TCS events, its either Novice demo derby or get killed by fast guys, haha. Do whatever makes you comfortable, nothing wrong with running Novice if that's what you want to do. Might end up being more an exercise in frustration though.
  15. The SRX VTA is still working great I think at this point its more than just for fun and the car actually works really well in this class. Got out to race last night for the first time in a while and the TT02 placed second in VTA. Qualified third after making a few poorly thought out setup changes, but got it back on track in the main and it was an absolute rocket. Took over second in the first 3 laps and was chasing down the leader until I finally passed him with about a minute to go. I put about 6 tenths on him and a marshal stepped out on the track to help a fellow racer and stepped on my car on his way back. Bad luck, but it happens and I went down to second for the finish. Everyone at the local track is running the new Gravity tire and I think I need to make the switch as well. They are belted and much more consistent throughout the run. Picked up a set at the track last night and I'll prep them for the next race. Really loving this SRX for the VTA class and plan on sticking with it at this point. Also geared down to 3.5:1 since there were a couple longer straights and it was a good decision, laid down some super fast lap times in the main with the new gearing.
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