TA04-R Spur/pinion advise anyone?

[egaiski]

Yesterday I competed my TA04-R on a 540 silver motor level and I lost heavily, 23rd on a field of 27 drivers...my car ate dust all the time especially on straight. I am sure I have a gearing problem.

On my last (5th) race I used 85 spur and 37 pinion (48 pitch) which is a total rollout of 40.39 on my calculation. I found the car a bit faster than my previous heats which I ran rollouts of 36-37.

Soon,I will be running my car again on 540 and 27T Stock motor on the 'same track' with lots of turning. I have tried different combinations and I still could not get my car fast/quick on exiting turns and a acceptable top speed on straight. I have tried using 48 pitch instead but no luck still.

Some advised me to get a rollout of 40-42 for 540 motor, and 29-32 rollout for stock.....but it seems I could not make my TA04-R acceptably fast enough on both ways compared to other cars which is running the same motors but not sure what car they have. But I have full confidence that my TA04-R can compete because of its racing capabilities. It's just me I guess )

A friend of mine told me to get a front one-way which i will get. Will this do the trick?

Here's my car specs.

TA04-R

540 Silver can motor ... and 27T Epic Pro Stock

F/R tyres Sorex 32/28

F/R Suspension 60wt/40wt Blue/White Springs

3600 Bats

Novak GTX

XS3Radio with digital servo

Any advise/recommendations will be greatly appreciated guys.

Desperately,

Edgar

BTW that was my first true competition and as I consolation I won 1st place for my job on body shell. A very simple one color paint job )

I did no use my original carbon fibre look Altezza, instead I bought the stock Altezza body and painted it with one color only.'Pearl' lime green (bit yellowish) and its decals,really stood out from the pack rounded sedans. I will post the picture later.

Cheers

[sosidge]

Are they Intellect 3600 batteries,or a non-name brand? Poor batteries can make a big difference.

One of the problems with a sealed can class like 540 is that people have a lot of tricks for making the motors faster, but because they are sealed they are hard to scrutineer. That's why I prefer a rebuildable stock class because if is more open. Some people that run 540's will buy them 3 or more at a time and test each one to find the fastest. If you've got a bad motor you won't be close. 540s never feel fast anyway, so carrying good corner speed is crucial.

It doesn't sound like you are doing anything wrong. A one-way is not recommended for someone that has just started racing. And it takes a lot more than one race meeting to become competitive. Most people who I see at race meetings take 6 months to get the car around the track consistently, and another 6 months to actually come close to competitive times.

Practice and preparation are key. I would keep the car as it is until you can turn consistent laps for the whole 5 mins without crashing. 2 or three crashes in a race will cost you a lot more time than a slow motor. Then start tweaking the gearing and look at the laptimes to see what is faster. As a guide, the motor should just be reaching full revs at the end of the longest straight.

Avoid playing with the cars settings every race in search of the missing performance that the top racers have. 90% of that performance is in their head and in their hands. You'll just end up confused and slower than you would be if you left the car alone.

[egaiski]

Thanks Sosidge..Yes I am using Intellect 3600s.

Yesterday I dug from the net a 128/37 combination which gives 7.38 ratio and 26.82 rollout. I tried it on our main street and the car has more punch now on acceleration. I will try it on the track this weekend.

I want to try first the 540 level and know everything first before I jump to stock or faster motor. But looking last Sunday's car running on 540s, they are acceptably fast ones.. Mine is really slow, so I just finish every race cruising around and letting them lapped my car (.