Original Top Force Track Report

[GTodd]

Took out some vintage and newer cars to the track yesterday with my son. One was my original Top Force. Its been updated with modern CVs in the front , metal carriers, and TRF shocks. I rebuilt the diffs and and its motivated by the brushless I had in my EVO, a 8.5 novak.

Great fun, the track is a modern dirt track wit single and double jumos, nice flowing turns and a long strait.  TF handled great, it can do the doubles fine, my drving isnt the best, its a little rusty and one end over was all i needed to make the doubles (2) singles. It turned in great under power but had some understeer off power that I couldnt dial out even when I softened the front shocks. I need a one way.

The undertay and body did a nice job keeping the inside of the car relatively clean.

I added a brace I tossed together real quick to add some piece of mind, I looked at one of my spare gearboxes and low and behold the middle hole is ressed on the bottom of the gear box so the next time the car is apart Ill located the mount in the middle hole from the bottle.

Sorry not sure why my pictures are rotating again. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

PS, the EVO body is from my old shelfer I sold off. 

 

[waterbok]

Darn that body is worth as much as a TF, better get repro decals.

That TF chassis looks ace.

 

 

[GTodd]

Nice EVO! I use the original best up body for offroad shenanigans.

[waterbok]

3 hours ago, GTodd said:

Nice EVO! I use the original best up body for offroad shenanigans.

Thanks but this is a stock TF with new Hicaps, orange dish wheels and custom colored MCI decals.

I do have two Evo's and yes they are nice

 

[GTodd]

So much fun, another weekend another day at the track! I'm getting so confident that I might take on the modern buggies in a race. More to follow!

[djmcnz]

I'm not sure how the prices compare but you may want to try a Manta Ray torque splitter before the one way, keeps the diff action which gives you more control on throttle at the apex.

 

[GTodd]

On 9/20/2018 at 2:16 AM, djmcnz said:

I'm not sure how the prices compare but you may want to try a Manta Ray torque splitter before the one way, keeps the diff action which gives you more control on throttle at the apex.

 

Really???? I thought they were one in the same?

 

[kontemax]

apex?

 

 

[Snappy1]

13 minutes ago, kontemax said:

apex?

 

 

The point of sharpest curvature or angle in a corner

[djmcnz]

7 hours ago, GTodd said:

Really???? I thought they were one in the same?

Yep, really:

53200 4WD Front One-Way Diff
53071 Manta Ray Torque Splitter

Both have their advantages and disadvantages but typically a torque splitter is more advantageous in more circumstances (on this chassis at least). 

A torque splitter allows you to keep the diff up front so that when you accelerate hard out of a corner the outside front wheel can spin faster than the inside (in addition to the front wheels now being able to spin faster than the rear), this will help with understeer.

A torque splitter doesn't really require a different driving style, a one-way does. I'd recommend starting with a torque splitter and front gear diff (ball diff in the rear) and see how you get on. Removing the splitter is easy (as is swapping out a front one way I suppose) and probably a good idea on really slippery surfaces until you're used to it.

I'd never recommend a front one way to anybody other than an experienced racer.

[MICHAELs TopForce17]

Been looking for a torque splitter as well good luck. @djmcnz for the front one way can I use the same out drives? Sorry for hijacking.

[djmcnz]

35 minutes ago, MICHAELs TopForce17 said:

Been looking for a torque splitter as well good luck. @djmcnz for the front one way can I use the same out drives? Sorry for hijacking.

Yep, and you want the hardened ones + universal shafts as opposed to dogbones.

 

[ThunderDragonCy]

I adapted 53200 one way to fit my Thunder Dragon. It really changed the way the car drove. Was fun for a while but the chassis is very "on the nose" naturally so I have gone back to the diff. Makes turn in amazingly sharp, but because it completely disengages the fronts off throttle I found myself turning in on very light kind of trailing throttle and trying to keep a light throttle through the turns. The way it pulled the car straight on power was great though.s I have the one way going spare if someone wants to make an offer. I'll have a look at that torque splitter. Sounds interesting.