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Style? I race on road with my Savage X, OS 30, 40 series Road Rage and the Fuel tubing shock mod, truck is lowered to ¼ to ½ inch off the ground. With the current stock tank I can run 8 ½ minutes before I need fueling. The race consist of a 5 min warm up, then the quailfers are 5 min and the main is 5 min. I want to extend the chassis a little, that is why I have been looking at the GPM and the Hotbodies. Want to keep the same size or a little bigger tank for extended run times. What do you suggest?Mid tank can be done on any chassis, just the way things mount will be slightly different.
What style are you looking to do?
Lets talk about turning for a second, I used my dremel to shave parts of my carriers and steering hubs. This is turn improves the savages turning alot. My wheels now turn so far the the tire will rub against the shock spring. As for TVP's I say get the stock length FLM TVP's.I was looking to do an extended Chassis for that extra bit of stability. Our track is 2 tennis courts. We do have some very tight turns, which is the reason I slammed the truck to about a ¼ inch off the ground and have heavy springs and light oil. I have the speed, but it seems to me that I don’t have the maneuverability as the Revo’s out there. Have just started using my brakes in a drag brake setup, so when I let off the gas it starts to slow down, have picked up some extra laps with that setup. Think with the mid tank mod, it will also help with the stability in the tight turns. I was also not just looking at the extended TVP but a heavier duty standard length plate also. Get some incredible speeds on this track at times and have had some nasty slams, have bent a couple TVP’s. so the question being, should I look at an extended TVP for stability, make it the same size as the Revo. Or work on my control more, and opt for a heavy duty TVP to protect the internals better. And is there a benefit at having a stiffer chassis?
By the way here is what the track looks like to give you an idea of what i am racing around.
http://www.sarcar-inc.org
Lets talk about turning for a second, I used my dremel to shave parts of my carriers and steering hubs. This is turn improves the savages turning alot. My wheels now turn so far the the tire will rub against the shock spring. As for TVP's I say get the stock length FLM TVP's.
And no loss in durability? Being able to cut into turns sharper would be great. I have my front wheels toed in some instead of having the toed out like most. It forces the truck to drive straight as you release the controler. The high torque servo snaps it straight. Down side, turn radius is not turn on the dime. And the reason i toed it in was that the track itself and the OS 30 power house caused the truck to be a little squirrelly when you punched the throttle.
No loss of durability at all. If you wouldn't mind waiting I will post my truck in a few days and make sure to take pics of the hubs.
That would be great! We race every other weekend, not really worried about the final 2 races of the series, would rather see this kid who has been working really hard to get the 3rd place trophy. My plans are to give the kid who is in 1st place a hard time, has a real bad sportsmanship attitude. He is a good driver, but I cant keep up with his Revo in the turns. In the straightaway I blow right past him. Which is why I am here, that by the beginning of the next series, it will be like a whole different truck out there.
BTW FLM sells extended arms which would increase weight but reduce rollovers. I'll get pics sometime.
Using a bigger tank isnt a problem..
I will give you some links to the ones I have used
click me -->CEN 220cc
Well I have decided on the Cen 220cc tank. I should be able to fuel up, run the warm up and not have to worry bout refueling. Think I will plasti dip the servo in its new location next to the engine, just to keep the oil and fuel off of it. The chassis is still up in the air. Too many to choose from, and a lot of good info from everyone. It is a tight track, an extended chassis might do more harm then good. I had used some RPM offset rims and kept traction rolling in the hairpins, part my fault coming in too hot. Do they make extenders for the 23mm adapters? Now that light be the ticket with the 23mm and my 40 series.
dunno what your local club's race rules are, but you might check into them...alot of races limit the tank size...plus, bigger tank = more weight...
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