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RE: Official Smartech Thread - 11/5/2004 11:29:44 PM

basher8

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Richen your high speed needle some sharkx, your overheating it.

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RE: Official Smartech Thread - 11/6/2004 8:20:00 AM

rctamiyafan77

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yeah, too hot means too lean......therefore you must richen it. to do that i think you have to turn your main speed needle anti-clockwise.....but only like 1/16 of a turn at a time, thats what people recommend

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RE: Official Smartech Thread - 11/6/2004 8:38:49 AM

sharkx

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Thanks forthe advice. I'll try some tuning this weekend and get back to you.

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RE: Official Smartech Thread - 11/6/2004 8:48:19 AM

rctamiyafan77

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k np. btw could you let me know how your low speed needle is set? that would help me so much. and how did you break in your engine?
thanks

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RE: Official Smartech Thread - 11/7/2004 12:10:56 AM

o0lunatik

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Just wanted to say HI to everyone here in RCU, especially those who owns Smartechs! I am pretty new to this nitro car scene. Finally got one after 6 years of wanting. Purchased a smartech on ebay last week and now in the process of breaking it in. Seems like a good car so far.

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RE: Official Smartech Thread - 11/7/2004 7:48:25 AM

rctamiyafan77

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quote:

ORIGINAL: o0lunatik

Just wanted to say HI to everyone here in RCU, especially those who owns Smartechs! I am pretty new to this nitro car scene. Finally got one after 6 years of wanting. Purchased a smartech on ebay last week and now in the process of breaking it in. Seems like a good car so far.

welcome to rc and smartech! which one did you get?

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RE: Official Smartech Thread - 11/7/2004 11:21:49 PM

Nick17

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Does Smartech make 2 speed transmissions? I heard they're all 1 speed, is this true?

-Nick

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RE: Official Smartech Thread - 11/8/2004 5:39:57 AM

rctamiyafan77

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when you buy them they are all i speed. you can purchase a 2 speed if you look hard enough! i know one place to get them.....

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RE: Official Smartech Thread - 11/8/2004 11:16:01 AM

Nick17

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where might this be? I'm still debating wheater or not to put one in. Considering I would mostly be racing this car at the track, you rarely ever use 150ft or more in the open, so I would never click over to second gear.

I was going to put a .12 OS in it, but how would that improve my top speed, if I can't switch over to second gear?

Thanks,

-Nick

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RE: Official Smartech Thread - 11/8/2004 12:46:13 PM

sharkx

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Hi,

I'm not sure my settings are either relevant or good, since I really messed up with them once, and then tried to fix'em. I have followed the advice from a previous post (main needle 3 turns out), and set the idle so that the opening is about 1mm wide (this is what the book says); then I set the third needle (the one on the rotary part) to two turns out.

I then tried to achieve a constant RPM when idle (by listening to the sound of the engine; one of my previous vehicles - real automobile, not RC - was fitted with a carburetor and I used to fix it myself, so I'm used to this a little bit); I think the goal is to keep the RPM as low as possible without stalling.

Next, I tried to adjust the third needle, so that the car will accelerate as fast as possible when going full throttle.

The main needle seems to be positioned right at three turns out, since the engine is no longer overheatins.

I don't have the car nearby (I'm in the office right now), but I'll note down the exact settings I'm using right now, and post them ASAP.

Also, I have noticed some drawbacks of the Winner Sport (after a couple of driving sessions) : first, the screws of the buffer fitting unit (part #182 on the Smartech diagram) are constantly getting un-screwed and I've lost a couple. Second, the damper springs seem way too soft, since they seem to lack the power to push back up the car. And finally, the clutch inside the 2 speed transmission always gets loose and must be fastened constantly (luckily, this can be done without taking it out)

The worst part is that I crashed the car into a sidewalk; frontal collision at full speed; the parts broken were the buffer fitting unit (part #182 on the exploded view, and #11439 in the catalog), and, believe it or not, the fuel tank (part #34039/#11303). Maybe this info will help you guys get some spares in advance, to avoid waiting for then after a crash.

Well... so much for now; I hope I haven't bored anyone with so much writing

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RE: Official Smartech Thread - 11/8/2004 12:52:13 PM

sharkx

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Allow me to disagree... I have bought a 'Winner Sport', and it came with a 2 speed transmission. It looks like the 'Speedy Tiger' has only one speed, though. And from what I've seen on the net, the 'Winner Pro' is also equipped with a 2 speed transmission, as opposed to the 'Commando', with one speed transmission.

But it looks like the two speed transmission has some problems (see my other post).

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RE: Official Smartech Thread - 11/8/2004 1:05:44 PM

sharkx

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quote:

ORIGINAL: rctamiyafan77

k np. btw could you let me know how your low speed needle is set? that would help me so much. and how did you break in your engine?
thanks

... about the break in ... I just did what the manual says; I got a 30% oil fuel, and ran about 8 tanks (I had 1 litre of fuel and wanted to finish it up). I didn't touch the needles, though; I'm not sure if this bad or very bad, but the engine runs fine so far.

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RE: Official Smartech Thread - 11/8/2004 1:09:30 PM

o0lunatik

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i have the commando. two of them actually. does anyone know the glow plug size needed for our engines?

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RE: Official Smartech Thread - 11/8/2004 1:28:49 PM

sharkx

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quote:

ORIGINAL: o0lunatik

i have the commando. two of them actually. does anyone know the glow plug size needed for our engines?

Sorry,