RE: Car set up tips.
 

2 or 3 deg toe IN at the rear, 1 or 2 deg toe OUT at the front. Newbie racers will tend to run the front pretty much parallel or even toe it in a little bit, as the toe out on the front (especially if a lot) makes the car twitchy on the straights and steer very aggressively. I say start with toe out, and get used to it as quick as you can. Throwing into the deep end technique...

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Thanks foxy, the car actually came out of the box with toe out on the front and toe in on the rear. Not sure how much but it looks about the same as my friend Mugen.

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thanks foxy i will check mine and chang it if neccsesary

catch ya

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I'm running 10% caster, 10% cool power and 20% nitro. I mix it myself and it seams to work pretty well.

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I don't know anything about fuel mixing, I'm just curious, what's the other 60%? Alcohol?

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i went to model mania and picked up 2.5 litres of 20% nitro (dad ran out of methanol) and a colder plug ill tune it on this should be more chirpy and responsive on the bottom end
the racing better not get rained out(please hold off till monday)

what time you going up on sunday grant?


catch ya

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The other 60% is methanol.

the racing better not get rained out(please hold off till monday)

what time you going up on sunday grant?

Not much luck with the rain. Might be a muddy race although sunday is supposed to be sunny. I'll probably get there about 11ish.

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wel it is supposed to be sunny saturday and sunday so it should be alright(butt woopins acomin grant)

the hyper is running heaps better with 20% and a colder plug its so much more responsive on the bottom end

are you bringing it!!!

see ya

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In the front, 0 to -1 is usually more than good. You would be surprised how many of the Pros have been running 0(parallel) or only -.5 of toe in the front. I use to run -2 until I was told to try a -1. It had the same cornering but was way more stable, especially at higher speeds!

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thanks foxy and j bone i set mine to .5 toe out on the front it should go better than what i had it before
i like it when i can get it loose coming into coners thats my style

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Yeh, it's really quiet on here lately....ho hum....

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Well today was race day. There were 9 1/8th buggies and the rusult... 1st place the the cheapest car in the field :D:D[8D]
We had 3 heats and then the final. The heats were divided into two groups. In the heats my results were 1st, DNF due to muffler coming off in a bingle with another car and 1st in the last heat. In the final all the cars were put together. My first half of the race was pretty bad but I managed to work my way up to the front. The final was close. I won by less than 1 second. The car felt very good with the changes I made, I don't think I'll change anything else for the next round.
There were some pretty good cars in the field inluding a couple of Hyper 7 prospec's and a Mugen MBX-5 Prospec. At least this shows you don't need to spend mega $$ to be competative in racing.
Thanks very much to everyone who gave me setup advise. :D

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Very nice job. I won today too :). I haven't changed the setup on my MP777 in about 3 months. I found where I liked it and have had no reason to change it yet.

Anyone can win with any buggy in the backyard or just fun group racing (unless the competition is really tight like around here with some people... I don't think I'd be in the same positions if I still had my hyper 7 it just didn't fit me). Only when you get into the pro ranks is when the drivers can only go as fast as their buggies let them... and with how skilled all of those guys are you need everything you can get.

Just never stop having fun... when you stop having fun then its time for you to quit.

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grant you did a very good job however my race day did not go as planned 1st heat car stopperd on start and then a turn marshal destroyed my pull start
2nd heat got off to a great start won the holeshot was up by two laps then about halfway through my engine over haeted and was bogging and had no power
still managed to finish second.3rd race got holshot engine stopped on the 3rd lap was too hot too restart main stopped on the grid screwed plug had no more after
i had blew four up during the meet and became a spectator

still a great day out and the meet was run well with no pressure on the drivers .