Welcome to the dark side. I started with Traxxas as well and remember seeing you in the forums. The biggest difference is when you buy an Arrma almost everyone starts customizing everything on it right way. I don't know that there is any part of an Arrma that you cannot get after market or fabricate. Also this forum is great. Great people that no question unanswered. Everyone one is up for holding your beer while you try something new.
I'm a bit late to the party on this one, too many moving parts these days.
If I had to do again, I would spend less time building it to break the sound barrier and more time driving. I live in San Jose. We have way too many people and the roads suck pretty bad in most places. The best I can find is 1600 ft of sort of smooth road. It's still have road turtles and utility covers. So all the tweaks I did/doing aren't really that helpful given the constraints and I'm having to tweak it more for my conditions vs Raz's 5,000 ft Runway.
Your paint scheme is awesome. It's asymmetric and helps you see which way the car is facing when it's down the road and just a little dot on the horizon.
This might be the tire thread that was referenced.
https://www.arrmaforum.com/threads/limitless-speed-run-tires.49785/
I ended up with the GTJ03-XB1. I figured the soft compound would give me a bit more grip and the weather is fairly cool in the area. They are kind of balanced.
If I find space to run 150 mph (and I'm good enough) I can move to a harder/less friction compound or foams.
I keep the hoons around for building and testing. I don't want the car sitting on the good wheels getting flat spots (rims) and picking up all the crap on my work bench.
I'm a bit late to the party on this one, too many moving parts these days.
Yup installing the nitro tubes are a PITA and a larger diameter would make it much easier. There is no reason (that I can think of) for it to be that tight. However, mine loosened up after a few runs and bottoming it out. They aren't floating but they do move. It's basically a bump stop so the key is to use silicone (soft) tubing. The hard PVC plastic has no cushion. If it's hard and you bottom out you get an infinite spring rate and everything else takes the impact. In this case the control arms are a bit floppy and provide some more cushion.Something I did notice was that, in installing the tubing on the rear shocks, Raz was doing it "the hard way". Not sure if others are aware, but there IS a faster/easier way...and, as Raz isn't into RC boats, he might not know. In RC boats, we use that same tubing as water lines, running water to the motor cooling jackets & ESC cooling plates (since boats can't exactly have fans, or 'access' to cool air), as well as (sometimes) to the water-cooled motor mounts. The thing is, that tubing is available in different diameters. Through the company I purchase from (OSE), that tubing is available with IDs as small as 2.8mm, and as large as 4.2mm, with several other diameters in-between. Using tubing with the same, or slightly larger, diameter than the shock shafts will make installing the tube a LOT easier. The other problem of using tubing that has a smaller ID than the shady diameter is that it will, eventually, completely inhibit movement of the shaft, leading (essentially) to the shock "seizing", because the tubing 'attaches' itself to the shaft. By using tubing that has an ID slightly larger than the shaft 's diameter, it allows the tubing to maintain its 'separate' nature from the shaft. While I prefer to use O-rings & nylon discs inside the shocks, I've been using tubing on the outside for several years. Just my 2¢ worth.
If I had to do again, I would spend less time building it to break the sound barrier and more time driving. I live in San Jose. We have way too many people and the roads suck pretty bad in most places. The best I can find is 1600 ft of sort of smooth road. It's still have road turtles and utility covers. So all the tweaks I did/doing aren't really that helpful given the constraints and I'm having to tweak it more for my conditions vs Raz's 5,000 ft Runway.
Your paint scheme is awesome. It's asymmetric and helps you see which way the car is facing when it's down the road and just a little dot on the horizon.
This might be the tire thread that was referenced.
https://www.arrmaforum.com/threads/limitless-speed-run-tires.49785/
I ended up with the GTJ03-XB1. I figured the soft compound would give me a bit more grip and the weather is fairly cool in the area. They are kind of balanced.
If I find space to run 150 mph (and I'm good enough) I can move to a harder/less friction compound or foams.
I keep the hoons around for building and testing. I don't want the car sitting on the good wheels getting flat spots (rims) and picking up all the crap on my work bench.