Kyosho ZX-5

[professionalracing]

Hi Jim. Good to see your new car going well today and i have a feeling this car is going to put Kyosho back on the map here in the UK.

[jimmy]

I wasnt happy with the final i have to say, i could have done a lot better but the track was, horrible, to put it mildly.. bit of a lottery.

Really like the car, i wasnt expecting anything like the performance but im very pleased with it, pleased enough to be racing it instead of the BJ so it cant be bad.

[chrislee]

It did look good yesterday Jimmy. I think i could be leaning towards one :wink:

I was fancying a Pred (mainly for the bling ) but i don't think i can afford all the spur gears required to keep it running :shock:

Chris

[losidan]

Originally Posted by chrislee

It did look good yesterday Jimmy. I think i could be leaning towards one :wink:

I was fancying a Pred (mainly for the bling ) but i don't think i can afford all the spur gears required to keep it running :shock:

Chris

Take it the pred ones area bit weak then??

[jimmy]

Not taking the mick like, but hes been thru 3 spur gears in it and raced it once..
landing off the big jump at batley, it had already lost a tooth or so, and i think it lost all but one in one bad landing.
not sure why it stripped, maybe they need better spurs ? :afro:

[PaulRotheram]

or he needs to use the slipper !!

guy at our track had that happen to him at our middle jump at southport (you dont exactly get alot of height from it!).

all he did was back the slipper off abit and it was perfection.

hes done a few mods to the 'weak' steering issues and the thing looks great!

[jimmy]

i guess...
I cant imagine that happening to other spurs, normally somet else breaks on cars.

[PaulRotheram]

meh.. dunno. slap an AE spur on it and happy days.

[BluesFan]

Jimmy, just curious if you've tried any of the other caster hubs up front yet. One of the complaints/praises I hear from lots of folks around where I'm at is the extreme turn in off-power. It doesn't bother me too much since obviously it can be huge advantage on tight tracks if used properly, but of course, you constantly run the risk of oversteer and clipping corners. Right now, I'm running diffs on both ends with the one-way center shaft. I hear that is part of the cause, but certainly it can't be all of it. I've always found that on-power/off-power steering is greatly affected by caster adjustments. Especially off-power. I won't get a chance to run my buggy again until saturday, but I've already changed out my caster hubs to the 10 degree one. I can't imagine running the 4 degree hubs! I guess if running the 10 degree hubs doesn't affect it much, I'll try just running the normal shaft in the middle, but I thought I'd ask your opinion since you seem to be the one with the most time on the buggy to date and quite knowlegable with adjustments.

[andys]

Just got my ZX-5 from the Postman.

As you said Jimmy, it's a right old laugh trying to find the parts, i'm bozz eyed already. The screws are a nightmare, i've charged up the cordless drill....

Taking a break, it's taken me 3 hours to get through the first few pages, looks nice though, diffs / transmission is lovely and smoooth.

Jimmy, those new carbon bits look far too nice....

[jimmy]

Hi Blues,
Not tried any other hubs yet, have some 10deg on the way though.
to be honest its easy to take away steering.. you can cut your front tyres / take spikes / studs (or whatever) off, tighten your front diff a little, run a solid centre and diff in the front.
Or even run the spool in the front for the minimum of off-power steering.

If you are having a problem i would definately take off the centre one way, personally I run the front one way which does give a lot of steering, but the tracks i have been running on require a lot of steering, especially indoors sliding the back end round is required..
I have to say its a very controlable and stable car. much more than the yokomo bcs was.



Andy,
nice one!!
The screws, fun aint they... Spoke to peter moss, (proracing) and aparently his is just above min weight with the stock screws, and i think lunsford turnbuckles (shell unpainted tho).
My car has a lot of wiring and thick paint on the shell which probably pushes it higher..
The Ti screws and carbon fibre would easily take it underweight tho if i sorted those other things..
Have a new shell on the way so i'll try some fancy airbrush madness on it

[Oscar]

Jimmy,
Too much steering is a relative thing. That is to say what you consider too much, other may consider not enough. (youv'e driven enough of my cars to realise this ) I think its much more about personal preference than anything, but I do agree its easier to loose steering than to find it. If you need to lose a bit, I find a good starting point is to go up a spring (harder) at the front.

[jimmy]

You can handle more steering because you are a super star john.. I have to say, as ive got better with the 4wd ive wanted more and more steering because i can handle it.

[andys]

Finally finished and painted the ZX-5.
Very impressed with the kit, looking forward to running it

[jimmy]

Looks awesome andy, like the new paint style you have, nice.

[andys]

Cheers Jimmy.

Unfortunatley I can't come to Batley this sunday as it's my little girls 3rd birthday party, bad timing...

I will though give it a run this saturday at York

Did you stick with no.2 pistons all round jimmy ?
The backs got 30wt in and it feels too soft, the front with 40wt seems ok, I might try some harder rear springs and 35wt, just trying to set it up similar to the BJ for indoors.

[jimmy]

yea i used the kit pistons, im going to try 35/40 in the back, should be about right i reckon with the blue springs back there.

[SimonW]

I'm off to tivvy this sunday would you suggest starting on AE greens all round or silvers, even thought that silver(F) and blue(R) would maybe work

[jimmy]

To be honest I'd stick the kit springs / setup on and try it from there, not sure what tivvy is like this time of year but the car comes setup for dirt tracks so i'd be tempted to do that and adjust it from there.
Wouldnt put the anti roll bar on though..

[andys]

Jimmy.

2 Questions for you...

1_What gearing should I start with for York ? (Say for a 10 or 12 single)
2_Anti roll bar indoors, yeah or neigh ?

Cheers.

Andy.