Mardave VRXce Tips & Tricks

[Aaron w]

Originally Posted by Karl Dransfield

I changed them Aaron, these are tamiya trf ball cups. The red mardave ones take a bit of freeing up, so me being the lazy person that I am I just swapped them right over

Is it a different tube? Not keen on the standard red

[Conrad]

Can you assemble the front end to the new chassis without using the top plate?

[teamorsum96]

i had played about with this kind of front end on my 1/12 stockcar about 2years back and it did have its good points and also its bad points but then again i had it set up diffrent to each side.

[Aaron w]

Originally Posted by Conrad

Can you assemble the front end to the new chassis without using the top plate?

The holes are there but not countersunk on mine.

[Karl Dransfield]

Originally Posted by Aaron w

Is it a different tube? Not keen on the standard red

Same tube, just sanded as the red is pretty poor.

[jaythewarrior]

Originally Posted by Karl Dransfield

Same tube, just sanded as the red is pretty poor.

Carbon wrap for the win, lol.

[Paulnuneaton]

Originally Posted by Conrad

Can you assemble the front end to the new chassis without using the top plate?

yes you can more wear from your foams

[Chequered Flag Racing]

Tamworth National results for the 'CE' as posted on FB

Sat
1st James Carvell (CE)
2nd Richard Isherwood (CE)
3rd Chris Hardesty (CE)

Sunday
1st Karl Dransfield (CE)
2nd Richard Isherwood (CE)
3rd Chris Hardesty (CE)

Could we have the setup's posted please if known

[Karl Dransfield]

Don't know what anyone else ran but this is what I ran:

Front
Tyres: Lb racing T50 @ 47mm on ballraced wheels. Additive 3/4 width
Springs: Medium
Wheelbase and track: standard
Toe: wheels parallel

Rear
Tyres: Lb racing T1 @ 52mm with diff. Additive full width
Springs: Soft
Damper oil: 60,000cst
Pod spacer: 2mm

Electrics
Motor: Team powers 13.5t
ESC: Hobbywing 120A 1S blinky
Rollout: 67mm/rev
Lipo: Orion 6400 90c
Servo: Futaba BLS551


Shell: Lotus Elise

[cr1tch]

Which bumper is that your using and bumper mount?

Kind Regards
Dan.

[Karl Dransfield]

The whole bumper assembly is from an Xray t3. This includes the bumper base plate, body posts, top plate and foam. All you need to do is drill 2 holes in the front of the chassis and it's a perfect fit
Hope this helps.

Karl

[cr1tch]

Hey Karl,.

is thier any reason to running the motor that way round?

Cheers
Dan

[Ishy]

My setup from Tamworth !

Front
Tyres: Jap 44's @ 47mm on ballraced wheels. Additive 1/2 width
Springs: Medium
Wheelbase and track: standard
Toe: wheels parallel

Rear
Tyres: Pink med @ 50mm with diff. Additive full width
Springs: Soft
Damper oil: 50,000cst
Pod spacer: 1mm

Electrics
Motor: Team powers 13.5t
ESC: Fusion
Rollout: 69mm/rev (way over geared !)
Lipo: Orion 6400 90c
Servo: Futaba S9550


Shell: Lotus Elise

[Karl Dransfield]

Originally Posted by cr1tch

Hey Karl,.

is thier any reason to running the motor that way round?

Cheers
Dan

Nope, none whatsoever. It just makes the wiring easier with where I have the speedo!

Karl

[oakey4]

Originally Posted by QuackingPlums

That is very slick Karl - I love how it even matches with your keyboard and screen...

Karl, is this the car and set up you where racing down at tamworth...I was sitting not to far from you, 2 seats to the right and opp side of the table, next to Big Gary....Paul

only asking as i am thinking about getting my own and racing daves for a while, cheers mate

[Karl Dransfield]

Originally Posted by oakey4

Karl, is this the car and set up you where racing down at tamworth...I was sitting not to far from you, 2 seats to the right and opp side of the table, next to Big Gary....Paul

only asking as i am thinking about getting my own and racing daves for a while, cheers mate

Hi mate. At Tamworth I was running the standard CE kit with fibreglass chassis as this was the only one which was legal at the time. Now the carbon chassis is legal I am running that from now on. But the fibreglass chassis is an excellent cheap starting point.

Karl

[oakey4]

Karl, is your hobbywing esc ok for mardave nationals. cheers I have a tekin but think it will be classed as been to expensive...

[Karl Dransfield]

As the rules are, there is no price limit on speed controllers. So yes, your Tekin is ok for nationals. The Hobbywing is a safe bet too though as it is one of the cheapest speedos available.

[Andrew.m1971]

Hello, Im not trying to upset anybody but.....
Brushless, Lipo and Supadave ?
Why, ive seen a lot of them and they are not much better round a track than a G28 and a G2.
I inderstand the brushless last forever but why go there as there is no advantage unless your an awsome driver and wouldnt need that anyway.
Sorry for the input but its an obsersavation

[oli]

You're probably right in that a very well prepared G2 motor in tip-top condition could just about compete with a 13.5 Blinky. The problem is that not everyone has the skills or knowhow to prepare a G2 properly and even then they don't perform at that level for very long. A brushless on the other hand will keep its level of performance and it won't be very long before the number of G2's bought to stay competitive far exceeds the cost of the single brushless...