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My man there is a huge amount of us old asses that raced 250r and 200x plus the other brands in the 250 realm that would love these parts and a fender kit
Just going back to see where you started with this. Yeah it's not a chassis that wants to go fast as it is. That body shell is far too nice to get beaten up in high speed crashes. Should be another fun contest 😁👍
@@allanritchie1539 I push the motor up against the spur gear then back off a smidge, pivoting about one of the motor mount screws. I start with too tight and back it off. You can feel and hear a good mesh. It will be smooth and quiet. You just have to be careful you’re not too loose.
Hi, all you speedrun freaks out there are in for a treet this year with this chassis, it's not going to be the easiest chassis to get awesome speeds with but it's going to be fun and that's why we do it.😊😊😊
Your a beter guy then me the other night when you mentioned Ludicrous speed gear I jumped to the shop and discovered what you were talking about. I was going to keep it a secret but the cats out of the bag now. A 24t dose work on Ludicrous. I'm still going to see how fast I can make mine go on 2s.
Hey thanks for the top tips and that gearbox thing is genius. Would never have thought of that. Your rig looks awesome and crazy quick. Oh yeah this one is a pain in the neck to work on for sure. Good luck with your future attempts 😁
As long I'm right in the building process, this was a great tip Brice. Wish I knew this before I bought the speed gears. One the other hand I'm in class 1, I might kill my motor by taking this shortcut.
Yeah, Brice! You are definitely not disappointing this year! Lots of enthusiasm, both in the video and behind the scenes, all those innovations brewing in your head, ha ha! That trick with the gearing, thanks for sharing, it is definitely applicable in all the classes, it would be an obvious thing for us all to do. Your car sounded nice and smooth in those runs, I would say better than the TT-02, even! I'm looking forward to get started, although it will still be a week before I have time to assemble the chassis, and the body will probably be a week or two further away, he he... I made an agreement with myself this year, I only do one speedrun entry, I have too much other stuff going on, ha ha!
I was thinking of adding an active wing so the faster I go the wing lowers then when I lift it pops up to act as a airbrake in the rear controlling the slow down.
Wow ! Thanks for sharing the gear trick . So obvious but I never would have caught that . Thanks for keep us updated on the build . I hope to shake my BL car next week
You're a beauty, Brice. Nice guy move sharing your Ludacris speed hack. As simple as it seems, most folks (myself included) may not have come across it. Great tee, too! Haha. I still need a JOT hat, got any Shrek sizes??? 😉
I was doing this gearing on mine this morning. Didn’t get passed part throttle as I’m having some controller issues. But still got 39mph (brushed). It’s a bit too much, motor getting hot! Nice run.
Congrats on the 67MPH, that is cooking! It sounds super smooth rolling by as well! Thanks for the cool tip on the gear box, should make things a lot more interesting! Looking forward to seeing what you are able to do with it to ramp it up to the next level.
That 1st casualty crash really hurt my tamiya body sensibilities. 🤣 I am trying to learn from your set up. This is rad and you have some great speeds going.. Thanks for the great info! Cheers
It's like ripping off a bandaid. The first one hurts but after that it's fair game. Thanks for watching. I'm glad I could provide some useful information. Cheers!
I fitted the TL01 speed gears, touring car wheels and a 23t pinion today with the stock torque tuned motor and it was considerably quicker. The motor got pretty hot pretty quickly though.
Yeah, I'm not surprised. the brushed motors do not like speed run and tend to get hot quickly. You'll want to limit how much driving you do with them and let them cool down. Were you running a LiPo or Nimh?
@@jack-o-trades I was running a 2s 5200mah 50c battery. I'm definitely just doing a limited number of runs at a time. Once I'm happy that it's running straight I'll either go for a 12t brushed motor, or maybe a brushless system that would pair up nicely with that battery size.
Thanks. It was an awesome trip getting to hang out with the family for a bit. These are speed runs! Not much you can do about crashes. And...I can always make new parts. It's a little different with your trucks. Thanks for checking out the video.
Brice, I love your look on these challenges, brother! You said it better than I could articulate it myself. Baby steps are the key. Understand the slow chassis, make it stable, then progressively work toward increasing speed. No doubt you'll crush it again this year. I'm so happy to see you back!
Thanks for the kind words. It's great to be back. tweaking on the car and getting some crazy crashes...I mean runs in. It will be interesting to see how the open class plays out. I think the brushless are going to be the ones to watch and will be much closer to the open class than expected. I 'm tying to keep it lower key this year working with what I got instead of throwing a bunch of parts/motors at it. Hopefully leveraging what I learned last year from the TT-02.
