UltegraSTI
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well 1st glad 2 meet some fella RCNTers there (corrado and psunitro). more on them later.
practice was uneventful. just tryin 2 figure out their whole system of runnin things, when 2 check in, order running etc. ran very lil (no choice really)
1 brutally tricky jump. i had issues w/it all day. needed more practice a track day 2 learn the place, never saw it b4.
1 heat, the SUT (which i still had very rich comin outta the break-in phase slow) loaded up on the line and died. took over 1min 2 get it back fired. got out there and made 7 laps (TQ was 10). so not that bad. lap times werent great, but they 4 most part werent horrible. i'm still just too rusty. my home track w/lack of jumps and b'g more open is much easier 2 get used to (also we're talkin buggy vs monster). i was very rich, felt even moreso than the breif practice, and it showed in punch.
2 heat, they arrived and we got the car much better outside between heats. got some help from Rado on these radios and all their extra adjs than anythin i had in the 80s, early 90s. made it much better. leaning out the bottom end on a quick tune session outside was good and it paid off. except 4 comin 2 the jumps and it gettin up quicker threw me off some. managed thru a push condition during the heat. cheap RTR shock tower bent in the rear. there again another victim of the cheap GS parts. did 9 laps, almost got 10. went back and stuck another spacer in the rear shocks. PSU temped the truck at 220 at the end of the heat (yeh!). felt some clickin again and thought it might b the knuckle bolts b'g 2 close 2 the universal (i had already put 1 washer top and bottom on there, they come w/NO washers). 'Rado thought it was sticky brakes. well...
3 heat, goin out warmed up ok, was feelin much snappier even over heat 2, no adjs. but i stopped over at the guys while they topped me off and i turned and saw the inside wheel lock. well 3 heat was over. pulled it all apart. needed 1 more washer on top, bottoms were fine. 1 setscrew in a universal was a lil loose 4 my taste and threads looked bare. so 1 more washer a side and loctite everywhere got ready 4 main.
sure was gettin cold, even indoors, they opened the vent door even more and it was really cold over at the start area. i did make the A feature (10 trucks on this track was goin 2 b very interestin...its too tight). qual'd #8, not that i care really.....and well...
...i didnt drive well, quite a few mistakes, some b/c of engine runnin better and having more power and snap (but yes this thing needs mugen 1.1 springs and better shoes, stockers are blah as every1 has said), some just plain mistakes, and others were at the hands of havin 10 trucks on the track and some who dont wanna wait 4 turn marshalls to climb over the tubing 2 get where they need 2 go in front of u. finished 6th (top 5 was a lofty sorta-goal). only managed 8 laps (almost 9) in all the carnage. temp'd out at high 230s after finish.
but thru all that the truck is runnin better, more solid. 'Rado wants me 2 take that 2nd servo saver (the 1 on the servo) off b/c i have the pipe saver, idk. the tune is much better. granted i was still b'g conservative on this 1gal old motor. needs just a lil idle work w/the tune now, no biggie. setup is lil better, but i know y when i put it 2gether like i wanted y it wasn't workin as well as it could...hey 'Rado!!, 1 4got i dont have a rear bar 4 this yet lol. the rear brake thing didnt work, i'm too much of a traditionalist, brake than turn, it locked up 2 much 4 my liking. worth a try.
this track bumps n jumps is REALLY tight, and the 1 jump is quite tough 4 a monster (no sweat 4 a stadium or a 1/10 buggy) just gonna slow down and deal w/it next time i go. whenever that is, gonna take a break 4 a bit. i was the 1st non Revo to finish. (7 revos, my SUT, 1 MGT, 1 Maxx).
how the heck their gonna try and run 1/8th buggies there jan 9th is beyond me, they said their gonna make layout adjs. but i dont see it things goin well. but their tryin it. 10 monsters was crazy enuff, same w/10 mod buggies. i wont get involved in that.
it was a good time, great 2 meet you 2 and thx 4 all ur help and pitwork. made the day that much more fun.
now on 2 replace another cheap GS part (towers), go over car, fix my 4way wrench, purchase a rear bar, debate servo saver removal, amongst other things. a good time indeed, can't say it enuff, good 2 b back, but doin it 4 fun.
-Ult
practice was uneventful. just tryin 2 figure out their whole system of runnin things, when 2 check in, order running etc. ran very lil (no choice really)
1 brutally tricky jump. i had issues w/it all day. needed more practice a track day 2 learn the place, never saw it b4.
1 heat, the SUT (which i still had very rich comin outta the break-in phase slow) loaded up on the line and died. took over 1min 2 get it back fired. got out there and made 7 laps (TQ was 10). so not that bad. lap times werent great, but they 4 most part werent horrible. i'm still just too rusty. my home track w/lack of jumps and b'g more open is much easier 2 get used to (also we're talkin buggy vs monster). i was very rich, felt even moreso than the breif practice, and it showed in punch.
2 heat, they arrived and we got the car much better outside between heats. got some help from Rado on these radios and all their extra adjs than anythin i had in the 80s, early 90s. made it much better. leaning out the bottom end on a quick tune session outside was good and it paid off. except 4 comin 2 the jumps and it gettin up quicker threw me off some. managed thru a push condition during the heat. cheap RTR shock tower bent in the rear. there again another victim of the cheap GS parts. did 9 laps, almost got 10. went back and stuck another spacer in the rear shocks. PSU temped the truck at 220 at the end of the heat (yeh!). felt some clickin again and thought it might b the knuckle bolts b'g 2 close 2 the universal (i had already put 1 washer top and bottom on there, they come w/NO washers). 'Rado thought it was sticky brakes. well...
3 heat, goin out warmed up ok, was feelin much snappier even over heat 2, no adjs. but i stopped over at the guys while they topped me off and i turned and saw the inside wheel lock. well 3 heat was over. pulled it all apart. needed 1 more washer on top, bottoms were fine. 1 setscrew in a universal was a lil loose 4 my taste and threads looked bare. so 1 more washer a side and loctite everywhere got ready 4 main.
sure was gettin cold, even indoors, they opened the vent door even more and it was really cold over at the start area. i did make the A feature (10 trucks on this track was goin 2 b very interestin...its too tight). qual'd #8, not that i care really.....and well...
...i didnt drive well, quite a few mistakes, some b/c of engine runnin better and having more power and snap (but yes this thing needs mugen 1.1 springs and better shoes, stockers are blah as every1 has said), some just plain mistakes, and others were at the hands of havin 10 trucks on the track and some who dont wanna wait 4 turn marshalls to climb over the tubing 2 get where they need 2 go in front of u. finished 6th (top 5 was a lofty sorta-goal). only managed 8 laps (almost 9) in all the carnage. temp'd out at high 230s after finish.
but thru all that the truck is runnin better, more solid. 'Rado wants me 2 take that 2nd servo saver (the 1 on the servo) off b/c i have the pipe saver, idk. the tune is much better. granted i was still b'g conservative on this 1gal old motor. needs just a lil idle work w/the tune now, no biggie. setup is lil better, but i know y when i put it 2gether like i wanted y it wasn't workin as well as it could...hey 'Rado!!, 1 4got i dont have a rear bar 4 this yet lol. the rear brake thing didnt work, i'm too much of a traditionalist, brake than turn, it locked up 2 much 4 my liking. worth a try.
this track bumps n jumps is REALLY tight, and the 1 jump is quite tough 4 a monster (no sweat 4 a stadium or a 1/10 buggy) just gonna slow down and deal w/it next time i go. whenever that is, gonna take a break 4 a bit. i was the 1st non Revo to finish. (7 revos, my SUT, 1 MGT, 1 Maxx).
how the heck their gonna try and run 1/8th buggies there jan 9th is beyond me, they said their gonna make layout adjs. but i dont see it things goin well. but their tryin it. 10 monsters was crazy enuff, same w/10 mod buggies. i wont get involved in that.
it was a good time, great 2 meet you 2 and thx 4 all ur help and pitwork. made the day that much more fun.
now on 2 replace another cheap GS part (towers), go over car, fix my 4way wrench, purchase a rear bar, debate servo saver removal, amongst other things. a good time indeed, can't say it enuff, good 2 b back, but doin it 4 fun.
-Ult
I'm glad to see three RCNT guys in this area racing Nitro. UltegraSTI, psunitro and corrado, are you guys gonna race at Pit Stop again next summer? I drive two hours to race at Hobby Hut in Philly, but I could easily make it out to the Harrisburgh / Hershey area (even a little closer for me). We all race 8th scale too right?
