2025 RC10Talk.com Roostpalooza post race!

[Brendan2904]

Post race recap. Post pics of your ride and your setup! Pit pic’s are welcome too!

I want to see the nuts, bolts, servos, esc’s, motors, batteries etc!
Yes I am weird. I have never been a racer. Just a backyard/schoolyard/street runner. This stuff really is interesting! Can’t wait to see your pics!

[Mark Westerfield]

1994 RC10T Team Truck. Reedy Rage 24, 27 turn, 24 degree, brushed stock motor geared 20/87. MIP CVDs, GT steering bellcranks, Tekin G12c III esc, Reedy low profile stock pack, Panther rib tires in front, JConcepts Flipouts in rear, battery cup moved forward for a seven cell nicd pack, Lipo ran full back though.. Otherwise a box stock truck from 1994

[RogueIV]

Stadium Truck
Losi LXT (2nd hobby grade rc I've ever owned)

Chassis: it's mostly period correct Running the old LRM transmission with original single pad slipper, no hydradrive installed. Graphite rear arms, Technicraft and Lundsford turnbuckles with RPM ballcups. Front arms, bulkhead and brace are all RPM along with the gear cover. MIP CVDs. Shock bodies are aftermarket threaded units. Running a servo saver, not for the servo's sake but for the belcranks. It also has a Trinity front ballstud kingpins for the camberlink (I forget what they called it).

Electronics: Hobbywing XR10 ESC, Schurspeed V4 17.5 motor, PowerHD S15, Team New Wave 4600mah LCG shorty Lipo technically a HV pack but only charged to 8.4v

Tires: Ancient Proliine "The Edge" fronts and Schumacher Vee2 rears

Front body mount broke during practice on Saturday and didn't have a spare so ended up using a velcro strap to hold the broken mount down to the chassis for the remainder of the weekend. Traction was a non issue for this thing although to keep the feel similar with the other 3 cars I ended up turning -40% exp on the throttle and setting the drive frequency to 10k on the ESC to help with the lower traction surface as 2k seemed a bit too aggressive. The truck by far felt the best out of the 3 cars I entered

Qualified 3rd overall (with a half uncharged battery pack because i didn't have enough time to charge it all the way, probably helped), which to be frank, surprised the hell out of me. It handled great in the morning and I had to soften it a bit throughout the day to deal with the track getting more and more blownout and bumpy. It was all looking great but in typical fashion of me, I made an epically stupid mistake at the start where I got stuck on the tube at the start putting me at the back. Never really could recover from that point, I'd make up a few places but then make more stupid mistakes and ultimately ended up 2nd to last in the A. But hey at least I made it into the show even if I decided to be a clown in it .

[Brendan2904]

Nice! Were ReRe’s allowed or actual vintage cars only?

[RogueIV]

Nice! Were ReRe’s allowed or actual vintage cars only?

reres were allowed. We didn't even have tech to be honest. Someone actually got 2nd with the new RC10 4wd, which is impressive considering he was up against much better cars.

[RogueIV]

Y2K Entry (any rear motor 2wd buggy from 2000 onward)
Gforce Genova - Masami Replica (I bought this kit in Japan while on vacation)

(action shot courtesy of Nick Devitto)
Chassis: I did nothing to this car's chassis everything other than suspension settings and diff oil is straight from the kit box. It even still has plastic shocks because my Ultima stole the upgrade shocks that were meant for this car. Body was painted by Dominator Airbrushing to be a replica of Masami Hirosaka's livery. Tires are Kyosho soft ribs up front and Schumacher Block CAT in yellow compound stretched onto 2.2 wheels in the rear.

Electronics: Sanwa Servo (i forget the model, it's a bit on the slow side though), XR10 esc with Fantom Icon V2 17.5 motor. New Wave 6400mah shorty pack lipo, only charged to 8.4v/

This car had the most growth over the weekend. It was the last car I really tinkered with during practice and it started out with several different tires before I decided to just go with what I was running on the JRX-Pro. At the beginning I had a lot of issue with the car pushing excessively. Ended up using a heavier battery and moving it to a centered position. Also after the first heat I decided to change the rear oil to 25wt and front to 32.5wt (it's what I had) and also leaned the shocks in more. This helped immensely and the car was way more predictable. Ended up seeding 5th in the B main. Really hit its stride in the main. took down 2nd, this was not without it's issues though because I took down 2nd with 13 laps at 4:59.927. I should have beat the buzzer, so what happened? On what should have been my Lap 14 I was attempting to get out of some lapped traffic went too aggressive on the wall jump and landed nose down and because one of my battery leads didn't have enough slack it actually ripped the solder joint right off of the ESC. Either way still ended up in 2nd but would have been nice to not have been a lap down from the leader. notice that the lead is missing in the body off shot I haven't had time to resolder it yet.

[RogueIV]

2wd 17.5 Entry
Losi JRX Pro

Chassis: There's a bit going on with this one. Chassis was narrowed by a previous owner. Has a Factory Works Lipo battery mount, Vintage RC Carbon shock towers, DHawk aluminum front bulkhead, JC Racing front arms and wheels, new Raborn rear hubs and sliders, dual disk slipper, threaded shocks from a XXXT, titanium turnbuckles and my custom 3d printed gear cover. Tires with Kyosho Ribbed med fronts and Schumacher Block CAT yellow rears.

Electronics: Savox 1257 servo, XR10 ESC, Trinity Monster Max 17.5 motor and New Wave 4600mah low profile lipo battery charged to 8.4v

This car was originally setup for carpet so I had to do a bit to prepare it for dirt. During practice it felt pretty good but on Sunday the track conditions were significantly worse so I ended up changing the shock oil out to lighter weights, changed the rear springs to softer ones. I also lengthened the rear camber links and leaned in the shocks more to give the car a more progressive feel. Qualified 4th in the B main which ended up being a rather frustrating race due to what I'd just call, "unsportsmanlike conduct" from 1 driver who started off passing me before the start of the race and proceeded to just block/hit passing cars. That aside once I was free of them the race was fun till the times I had to lap the same person again. Had a good battle with my friend Jason at the end though so that made up for my earlier gripes. Finished up in 4th. Overall I'm very pleased with how this car handled and only wish I had more racing on the track with it's current setup.

[RC10th]

1994 RC10T Team Truck. Reedy Rage 24, 27 turn, 24 degree, brushed stock motor geared 20/87. MIP CVDs, GT steering bellcranks, Tekin G12c III esc, Reedy low profile stock pack, Panther rib tires in front, JConcepts Flipouts in rear, battery cup moved forward for a seven cell nicd pack, Lipo ran full back though.. Otherwise a box stock truck from 1994

How often did you cut the comm? A lot of the vintage race guys are going brushed 27 turn on lipo.

Are you running reduced rear antiquat?

[Mark Westerfield]

How often did you cut the comm? A lot of the vintage race guys are going brushed 27 turn on lipo.

Are you running reduced rear antiquat?

Oh yeah, I had a washer under the rear suspension mount for zero anitsquat.

The motor was 177 degrees with a 21 tooth pinion after the first qualifier. So I checked the brushes to see their condition to make sure they would last the rest of the event, and I cleaned out the motor with motor spray to see how much dirt was getting into the motor, oil the bushings and put it back in with a 20 tooth pinion to lower temps. No comm cuttting. That motor is a non-rebuildable motor anyway, and I don't have a comm lathe.

[TRX-1-3]

......I checked the brushes to see their condition to make sure they would last the rest of the event, and I cleaned out the motor with motor spray to see how much dirt was getting into the motor, oil the bushings and put it back in with a 20 tooth pinion to lower temps. No comm cuttting. That motor is a non-rebuildable motor anyway, and I don't have a comm lathe.

Sounds like a Sunday at the track back in '92!

[RogueIV]

updated on the JRX Pro. I might eventually toss setup sheets on these too as I have to write some out anyway for next time.

[Brendan2904]

1994 RC10T Team Truck. Reedy Rage 24, 27 turn, 24 degree, brushed stock motor geared 20/87. MIP CVDs, GT steering bellcranks, Tekin G12c III esc, Reedy low profile stock pack, Panther rib tires in front, JConcepts Flipouts in rear, battery cup moved forward for a seven cell nicd pack, Lipo ran full back though.. Otherwise a box stock truck from 1994

How often did you cut the comm? A lot of the vintage race guys are going brushed 27 turn on lipo.

Are you running reduced rear antiquat?

What discharge rate do they use? I find I get better performance from brushed 2s lipos with a 60c discharge rate

[Mark Westerfield]

What discharge rate do they use? I find I get better performance from brushed 2s lipos with a 60c discharge rate

85c. It was in the 50's for temps, so I had a small heating pad for keeping mine and my friends batteries warm. Temperature has a huge effect on lipo performance, the C rating drops severely with lower temps.

[Brendan2904]

What discharge rate do they use? I find I get better performance from brushed 2s lipos with a 60c discharge rate

85c. It was in the 50's for temps, so I had a small heating pad for keeping mine and my friends batteries warm. Temperature has a huge effect on lipo performance, the C rating drops severely with lower temps.

Was the track outside?

[RogueIV]

What discharge rate do they use? I find I get better performance from brushed 2s lipos with a 60c discharge rate

85c. It was in the 50's for temps, so I had a small heating pad for keeping mine and my friends batteries warm. Temperature has a huge effect on lipo performance, the C rating drops severely with lower temps.

Was the track outside?

No. It was inside of a Barn style building. the walls are removable though and it is uninsulated and not climate controlled.

Here's video of the mains if you haven't seen them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiybewdUrDE