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Re: RC10 wc oval racer
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:35 pm
by dillonhoffman
thanks, your right about not tightening anything until all the parts are there. I just mocked it up for a pic and noticed how far off it was.
Re: RC10 wc oval racer
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 2:10 am
by dillonhoffman
I milled the chassis and nose plate today, I used this piece of aluminum tube to hold the chassis in the vice.
![Image](http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx221/dhoff71/Mobile%20Uploads/20140614_182437.jpg)
side note: automotive detail spray works great to shine up anodized parts
Re: RC10 wc oval racer
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 10:06 am
by sandkil
Nicely done
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Re: RC10 wc oval racer
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 1:55 am
by dillonhoffman
Need to hurry up on this thing, the race I'm building it for is in a couple weeks.
First I made these ball stud lands for the front, vertical adjustment and 3 holes to adjust length and the blocks can turn around to use 2 holes in between. The middle hole is directly above the inner lower hinge pin. Also got a set of Lunsford rc10 world turnbuckles.
arm holders are milled down to get room on the tower for the new holes.
milled down these trinity servo mounts for a low-pro servo
I was a little worried about drilling the holes in the chassis for the servo, they have to be right on to avoid extra stress on the servo. I made a little transfer punch out of a 4-40 screw, worked out pretty good. Used silver sharpie for layout die
Servo is far to left and a lot of changes to the steering.
![Image](http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx221/dhoff71/IMG_20140703_20253_edit_1404444384226.jpg)
Re: RC10 wc oval racer
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 8:59 am
by jwscab
looks pretty nice! It looks like your upper link is also longer than your lower arm, that's gonna give you some weird camber curves.
Re: RC10 wc oval racer
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 9:29 am
by dillonhoffman
Yes, but with a little downward angle toward the center of the car, it has like 1 degree of camber gain. Most all purpose built oval edm and late model chassis have front camber links close to this or even angle up which would have positive camber gain. But most setups start with positive camber on the lf tire anyway. I know it wouldn't work in offroad haha
Re: RC10 wc oval racer
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 2:38 am
by dillonhoffman
The car is basically done. Just needs shocks and fit up a body, I originally wanted to make one but they require a production dodc compliment body.
JG front bumper and rear body mount kit. I made rear ball stud lands similar to the front. Custom works rear hubs work perfect, used all the stock parts - spacers bearings ect. Only problem with my kit is the left stub axle, the holes for the chrome pin are .045 off center so it binds really bad.
Cut down the wing tubes and one of the remnant pieces worked perfect as a spacer for the steering link.
![Image](http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx221/dhoff71/output_10.jpg)
Re: RC10 wc oval racer
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:31 am
by knucklebuster
Killer
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My dirt oval bomber hooked up better than all the other lighter cars on the track. I expect you will have the same experience if running against CWs and other light cars. You probably have the shocks sorted but might try 10T fronts with red springs on the rear
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Re: RC10 wc oval racer
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 11:37 am
by dillonhoffman
Thanks! I'm going to use the stock shocks, it's a buggy edm class and the cars have to use original shocks.
Are you suggesting 10t front shocks and tower?
Re: RC10 wc oval racer
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 12:52 pm
by knucklebuster
10T front shock bodies, shafts and springs on the rear, stock RC10 shocks up front. This car is hooked up and required zero adjustments. The class required CW rubber tires, softer springs might be better for foams.
Note that the camber on the front tires is about 25 degrees positive on the stand, spot on when off the stand. I don't have any pics of this surprising swing in camber but you can check out some others on the bomber thread:
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=28750
Re: RC10 wc oval racer
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 1:51 pm
by dillonhoffman
Thanks i have a 10t, I'll try the shocks off it. Cool thread btw, It lead me to the other one with dirt oval setups which has some good info as well.
Re: RC10 wc oval racer
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 2:41 pm
by knucklebuster
You are welcome. Good luck racing
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Re: RC10 wc oval racer
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 1:54 pm
by dillonhoffman
Car is almost race ready, got the shocks and the front body post on this weekend. Made a wing for the front, has 3 options for height. I my set of 10t shocks ready but I'm going to try them later on.
If anyone has any setup advice or experience with racing cars similar to this, feel free to chime in. I'm open to any suggestions.
Re: RC10 wc oval racer
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 10:27 pm
by knucklebuster
Looks good! Consider mounting the shocks on the left side so that they are more perpendicular to the ground.
Re: RC10 wc oval racer
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 12:53 pm
by dillonhoffman