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TOO MUCH WING? OR NOT ENOUGH CAR?!
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:22 am
by FasterLouder
So,I got my vintage Bud's wing mounted on my JRX2...It's a whopper of a wing-I need some feedback.
Is it too much wing for the car? Should I trim it down,maybe at the rear of the side panels?
Please let me know what ya think...Maybe not enough car?!
Re: TOO MUCH WING? OR NOT ENOUGH CAR?!
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:24 am
by FasterLouder
Please excuse the gorgeous,balmy,sunny summer evening weather

,I'll take another shot when the sun dies down...

Re: TOO MUCH WING? OR NOT ENOUGH CAR?!
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:30 am
by markt311
I thought those were used more for on road? I don't see it staying in one piece the way I drive offroad
BTW Bud's still sells those wings
http://www.brpracing.com/5237.html
and just about all their other old stuff
Re: TOO MUCH WING? OR NOT ENOUGH CAR?!
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:56 am
by FasterLouder
Aaaah,but it's always better when you buy a wing that has it's origonal,faded header card and never been opened,,faded bag!
That's cool that BRP are still in biz.
Yeah,they are used more on road...I just dig 'em and my JRX2 is a shelfer,so no worries there.
Re: TOO MUCH WING? OR NOT ENOUGH CAR?!
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:00 am
by RedScampi
Stick a body on the car and then see how you like it. I had one of these on my RC10 in '87 and it looked killer to me.

Re: TOO MUCH WING? OR NOT ENOUGH CAR?!
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:13 am
by aconsola

white rod ends on a losi
actually it looks quite nice

Re: TOO MUCH WING? OR NOT ENOUGH CAR?!
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:18 am
by FasterLouder
RedScampi wrote:Stick a body on the car and then see how you like it. I had one of these on my RC10 in '87 and it looked killer to me.

I'm on Erich's waiting list for a body...Hope he comes through.
It's in desperate need of a body.
Hell yeah,white rod ends on a Losi,man!
Gotta shake things up,every so often...
Re: TOO MUCH WING? OR NOT ENOUGH CAR?!
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:16 pm
by highwayracer
If you leave it clear, it will probably look ok...but if you paint it, it will stand out too much.
Re: TOO MUCH WING? OR NOT ENOUGH CAR?!
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:44 pm
by a01butal
Doesn't look like the wing wire I sent you. I don't think it could have gotten to the South Pacific yet.
Re: TOO MUCH WING? OR NOT ENOUGH CAR?!
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:39 pm
by jwscab
it's hard to tell, is that the double decker wing? If so, I got one with a car back in the day, I put it on my RC10, the upper panel was painted dark blue. everything else stayed clear. looked pretty cool.
Re: TOO MUCH WING? OR NOT ENOUGH CAR?!
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:39 pm
by FasterLouder
Yep-it's the wing wire you sent! I just tweaked it some
And yes again,it's the Bud's Bi-Level Super wing...I like it.Makes a change from the Losi V wings I'm always using

Re: TOO MUCH WING? OR NOT ENOUGH CAR?!
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:29 pm
by scr8p
i used to run that wing on my pancars bitd. looks quite out of place on an offroad car. just my $.02.
bud's used to have a nice offroad wing. not sure if they still make it, though.
Re: TOO MUCH WING? OR NOT ENOUGH CAR?!
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:32 pm
by scr8p
Re: TOO MUCH WING? OR NOT ENOUGH CAR?!
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 5:14 pm
by RER40
FasterLouder wrote:So,I got my vintage Bud's wing mounted on my JRX2...It's a whopper of a wing-I need some feedback.
Is it too much wing for the car? Should I trim it down,maybe at the rear of the side panels?
Please let me know what ya think...Maybe not enough car?!
That was the wing Bud Bartos came out with for pancar paved oval racing, it was the only way we could keep the rear ends of the cars planted running highspeed ovals (Whipowill).
Though it was "tried" for other things, on-road and off-road, it proved all but useless for anything other than just paved oval.