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Post by lewis on Mar 15, 2015 18:20:53 GMT -7
I tried the Wizzard car with bushings and bearings on the arm. Took my finger and rotated arm with both. The arm rotates a couple times with bushings and rotates 8 or 10 times with bearings. So far I really like the bearing setup on it. Only time will tell. I didn't do any running with bushings in so not sure if it helped performance but I deff think it helped with friction and wear
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Post by dave632 on Mar 15, 2015 20:48:49 GMT -7
Definitely run better with than without but the difference is slight as my tests have proven to me.
When I get my 30 amp supplies I will be testing the high mph cars by adding BB to them.
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Post by pceng on Mar 16, 2015 6:31:06 GMT -7
Hey Dave,
I've seen the difference you pointed out as being only a slight one. Have been thinking about bb's. By chance did you try different crown gears ? Like a 21t compared to a 22t. Or 23t. Been bouncing around my head....... a gear change might be called for.
.......... Peter
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Post by dave632 on Mar 16, 2015 8:11:44 GMT -7
No I did not try that. Will give it a shot in future tests.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2015 20:19:48 GMT -7
For those looking into ball bearings here is where I have been getting mine for some time now.
I found this source to be the least expensive of the many out there and have been please with the products so far.
AVID RC
Regards,
ALan
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Post by lewis on Mar 17, 2015 3:36:33 GMT -7
Thanks Alan. What size do you usually order I know the inside but not the outer diameter. I just told him what I wanted them for.
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Post by dave632 on Mar 17, 2015 9:26:52 GMT -7
Looked at the AVID site and there does not seem to be anything we can use for HO.
Smallest inside diameter I saw was 3/32, approx. .100. ID for HO bearings .059 is less than 1/16th. 1/16th, roughly .063 is used for Aurora style bearings . OD on motor bearings for inline motors is about 5/32 or .155.
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Post by AJR on Mar 17, 2015 12:45:57 GMT -7
Thanks Alan. What size do you usually order I know the inside but not the outer diameter. I just told him what I wanted them for. Lewis I think I already told you about Fasteddybearings.com. Great service, price, and they are fast. The size you want is 1.5mm x 4mm x 1.2mm. That size seems to works for most HO applications for me....at least up to this point. |
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Post by lewis on Mar 17, 2015 13:43:41 GMT -7
Ok thanks fo the info guys yeah jj you told me about them I have there page bookmarked. I will try them on my next car. I'm going to try my hand at a 100mph car I have been talking to slugger about sending it to him to run at one of there races lol gonna get my a$$handed to me but oh well lol
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Post by dave632 on Mar 17, 2015 14:48:35 GMT -7
If I was able to attend those races I would give it a try too.
With 2 batteries in parallel and a pair of chargers keeping them at
peak. I am sure I could go a lot faster.
I would not send that type of car to a proxy race however.
Seeing how hard they hit the catch box going near 60 there
would have to be a large shut down for those cars. 20-25 feet
would probably be OK and they would still need a catch box.
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Post by lewis on Mar 17, 2015 15:00:33 GMT -7
Its not really a proxy race in just gonna send to slugger and let him run it. He gave me info for what he uses for his cars its actually not that expensive I have $140 in my Wizzard car and i can build a car from the parts list he sent me for his a little over a hundred. But what gets expensive is they only run a arm a couple of times before they cut it down so for me that is out of the question since i dont have a lathe.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2015 15:09:12 GMT -7
Lewis, I am glad you found slugger.
he's is the guru of those cars.
tell him i said HI
al
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Post by lewis on Mar 17, 2015 15:27:20 GMT -7
Will do al. I'm talking to him and Steve Geary. I really thought there would be alot more custom parts in those cars but what I'm getting from slugger is there is alot of parts bought straight from bsrt. Realm supprises. I was figuring it would be like $300 or better to make something like that. I'm going to try I figure if I'm gonna get my but whipped I might as well get it done by them haha
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2015 15:54:15 GMT -7
I got a bunch of 1.5mm x 4mm x 1.2mm from AVID RX last year and they were a $1.00 a piece! Thought that was a good price. Maybe better out there somewhere else now. Look at bottom of home page under bears and then on left side under metric.
ALan
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2015 15:58:33 GMT -7
Lewis,
I am running a couple of funny cars that ran at Steve G track and they are made up of stock parts over the counter mostly from BSRT. They turn some wicked fast times. Yes will will pass the $100 mark for them but no where near $300!
ALan
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