Post by dave632 on Aug 28, 2020 14:03:46 GMT -7
Bought one of the new Fusion chassis and tested it on the drag strip.
Bought the kit as I wanted to use my own drag strip gearing and tires.
Kit was not to bad to assemble, the brush assembly is a little tricky so I recommend watching the
video and using some kind of magnification as the springs etc. are pretty small.
Design in my opinion is pretty good, traction magnets read in the poly range, level 10, with the motor magnets
reading in the Ceramic, level 4 range. Armature read 5.9-6.0 ohms and it is balanced.
After assembly, or as a drag racer would say right off the trailer, I ran it and found the speed and ET were off for a
chassis of this type hitting high .6s @ 21 MPH.
I also raced it against one of my faster 6 ohm pancakes where it improved slightly but lost the race.
I looked at the chassis and determined that the problem was the pickups were not hitting the rails properly, only
hitting the front of the pickup for a poor contact and yes I did use the stock front tires but the larger rear tires may have
caused the rear of the pickup to lift some. I determined braid would more than correct this problem.
I installed braid and it made a world of difference, dropping almost a tenth and a half with a 7 MPH improvement.
I did not try to work on the pickups for better contact but I am sure bending them and increasing the spring rate
would have helped a lot. Braid fixed the trouble. A little more break in might pick up a few hundredths also.
Overall a good chassis if you want to give one a try, they do sell a completely built version. I will allow this chassis
in Super Stock and Pro Stock at my upcoming race in November.
Here are some pictures of the build.
Fusion kit 1
completed kit 2
first run dead stock
2nd run vs good running 55 pancake
First run with braid
run 2 with braid
Bought the kit as I wanted to use my own drag strip gearing and tires.
Kit was not to bad to assemble, the brush assembly is a little tricky so I recommend watching the
video and using some kind of magnification as the springs etc. are pretty small.
Design in my opinion is pretty good, traction magnets read in the poly range, level 10, with the motor magnets
reading in the Ceramic, level 4 range. Armature read 5.9-6.0 ohms and it is balanced.
After assembly, or as a drag racer would say right off the trailer, I ran it and found the speed and ET were off for a
chassis of this type hitting high .6s @ 21 MPH.
I also raced it against one of my faster 6 ohm pancakes where it improved slightly but lost the race.
I looked at the chassis and determined that the problem was the pickups were not hitting the rails properly, only
hitting the front of the pickup for a poor contact and yes I did use the stock front tires but the larger rear tires may have
caused the rear of the pickup to lift some. I determined braid would more than correct this problem.
I installed braid and it made a world of difference, dropping almost a tenth and a half with a 7 MPH improvement.
I did not try to work on the pickups for better contact but I am sure bending them and increasing the spring rate
would have helped a lot. Braid fixed the trouble. A little more break in might pick up a few hundredths also.
Overall a good chassis if you want to give one a try, they do sell a completely built version. I will allow this chassis
in Super Stock and Pro Stock at my upcoming race in November.
Here are some pictures of the build.
Fusion kit 1completed kit 2first run dead stock2nd run vs good running 55 pancakeFirst run with braidrun 2 with braid
