gazza Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 1 Quote Quickly read this post before it is deleted or i turn grey again Gary http://www.facebook.com/Rallyproxy2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermouse Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 Picked up my Jagermeister the other day - it is a really sweet looking car - haven't had a chance to run it yet to compare with the front motored car though. cheers David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manimmal Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 When you have a comparison please share. I've finally got the tts fwd guys running quite well now after many hours of tyre trueing. Not as quick as the small wheel mini on my track but good fun nonetheless. Quote My mum says I'm an excellent driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermouse Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 1 hour ago, manimmal said: When you have a comparison please share. I've finally got the tts fwd guys running quite well now after many hours of tyre trueing. Not as quick as the small wheel mini on my track but good fun nonetheless. Will do mate.... What have you done to your TTS? I was talking to a chap in Europe about them and he suggested putting on a 13t pinion. He also put small rubber rings on the suspension parts to firm it up a bit. I haven't tried either yet - lately we have been running the big BRM cars. cheers David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manimmal Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 Just a blueprinting really. I removed a chassis burr which was fouling on the body, did the cigarette paper trick to space the gears after grinding the gears in with lapping paste. At first one of the cars lept sideways under acceleration out of corners, this was traced to the rear tyres not being spot on true. After the rears went back on the tyre truer lap times improved greatly. At this point I'm happy with it, however as I'm not club racing these days there's most likely a few tenths left to find. The big cars are a blast on my new layout (100mm lane spacing, so much better for these), a bit terrifying though. We like to have a few drinks and race, the trans am battle is a bit messy after a few, just ask the scenery... Quote My mum says I'm an excellent driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermouse Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 1 hour ago, manimmal said: The big cars are a blast on my new layout (100mm lane spacing, so much better for these), a bit terrifying though. We like to have a few drinks and race, the trans am battle is a bit messy after a few, just ask the scenery... Yes we ran them the other weekend on a BRM day - they were great fun. MJK on some but mainly stock rubber. We found the stock rubber hooked up nicely with a bit of NSR oil. We ran them at 9v - I think 9 or 10v is all they really need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manimmal Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 My track is ordinarily at no more than 10.5v, it's fast and flowing, is not modular and only has three braid joins so conductivity and momentum are no issue. I've found wiping rubber tyres with Turps is also effective, particularly at the end of trueing. For me not as much benefit as the nsr oil but quicker results without lingering goop. I haven't tried oil on the 'big' cars, I'll hit one of my Camaro's with nsr oil and see what happens, i'm guessing i'll go through yet another fence trying to stop it, shortly after smashing a class lap record. Are you changing gear ratios on the trans am cars? If so where are you going with them? Between the two of us we have 5 and all have all the power but none of the braking, kind of like a real v8... Quote My mum says I'm an excellent driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermouse Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, manimmal said: Are you changing gear ratios on the trans am cars? If so where are you going with them? Between the two of us we have 5 and all have all the power but none of the braking, kind of like a real v8... Will try the turps especially after truing, they are a challenge to true up. We haven't change anything other than the tyres so far. My Toyota with stock - treated tyres was the quickest Grp C - with the Trans Am I bought the new Mustang and it went really well with very little work on the tyres. I wiped a bit of oil on them and that is about it. I have several 917k they hook up nicely. With stock tyres though one has some sort of urethane - not sure what they are though. Edited January 22, 2022 by dangermouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manimmal Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 I had the toyota and a porsche 962kh, once i stopped club racing they were sold as my old track had 90mm spacings. The Toyota had many victories at Ged's, although back then they were all inline and crown gears were terribly fragile which resulted in fields dropping by over 50% by the end of race night. I'm still waiting for brm to release new liveries of the 917 and 512, i wasn't in the 1/24 market last time around and the 2nd hand market is too inflated given i'll be slowly destroying them on track. Quote My mum says I'm an excellent driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted November 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2023 NEW BRM DATSUN 240Z In the last 2 events we officially revealed the first 3 decorations of the already announced new BRM model in 1/24 scale in partnership with SCALERACING : the DATSUN 240Z This model will be added in the range of the BRM Group2 cars released with the standard BRM aluminum chassis with front camber system. These are the first 3 models expected for March 2024: BRM162: DATSUN 240Z BRE #46 - CHAMPION SCCA 1970-71 - JOHN MORTON BRM163: DATSUN 240Z BRE #3 - SCCA 1970-71 - DAN PARKINSON BRM164: DATSUN 240Z #33 - BOB SHARP RACING 1970 Here the photos of the first prototypes. Pic's of the new GT40 soon for release These are repaints of the prototype white kit Quote Quickly read this post before it is deleted or i turn grey again Gary http://www.facebook.com/Rallyproxy2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted November 1 Author Report Share Posted November 1 New Mini's available soon Quote Quickly read this post before it is deleted or i turn grey again Gary http://www.facebook.com/Rallyproxy2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted November 1 Author Report Share Posted November 1 GT 40's on the way as well 1 Quote Quickly read this post before it is deleted or i turn grey again Gary http://www.facebook.com/Rallyproxy2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermouse Posted November 8 Report Share Posted November 8 and in news overnight - they announce they are doing a Ferrari P330 - testing it this weekend at the Scale Racing Centre 24hr race in USA photos on BRM Facebook page 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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