October 8, 2014

Chassis Focus – Hideo Kitizawa

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Chassis – Morotech Corally
Motor – Trinity D3 3.5T
ESC – Advanced Competition
Battery – Trinity 7000mAh
Tires – Ulti 35 front & rear
Radio/Servos – Futaba
Body – Protoform AMR 12
Remarks – Japanese racer Hideo Kitizawa has been trying a lot of setup changes on his Morotech Corally chassis. Upon arriving in Florida, his car was very twitchy and has been trying to make it easier to drive by reducing the front camber and make the oil in the centre damper harder. Playing with his tire prep he is leaving the additive on his Ulti tires for an hour on the rear and 30 minutes on the front.

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October 8, 2014

Chassis Focus – Jilles Groskamp

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Chassis – On Point OPC12
Motor – Orion VST2 3.5T
ESC – Orion Vortex R10 1S
Battery – Orion Carbon LiPo 7200mAh
Tires – Mobgums
Radio/Servos – Sanwa
Body – BlackArt 008
Remarks – Reigning Touring car World Champion Jilles Groskamp is running the On Point OPC12 from Markus Mobers. The car is using the German’s basic setup and Jilles has made no setup changes to the car at all instead focussing on tire compounds, diameter and tire prep. Playing around with moving the battery from inline to transverse they found that the transverse configuration gave the car more traction.

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October 8, 2014

Chassis Focus – Keven Hebert

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Chassis – Team Associated 12R5.2
Motor – Reedy Sonic 3.5T
ESC – Reedy Blackbox 410R
Battery – Reedy 7000mAh
Tires – BSR Green rear, Blue front
Radio/Servos – Futaba
Body – Protoform AMR 12
Remarks – Canadian Keven Hebert is running his basic setup on his Associated 12R5.2 but it was pushing too much on the low traction so he made a few changes. Adding more front caster and a shorter upper arm he also added more pod droop which help to remove the problem. Changing to a softer rear tire it made the car looser on the rear  due to no side bite but it helped improve consistency over the 8 minute runs. Apart from that he was playing around with tire prep and has settled on 40 minute rear and 20 minute front sauce time.

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September 25, 2014

World Championship Top Qualifier – HB D812

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September 24, 2014

Chassis Focus – Lee Martin

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Chassis – Mugen MBX7R
Engine – Beat BT7
Tyres – Pro-Line Suburbs X1
Fuel – Nitrolux
Radio/Servos – Sanwa/Xpert
Body – Kit
Remarks – Lee Martin is running the new MBX7R here in Italy having driven only some parts of the new car back in the Euros such as the shocks and driveshafts. Also being run at their first major race is Lee Martin’s own signature series all black Xpert servos. In terms of setup he hasn’t changed much away from his regular setup, lowering the car 2mm and stiffening up the anti-roll bars to 2.8mm thick versions front and rear. Trying a number of different tires since arriving he, like the other PL drivers, have decided on Suburbs in X1 compound.

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September 24, 2014

Chassis Focus – Joern Neumann

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Chassis – Durango DNX8
Engine – FX 5K
Tyres – Pro-Line Suburbs X1
Fuel – Maxima
Radio/Servos – Futaba
Body – Kit
Remarks – Joern Neumann is running the same car and configuration that he used at the recent Euros in Germany. Having tried many changes to his setup during practice he went back to his basic setup and only hardened the shock and diff oils a little. For the hot weather here the car is now sporting a double rear brace, the single brace getting too soft in the high temperatures. Testing many different tire combos he has settled on the Pro-Line suburb in X1 compound but will switch to the Fugitive for the longer finals.

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