animal47

Well what a difference that made, changed to red springs and 35wt oil, bought a camber gauge and set that up properly and set ride height as you suggested, it was honestly completely transformed and an absolute pleasure to drive, at least for the first half of the race anyway. I have a feeling that the smaller holed pistons that I am using was causing the shock oil to get a bit hot as it got a bit of a handful after about 10 mins into the final so am going to go back to standard pistons for next meet. Mechanical failures prevented me from finishing any of the qualifiers but I did win my final heat bumping me into the A and then finished 5th in the A final so all in all a pretty good result and with even more to come I think with another few tweaks.

Yep that is one thing I have altered with a double locking nut.

That is really helpful thanks, I am also running mcd wheels and hub extenders. I am now thinking that perhaps my shock set up is so bad as the oil I am using is too thick to allow the springs to actually do their job, hence the seemingly lack of any control, I actually increased the thickness in the hope that it would calm the suspension but have in fact just made it worse.

Looking for some set up ideas as the handling on this thing is driving me nuts and I just can't get my head around what's wrong. The track is pretty tight and twisty astro and very bumpy. The main problems I am having are with both steering and suspension. As far as steering goes then all is good off power but when trying to add any sort of power mid corner then it just pushes wide and won't hold a line even though it is a very high grip surface. As for suspension then I am having massive trouble with it acting like a pogo stick over the bumps and the rear bounces around so much that it is difficult to keep it in a straight line and often bounces so much into corners that it tips over, it also nose dives over virtually every jump as well. The only way that I could make it less lively was to have the chassis virtually scraping the floor with almost zero suspension. Current shock set up is 1.9 pistons with blue springs with 40wt front and 60wt rear although I have tried all sorts of weight and spring set ups. Diff set up is 20k front 30k centre and 10k rear. Any racers care to share any tips before I end up taking a mallet to the sodding thing lol.

Have sent him a message via Facebook so hopefully will get a response but if not then will have to look elsewhere.

Is anyone on here still doing these as after a couple of sets for a losi 5ive. If not anyone know where to get some.

One of these does the job just fine for me https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272467274983

Can someone recommend me a half decent budget lipo charger as my imax b6 has decided to stop balancing and comes up with a voltage error on all of my lipos.

Just been out and pulled it all apart and whilst I can't really tell if the head is straight, the isolator is very warped which I guess is probably my own fault for over tightening. Are the isolators only supposed to be just nipped up then.

I really appreciate all of the advice and my next step is to do some investigation into it although I am pretty sure that it will be the face on the head as the isolator block was absolutely fine on the previous head, I suppose in theory it could have taken on the shape of that head and slight differences in this new one are too much for the gasket to make up. A new isolator along with a teflon spacer and gaskets sounds a good idea although I am in 2 minds about whether to stop being a tight wad and buy a decent top end as this thing is no doubt going to be way underpowered in comparison to the Stevo top end that was previously fitted and let's be honest I can't realistically expect to build a competitive race motor for £35. That said though anything that I am paying good money for should still be fit for purpose.

Yes all gaskets have been replaced twice.

Aha so not unusual then, that is not acceptable regardless of whether it is cheap, it should at least be fit for purpose.

I decided to build a cheap engine as had a spare 4 bolt bottom end lying around so took a punt on a cheapy ported 29 from Rcmodelz. Now for some reason I can't get it to seal properly where the isolator block bolts on, I have tried both the km and zenoah gaskets but with the same results, I am using a zenoah isolator so is it worth trying a km one, are they known for bad casting here.

Cheers for that much appreciated

I was under the impression that those were the drive pins for the wheel hexes.

Any idea where to get them and what they are actually called as I can't seem to find them.

Can you replace the dogbone pin on the rear centre driveshaft or is it a case of replacing the shaft as my pin is worn very thin.

Next meeting is 25/09/16

Yes I made a mistake which I spotted 5 mins later and asked for a refund straight away before any hassle to the seller as if it had been after it had been posted then fair enough. I had made up my mind to accept what had happened even though the seller had been way over the top abusive which was totally unnecessary, however he didn't even bother to send anything at all until 4 weeks later when I complained. My initial mistake or not I am surprised that anyone would condone somebody sending a used interior bulb for £10 and then another £12 p+p or maybe I am expecting too much.

Does anyone know for one for sale, it is only required for blowing water and dirt off my rc cars.

I accepted the package and eBay then closed the case. I was then able to open a new case under item not as described and am currently arguing with the seller as he is so far refusing to accept the return request. I wouldn't normally be this bothered but as he has been so vile about everything then I am now determined to win back my money.

No it is kosher and apparently on its way.

Well this is still ongoing, I had made up my mind to just take it on the chin and move on but almost 4 weeks later and nothing even turned up so opened an item not received case and chose the option of refund wanted and the cheeky git ignored it and reckons he has resent it and included tracking info this time. eBay have totally ignored the refund request and have told me to close the case when it arrives. This has made me more determined than ever to get a refund so I suppose my only option now is to make out that it is damaged which also means that he will have to pay for the return label as far as I know.

Next meeting is next weekend 28/08/16

Well all of my parcels are always delivered to my parents house and I have told them to refuse delivery. Seller is not a business as far as I can see, just some bully boy car breaker. Not sure what sort of case to raise with eBay, I did say that I would just leave bad feedback but tbh that just resulted in more abuse. This was the latest. I feel more sorry for you as you should have knuckled down at school and studied than rather be the class clown. Please dont be sorry for me as im a very wealthy and successful business man. Your buying experience explains everything about you as a person and i can imagine £20 is a lot of money to someone like you. I just have no time for tools like you who are still learning by their own mistakes. "He who cant see must feel" Your basic education was free in school but you obviously spent your days in detention or wandering the streets resulting in paying for your mistakes later on in life. Sad really. But one way or another you will learn in life. I must say that if you were polite and had addressed yourself properly once you messaged me about your mistake i would have been more sympathetic for you. Its completely up to you weather you accept delivery of your purchase or not. Please hurry up and leave me my bad feedback as i really am excited to see it.