mrspeedy

Latest round of Rallycross from Mendip Rc Raceway !!

Who needs grip when you have 4wd lol its so overrated !!! Your cars look great bombing around on the grass ... we've not run ours on grass .. only tarmac and astro but theres not a lot of grip with cut slick tyres on the astro sections !! We have a dedicated Face Book page ... feel free to join .. theres plenty of pics and info on there .. search Mendip Rc Rallycross

did I mention we race ALL year round !!!!

The Rallycross section is still running strong at Mendip Rc Raceway... last year (2018) we had over 30 guys come and join in the fun !!! ... and still get 3 good heats on a regular basis ... Most are running either the Hobao Hyper GT or converted 8th buggies. Mines a 10 year old Mugen MBX6 which I finished 3rd in the A final with. not bad for £100 Check our dedicated facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1153985884640239/?ref=bookmarks or just watch the vid from back in the summer ... check the wooden jumps which are ACE !!!

Mendip Rallycross A final video -

Our next race meeting is on Sunday 13th Nov if anyone is about and wants to come have a look ..

There's a guy that runs a Hyper with us .. he just added a bumper and some body posts to mount the body, and a set of GRP's and was ready to go !!! My lad used a RB one converted buggy and it runs great ..

So what's the setup ?? Well, we set out to run a championship closely along the lines of full sized Rallycross RX .. So circuit based .. everyone knows Mendip, but we cut the track and run over the grass or astro to change the tracks every meetings. The races are based on 3 min sprint races, mass starts, and points for finishing positions with a joker lap, just as in full sized. (mass starts are just epic !!) The cars are based on 1/8 scale buggies, 3s lipos, and motors around the 2400kv mark .. The Hobao Hyper GT is very popular with a roller setting you back £185 from our local shop, RCOctane. We also run a spec tyre, the GRP S4 compound, in all weather conditions. These retail at around £33 a set of 4, again from RCOctane, and last about 8 meetings... yep 8 MEETINGS !!! Cars look like this ... and are tougher than you would ever believe !!! ... and here's some video's of what we get up to ...

This is mine .. 1/8 scale .. 3s Lipo .. 2400kv motor .. cut slick tyres .. geared for about 45mph !!! and raced Rallycross style at Mendip Rc Raceway ..

Phat Bodies have a new buggy body 'The Hammer' for the long wheelbase chassis ... !!! Available from here - http://www.phatbodies.co.uk/

By the looks of the pics he has just enough room to run some race meetings, well for 10th or 16th classes anyway. I'm sure there are peeps in the Bristol/South West area that would be interested in race meetings ....

Does anyone know if he will be organizing any sort of race meeting at this place or is it gonna be bashers only "run wot ya brung" ?

try kevs racin bits or rc mart i you can wait ....cheap too and got all the hop ups

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think they're a bit pricey....spm or werks racing make an adjustable clutch thats similar, and will fit a truck. have a look on ebay US . got one in my lightning stadium and it works well, much easier to build than a standard clutch too. if you do get one make sure it's the specific one for trucks with carbon shoes . you might need to change your clutch bell too, K factory work well