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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

does anyone here race or all ya all just bashers ? if you do race...... where?

here's one in action http://www.one18th.com/gallery/albums/album01/apip.mpg top micro , much tougher than the mini t and quicker too

suggest you put it on ebay and buy a FTX blaze........ you won't be dissapointed.

Hi all, we are a new club, set up to race off road micros in the Weston super mare and Bristol area . We race wednesday evenings , in a village hall in Banwell just outside W-S-M. ......just past the chippy. the most popular cars are the FTX blaze and the rc18 ,but any type of micro's are welcome. our website is www.worm-racing.co.uk and we can be contacted here. here is a short demo of the racing......http://www.one18th.com/gallery/albums/album01/apip.mpg and forum here....http://www.uk-microrc.co.uk/forum/index.php?showforum=222 and if you don't have a car yet just come and watch

yup , thats the ones but as you probably know , you will need the 17mm hexes as well

a mate of mine is always fiddling with his wheels 'n stuff , generally he uses sticky back vinyl, seems to work pretty good tho, and you can change it if you don't like it too

crappy allen head bolts can be a real pain on the NTC3, use a dremel to put a good slot in the heads and then use a slotted screwdriver to remove the screws. keep these as standard cos the allen head bolts always round off. if you want somewhere to run your car come down to mendip track just outside weston . got a fantastic straight and is a real blast to race NTC3's i know cos we race two of them have a look here http://www.mmmrc.org/

i dyed the wheels and wing on my ftx blaze last week ....... i even dyed the foam tyres that where on the wheels as well but seeing as the dye was black you couldn't really see any way, all i used was hot water dye from the local hardware shop, cost about £3.50 i think. just pop the dye and half a pint of water in the wifes best saucepan , add the wheels or whatever , boil for about ten minutes and yer done, apart from cleaning the saucepan .if she askes who it was just blame the kids .... works every time

nope , we're down in nailsea. i think the post on the maxbashing forum was to organise a bash up at blaze castle tho. take alook

hey bud ,heres an easy conversion and the cheapest yer gonna get, have a look at the new savage x. got 17mm wheels mounted onto standard mt axles . just had this setup on my lightning stadium and it works fab. in fact i 've got the setup for sale ,everything you need to mount 17mm wheels onto a lsp i've changed over to proper 17mm setup with cvds and all. if yer interested give me an email