AAAhh!!! wipe out!

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- March 19, 2003 at 7:58 am #10298
  Project-X
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  after i installed the 2.6 motor my bit goes crazy, i can’t even control it. it keeps on doing dounuts, and im just preesing forward. wut can i do?
- March 19, 2003 at 2:23 pm #36744
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  Could it be the steering bar underneath the car isn’t set straight? If not, im not sure.
- March 19, 2003 at 2:41 pm #36749
  dgs73
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  Hard to say what could be up… it went straight before you dropped 2.6 in, yeah?? Could be tracking, too slick a surface, etc. Try softer tyres on the back for abit more traction, or even throw some high speed gears in… My 27MHz gtr had similar issues last week, after throwing in a lucifer turning was briefly given up on… donut central!! Chucked in the aqua gears, and found i gained some steering control back, but that was gradually lost as the thing gained speed. Fiddle around with different tyres/ratios and you should find something you’re happy with…:smiley2:
- March 19, 2003 at 3:03 pm #36714
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  Buy a new one, simple fix!!!
  
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- March 19, 2003 at 3:22 pm #36716
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  What surface are you driving on? Perhaps a different set of tyres might help, but if you’re not even close to controlling it as it is, then a change of tyres probably won’t completely rectify it either.
  
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- March 20, 2003 at 3:31 am #39814
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  maybe check the rear axle that the wheel with the gear on it has not come a little bit llose..this was causeing my bit to spin out when i did the dual cell mod..i pulled it off and glued it back on and it was fine…
  
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- March 20, 2003 at 8:19 pm #36393
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  i was playing with my bit again to see wut might the problem be, and it looks like i need some soft tires. for example if i press a direction and then press forward, the bit will do massive dounuts. and if i go straight and then press a direction the car will kinda drift a bit and the turning circle is very wide, and when i let go of all the buttons it does a 180…plz let me know if any of u have this problem too.
- March 20, 2003 at 8:44 pm #36375
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  thats a very strange thing to happen with a 2.6, i only ever got that problem with hard bit racer tyres and a 3.0
  
  maybe the soft tyres will help. i reckon a set of springs would aswell
  
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- March 20, 2003 at 9:02 pm #36378
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  yah…..i know…..my friend has the same problem too.
- March 22, 2003 at 5:19 pm #36056
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  are you racing on a smooth surface like a varnished table? get a few sheets of mdf board and spray them (ruffness adds surface so be a bit messy OUTSIDE) black, matt black. only cost you bout $15 (the same price as tyreset) and it will get you half way at building a track.
  
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- March 23, 2003 at 3:32 am #36118
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  Surface. Have you tried it on a mat or low-low pile(?) carpet?
  
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- March 23, 2003 at 5:33 pm #36129
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  i was playing with my bit again to see wut might the problem be, and it looks like i need some soft tires. for example if i press a direction and then press forward, the bit will do massive dounuts. and if i go straight and then press a direction the car will kinda drift a bit and the turning circle is very wide, and when i let go of all the buttons it does a 180…plz let me know if any of u have this problem too.
  
  i get the exact same thing when i use a satin varnished coffee table.
- March 23, 2003 at 9:35 pm #36080
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  i get that on lino with my booster 3.5 at full boost
  
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- March 24, 2003 at 1:39 am #36092
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  i like doing massive donuts. guess ther is no pleasing some people :p
  
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