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i still have to paint on the silver trim.. also there is auctually a real wood texture in the mold so the paint will kinda look woody which is kinda cool(only in the wooded areas) this one still needs some cleanup.. but it was more or less a test body for me to play with to learn how to paint this body..
Oh yea this is a ZIP ZAP body!! and fits directly to the tabs currently on the chassis. it just snaps on just like a regular body.
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comthe key is keeping it in direct light. if you can keep it in direct light you woiuld be in better shape.. why would you not just compltely run the car from solar? if its a issue of juice just slap on another panel. if the panels are getting good light and are producing their max output you should be just fine.
http://www.siliconsolar.com/unicells.htm
get some of the small ones.. or get some scrap solar cells this way you can play..
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Super Special Stage
A stage with two parallel tracks, specially set up to allow pairs of rally cars to literally race against each other without actually being on the same road.Custom bodys: Ferari 250 GTO, 69 doge charger, Micro Cooper, Beemer 320i Turbo, Baha Beatle, New Beatle Rsi Porche 911
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comtwo people were killed when a rally car lost control last weekend in a club rally in penn. i believe it was called the sawmill rally… the people were where they shouldnt have been.. this is the biggest issue with having rallys over here. The SCCA (sports car club of america) does what it can to prevent this kind of event, however spectators dont listen. The result is someone gets hit by a car. Legal battles resulting from this may hinder the growth of rallys because if a rally worker, who is a voulnteer gets the blame placed on him or her, others may not want to voulnteer just so some dumb spectator jumps out onto a track to take a pic. Nobody wants that kinda responsibility. in some cases Stage captains/workers, may have to deal with hundreds of people trying to spectate a stage. All it takes is one car to lose control and many people can get hurt. The SCCA does take measures to prevent this type of occurance. but there are always a few people that manage to sneak through the woods to a dangerous area.. I have worked on rallys befor where stages were shut down because of specators. they were just appearing where they shouldnt be. Rally officials do give and encourage stages designated as spectator stages. in many cases they will even shuttle the people to and from the areas where people can spectate. these areas provide a great viewing oppertunity, are staffed with rally workers and are designated as safe areas.
i just think its a shame. i hope that lawsuits dont eliminate the pro rally circuit from the states!!
oh. i also posted those photo albums
http://tonyspics.home.comcast.net/rally/rallyphotos.html
and
http://turb00.home.comcast.net/rally/rallypics.htmlalbums have links to eachother.. one album has tons of pics from the expo. the other has pics from the start of what ended up being the final stage of the rally…
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.comcast.netEdited by – spanky on 11 July 2003 02:31:03
ahh yea thats different… however once again. its done using temporary bleachers.. and with the recend deaths in the USA last weekend we might see a definate decline in rallying. its a shame..
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comhumm im still not sure what your talking about.. the only large spectator thing that they have at these is usually held at some type of large arena.. sometimes soccer or football fields… or better yet very large parks…that is where they set up a service area, as well as have the main expo.. as far as on the auctual stages i doubt that would auctually happen.. they race on real roads, not a closed circuit.. sure the roads are closed at the time. but they are not racing on a “race track” so any construction of anything would have to be temoprary, unless the owner of the land were to build it. usually the only bleachers that i have seen are erected at the finish lines..
now i have heard that there are some closed circuit rallys thats completely different. that would be like covering laguna seca with dirt and throwing in a few chicanes, and some jumps… it would almost be like stadium truck racing.. which i dont think is nearly as fun..
i think the most important thing that is needed over here to get the wrc is a much larger fan base. plus the introduction of the citron, skoda, and the reintroduction of the peugot over here would probably help also…
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comi think these bodys would make great prizes should a contest be started up!!!
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comwell i dont see what the stadium would be needed for.. WRC rallys take place on roads not in stadiums. spectators line the sides of the roads at safe spots (areas where they are least likely to get run over). and as far as the speeding goes. it depends on the rally i know that LSPR and one other rally disqualify racers if they are caught speeding. Rim of the world rally does not disqualify speeders.. they just have to pay the ticket.
and there was a mini raced at the rim rally this year. a new one. i got pics. hopefully i will have time to finish the photoalubm tonite…
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comwell.. the WRC probably wont make it to the states for another 4-5 years.. there is just not enough spectators, or interest for it here yet.. so cars like the Citroen, Peugot, Skoda… will probaly not be seen over here. This race is very similar to the WRC, There are slight differences. in fact every rally in the states may have slightly differnt rules.. for example some rallys dont permit speeding while in trahsit to a stage. if you get caught speeding you are disqualified. I believe that speeding to get to a stage in WRC is permitted.. Also with the SCCA rallys hhere in the states there are several different classes.. so the first 10 -15 cars you see will most likely be cars with major sponsors. after that there are many 2wd and awd cars that are driven by smaller race teams. many of which just race as a hobby.
The idea is the same. fast cars, fast roads.. race through stages and transit to the next. both have jumps and also race some of the stages on tarmac.. but from what ive seen here in the states most of the racing is done on dirt…
WRC races may have a hundred thousand people come for an event. a rally in the USA may have ten thousand attend. however rallying in the states is growing every year.
personally i would just love to get one of those Citroens to rally over here. but i have also been pondering the idea of getting an old ice cream truck to rally… complete with the good humor uniform, and music… it would be a hoot!!!
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comdriver Ramana Lagemann
co-driver Michael Orr
the vid had the #5 subie..the #4 subie was driven by
driver Mark Lovell
co-driver Steve TurveyCustom bodys: Ferari 250 GTO, 69 doge charger, Micro Cooper, Beemer 320i Turbo, Baha Beatle, New Beatle Rsi Porche 911
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comcool i probably have pics of that then.. do you know what years he raced? buffum won the POR at least 4 times and his team took it a few other times.. Rod Millen also won it 4 or five times in the early eightys… the only plymoth arrow that won it was in 1977..(i loved those cars…) the triumph TR-7 was also a rally winner… and when the RX-7 came out it won quite a few with rod millen driving.. i believe Millen went on to drive stadium trucks.. and baha trucks and other rally… but after the mid to late 80’s he didnt hit the off road rally circuit to much…
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comwell if your dad was racing a suburban then he wasnt racing John Buffum.. the suburban back in the day would have been a completely different class than the cars buffom was racing.(audi quatro). if your dad raced after 1993 then it was just a TSD rally or Time Speed Distance, which any car can run in… I worked on the POR the last 7 years it was run as an off road performance rally(simmilar to WRC) and i honestly dont remember a suburban ever being rallyed.. but i could be wrong.. can you find some old pics?
i found a cool pic of a datsun 510 jumping at the 1981 POR. this stage is located on the shores of the portage canal in houghton michigan…
i checked out that site but couldnt find anything about mileage and stuff… but thanks.
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.com64×64 is approximately twice the size of your current avitar.. but not as big as the bitpimps avitars. which i believe have a max of 80×80.
yea having an avitar library would be awesome. maybe just putting a page loaded with them along with the direct link so that we could copy and paste it into avitar field.. although having a clickable library would be cool too…
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comdo you know what the total stage mileage is for that rally? i was kinda disapointed with the Rim of the world rally. it was cool, but just not very long. something like 200 something miles with transit and stage miles.. I grew up working on the Lake Superior Pro Rally (LSPR). LSPR i believe has well over 500 miles of stage and transit.. or the Press On Regardless (POR) as it used to be known. I would have to say that one of my favorite cars is still John Buffoms Audi. the LSPR is spread over a much bigger area than the Rim Rally, and i would guess that there are about 3-4x as many people at the LSPR there are also many more different stages. The Rim rally ran many stages twice, in the same direction. wheres the challenge in that. they should at least run it backwards the second time!
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comI love the blues in it now.. if i would change anything about them i would maybe tone them down a bit… other than that the only thing im not crazy about is when there are 3 or 4 replys to a post of mine, i get an email for each reply. i have seen other forums that only send you one e-mail for the first reply. and then once youve read it if more replys are made you will get another e-mail.. but only one at a time for a specific topic… i have noticed sometimes i have 8 or 9 emails all for the same topic.
other than that this place is rocking!!!
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comyea ive seen these. and they do look very nice.. i just want to have an american paint job.. the america rally cars are a tad bit different from the wrc cars as far as decals go..
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comhumm im still torn on the benifit of a an alum heat sink.. even with a dual cell my motor never even gets warm… IMO the heat sink is just a marketing ploy to make more money by selling more accessorys…
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i just finished another mold using a different material. i plan on posting pics and everything soon. all previous casts have been done with silicone. this one was done with rubber. and i must say it turned out excellent. i poured the first body befor i left for work. so when i get ohome i will know how it turned out. anyway the quality of the cast is top notch. the rubber is a bit harder than the silicone, which i think is good. but we will see when the results from the first body are seen…
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.compics are of the engine. and the rest of the exterior.. its the easy street motorsports world record holder…
http://www.easystreetmotorsports.comthey were at the rally and had a display with all of their different modification packages.. the ESX, the ESX500 (500hp), and the ESX740 (800hp)
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now im getting confused.. sentra pulsars.. 180.. all different here and there.
anyway this is a pic simmilar to what i have.. mine is white with stock wheels…
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comi want this 800hp monster!!
i have more pics of it.. engine interior ect..
but i wouldnt be opposed to a prodrive wrx either… i think the prodrives look a lot better…
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comim not talking about speed at all. If you use the dyno as shown in the pic on the front of this post and dont account for the size of the spindle that the tire is spinnning on your readings will be off for RPM’s.
Yea, you basically just restated what i said.. I never said that MPH was an issue. however to get correct RPM readings you have to know the ratio from the rear wheel to the spindle. if you dont do this calculation are you assuming that the spindle is the same as the rear wheel of the car. This does matter!
either way, once you find out the correct RPM’s you can calculate the exact mph for the car. by using the circumference.. in fact through calculation you can find out the max speed under no load. taking namunas results and doing the math with the specific gearing ratios that you use in the car… for example a 12:1 ratio would suggest that for every 12 revolutions of the motor the wheel will make 1 rev. from there you know the wheel rpm.. with the wheel rpm and wheel circumference you can find distance traveled per min. and your mph…
We are basically both talking about different ways of measuring rpm.. Namuna was using the slot in the wheel. where as your machine can also measure RPM if you do the calculations. in fact you should create a spreadsheet on your computer so you just enter in the speed, and the gear ratio.. and through formulas it spits out rpm…
cool thing is. namuna can figure out what the rpm and speed are for no load.(other than the wheel) your setup can find speed and rpm with the load of the car…
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comwell if you know the ratios then you dont need to change the sizes.. just figure out the circumferences and use the formulas..
i dont have a ruler with me but im assuming a bit wheel is about 5mm diameter. so that would be roughly a 15.7mm circum. if its like stated above. that would be a 2:1 gearing ratio.. so what ever your computer is reading is exactly one half of the auctual output. the ratio comes from the 31.4mm/15.7mm, or 2:1.
so you can stay with your same setup. just figure out what the circumference of the wheel your comp is running from.
Hey Micro. i think you might be a bit better with this than me. but am i thinking in the correct direction. or am i just babbeling?
I have also heard that RCmod is getting some new motors in sometime in the next few days. hopefully its that monster that weve all been wating for.. (i want a 60,000 rpm motor that kicks booty with one cell)
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comyea its not really that hard to do.. the difficult part is in putting everything back together.. either way check out http://www.questformadness.com look at mod #8 and it will show you how to do it.
be aware that some slot car springs are taller than others. and you dont want yours to go to the top of the steering knuckle. the pic on that site shows a good idea of how high the spring should be. if yours is too tall just use some scissors and trim a little from one. end of the spring. it wont hurt the car.
and dang 18.00 that that must be in aus money.. i picked up a few over here for 3.99
anywayif your still having troubles doing it post back and i will take some pics my self and help you out the best i can.. ‘
good luck!:clown:
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comyea its not really that hard to do.. the difficult part is in putting everything back together.. either way check out http://www.questformadness.com look at mod #8 and it will show you how to do it.
be aware that some slot car springs are taller than others. and you dont want yours to go to the top of the steering knuckle. the pic on that site shows a good idea of how high the spring should be. if yours is too tall just use some scissors and trim a little from one. end of the spring. it wont hurt the car.
and dang 18.00 that that must be in aus money.. i picked up a few over here for 3.99
anywayif your still having troubles doing it post back and i will take some pics my self and help you out the best i can..
good luck!:clown:
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