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‘The AWD Mini-Z is initially available with the legendary Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 V Spec, but you also have the choice of many other bodies already made for the MR-01 and MR-015 chassis. ‘

awesome! more support for 01 chasssis in the form of 01 bodies… i like it!

*happydance*

i cannot wait for this… and next year they better make an awd overland!

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i picked up a alloy front bumper from Aaron last night. with a little trimming with a hobby saw it fits perfectly on my overland as well. i cannot stress how good the quality is with this alloy. Aarons demo truck loked awesome…

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Yeah – been fiddling with that servo again… 🙁

I”m happy with the results so far, it does drive and run nice in very limited on-ground testing, although it”s not built to be a straight line hero it shoudl still get up and move ok. If I get a chance tonight I”ll be sticking on some of the larger pinions to see if we can get the speed up a bit more.

I”m going to have to think about body choice some more though. Perhaps a SUV (Ford F150?) body will work best?

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lowered suv sounds mighty fine! something original that for sure!!! is there a blue f150 though?

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*drools all over the laptop i dont own*

now i know why i didnt bother with getting an 02… bring it on i say…. but whats it going to cost locally? $300 aud? expensive but i will definatly be starting all over again wih a 4wd subaru wrx…

all i want for chistmas is a ma-010!

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its tight, but quite competitive even with 2 cars side by side. id imagine that even more could be run with no troubles with some carefull driving.

you guys watch a lot of the v8 racing dontcha? how often do those guys actually make contact? what penalties apply for bad driving?

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sorry fellas, cant make it that weekend… have to head down to canberra on saturday evening but ill be back lter and be in dural for two weekends in a row…

thinking of ordering one of the new saber motors… 35 turns will let me run for longer than a 33 right?

dgs-the game came in the mail the other day, thanks for that!

Edited by – z-beam on 10 August 2005 20:21:42

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you lucky bastard!

i look forward to one day facing such a beast on the track!

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looks like fun betty!

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ill be there the weekend of the 19th. coming to see nine inch nails play at the hordern…

i beeter be packing some well tuned z’s this time, thanks again for lending me that motor pete!

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i had a lash with my meagre track (envious of your 24 matts kevsta!) with some freinds on the weekend, i set up both cars with stock motors and 9 tooth pinions. the supra had 20 degree rubbers on and i thought id try some hard tires up front with medium ones on the back of the lancer… so hard to steer at speed with the less grippy tires… way to much understeer… experiment with your set ups kevsta, youll be surprised!

i still prefer the foams at the moment to the 20degree all round. that little bit of loss of traction makes cornering more fun!

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sometimes i notice them just as i am about to go to the next page and sadly the back button loads up a new set of ads…

there was one that advertized overland off road tracks made of fibreglass that i wanted to see!

i too am still clicking them…

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nice concept Aaron! are you thinking of constucting this set-up?

((did you call me today?))

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didya get one TD? didya didya didya?

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aye, Aaron is correct here. they fit neither 4.8 nor 5.8 mm balls… untill somewhere that stocks 5mm balls appears you and i wont be using them! it would be nice if i-waver packaged them with the 5mm balls…

also they have no oil in them when you buy them. you have to put some in yourself… betty.k informed me of the correct procedure, i think youll find the write up in a thread about overlands…

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the tape should work fine alongside the hot glued pieces.

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the barriers dont have to be the full length of the mat, in fact id suggest following that tutorial almost to the letter as far as construction goes unless you want to keep the puzzle edges on all tiles like i did. there needs to be a gap in between the barriers so that the mats can disconnect properly.

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the pva didnt couldnt stand up to the might of my 6×2 stacked supra with foamies… i supose that i didnt wiat for the glue to dry could have added to the problem!

so much acceleration its not funny! and racing on a uniform surface makes a huge difference to tuning. this track will really invigorate the love for the mini-z i think!

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powesliding action has been acheived on the foam matts i bought to make a track. great fun!

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i used pva talldude but im sure a contact adhesive would work way better, but that stuff stinks and i like working indoors…

ive had a few runs on it so far dgs and im stoked, i cant wait to get my hands on another 4 to make more straights though.

kevsta the supplier ive found is pretty tight lipped, but very reasonable and keen to do buisness. same mats for 75% of the price than clark rubber… goes to show how much these chains try to monopolize the market…

at $24 for 4 mats im sure even with shipping from here you will still be able to get 24 for under $200.

did i mention how quick and easy this took to assemble? under 20 minutes for the 10 tiles i did, with a break for a ciggy and a beer included! waiting for the glue to dry is going to take longer!

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ok, big dave you wanted to know how well they connect? very well indeed! as i said, the grip is great but if you want to make it so there is zero slip there is the latex option…

heres the pic of the first stage, i think i will paint the edges with some watered down acrylic and possibly use some watered down black ink to get rid of the green…

http://community.webshots.com/photo/343150285/410514409zMgbnq#

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ok, i did some back reading on this thread… dgs hasnt mentioned this yet but i found a local independant hardware that has the tiles for $6.50 each and $24 for four of them. only come in green at the moment and thier box came with ones with holes cut out as well… i told them im not interested in the holy ones and they will be getting onto their supplier tomorrow (tuesday) to arrange more details…

i asked for black and red but you mentioned yellow did you dave?

i measured out 2.5 cm strips and had more than enough edges for 10 mats from one mat… id say one matt cut up can edge about 12-13 mats depending on how simple you want to go…

ill get some pics up of what ive done so you all can see the rushed job i did and the layout i can get with 10. im thinking 14 at least for me to satisfy all my whims and then possibly another 4 to do some bridges and chicanes with…

all 8 is going to do is make you want more! (plus you need to cut one up, so 7 aint gonna get you nowhere)…

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I was thinking a mix of both, ie. some high speed (ha) corners using the grippier side, and maybe a couple of low grip corners to keep people on their toes. The straights I guess dont matter in that respect

not possible dgs, the puzzle pattern only works one way so no mixing and matching unless you want to do some major fiddling…

how do i know? i went and got 11 peices myself today for under $65… one got hacked up and i made 6 corners and 4 strait sections. as soon as i can get more ill add some more straits.

i chose the rough side over the smooth for asthetic reasons i might have made a mistake but time will tell. i poured a bit of latex masking fluid (liquid latex) that i bought at a art store for $15 on one of the strait sections wich made it way more grippy. if you wanted you could treat the entire track in this but i might only apply it in some sections.

i ran out of pva for the last tile but had a few test runs and im really happy with it, there is great grip but i can still get the cars to slide out on corners with too much throtle applied. perfect in my books!

at the moment its a little too small to get up to top speed even with a stock motor but i suppose thats partly to blame on all the corners i wanted… it was either that or do 4x corners and 6x straits which would be a little boring…

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did you start with a rx-7 for your new shell?

really nice job that is! good luck!

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congrats ph2t!

nice pic by the way! its gotta go on the stores site!

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betty, i know how hard your xmods go. if you wanted to sell one name a price and im sure we could work something out…

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