- Hot Bodies TCX - Mike Haynes - Snowbirds - 30.01.2011 -

What pivot balls and ball ends did you use on your car? Does it eliminate the slop?
They are losi type r ends, perfect fit for the hb ballstud, yes no slop

How are you fitting 4mm of shims in total for the front wheelbase Mike? And also, what did you find using no sway bars did?
I have a normal 1 degree block dremeled to fit on the inside, it has a different offset

How wide do you run your car? Doesn't the HB typically run pretty narrow? Did you try an LTC-R at the race? Why'd you end up with the speed6?
Thanks, i ran my mod car more narrow for grip, but wanted stability for the stock car. The ltc was making the car very nosy and a bit hard to handel, so i swapped it out for stability sake.

Where can I get the 1.1 mm 3 hole pistons? Also what does having so little (2mm) of droop do? I run 8.5 mm of course on a different track. I was just wondering.
I have schuie 3 hole pistons in mine, and just drilled out the holes larger. My droop is measures in mm over ride height not total uptravel, so its not too much more...basically just keeps the car flatter in the chicanes.

Which spec r gears diffs r u running in your tcx and what mods did you have to do to make them work?
The bd5 ones, 40tooth, you will need a top photon front belt and a 195 rear belt (i have a serpent one), the hb bones will work if you use the hb blades from the metal diff outdrive, you just have to shave the ball down slightly to fit in the diff outdrives.

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