Yesterday we run round 2 of our summer national series here in Finland, for me the second race with the 417 V5. The Ylistaro track is a very small and tight track and not a favourite one by any means, the track is however quite close to home and in the end the race turned out ok with the grip coming up nicely during the race.

Below the setup I used. A few changes for the slow stop-start circuit to make the car a bit more stable. The setup was no way perfect but decent. As the grip came up a lot I'm sure more speed could have been found with some changes as it was now setup to be too secure.

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My 417 Worlds Uppder Deck Mod

In response to questions about the upper deck mod I had on my car at the Worlds, here are 2 pictures to explain.

The idea was to have the upper deck only attached to the front & rear bulkheads.

To hold the spur gear axle in place I used cut #53932 0.5mm roll centre spacers and the super low profile #51211 3x5mm flat screws. Then just raised the upper deck with 1.5mm spacers.

The cente hole on the roll center spacers together with the slotted opening at either end are perfectly spaced for the holes in the motor mount / right middle bulkhead so you only need to cut off a bit at one end of the roll centre spacer.