New pair of shoes, new outfits!

going to slow-birds tomorrow with Richard, young. there should be lots of ppl tomorrow!

I like the new paint look, look so Tamiya! haha

Going to race at Horsharm! with New wiring

I will finally get to run at the horsharm indoor carpet this Sunday, Ray Murray who organised this "slow-birds" was kind enough to have this race on Sunday for rest of us!

to get ready for this race I 'm doing few things.

I soldered input wires on back of a Tekin RS then soldered Deans in 90 degrees to get wiring more simple and also save some high gravity mounted weight, 2pc of 12 AWG in few inches should be meaningful weight on car's cornering weight.

but...I can't shrink wrap the wires, I quit smoking 2years ago and got rid of all the matches, lighters and candles!

I'm going to start off with Greg sharpe's set up for the track but that 2deg front anti dive and the 41t Fr pulley kinda got me worried. oh well!

Here I come another roller coaster race day! 1st time on the horsharm, totally different set up! 3 cups of coffee!!

CANT WAIT!

New adventure!

I'm proud to let my type-R fellows to know I became a exclusive distributor for the Sweep racing, well known for their 1/0th and 1/8th off road tires.

me and all my friends done testing for our all new "EXP30" tires and I can tell you this tires we like to called it a SUPER SOREX.

test was performed in west coast, central US, and of cos here in east coast as well.

the home page is still in early stage of it's life but I expect all my type-R fellowships to be there, and make some buzz in the forums where you usually go!

the link is located on top of this page.

Back to BASICS!

Thank you very much Greg Sharpe! you done everything for me that day!

Went to racing at RCM last Sunday came back so tired i finally have some time to write in here.

I had no traction again at that track again, that got me and Greg Sharpe, the Bear all feeling weired about my car, ride height, damping, all fine! but car spins out as soon as I get back on the gas after the Apex.

so I messed up in 1st and 2nd qualifying run horrible time, right before the 3rd round I felt Greg's type-R diff and decide rebuilt mine.

my diff was very lose from 2 weeks ago I ran it like that but didn't rebuilt before this race and what happened was I spun that diff so fast for so many run the diff had no grease on it but felt smooth cause being so lose! it's like having a gear diff on it, only difference was mine had no power going on any of my rear wheels! the gear diff transform power at least to the wheel that lifting!

after the rebuilt car ran fine but while I was practing I got T-bone perfect and destroyed my Novak XXTRA RX! me and buddies trying to solder this RX back on line but not good, Greg sharpe lend me a NEW M8 and a RX for me to run in 3rd heat and Main.

so after all that rushing changing radio gear here at 3rd and last round kinda b main qualifiers all got together packed in 10 car race, as you guessed it. we went to dog fight! we bite, kick hacked each other so bad none of us improved their own time. what a bunch of animals! man I hate all of you! and they hate me too. hahah

here come I'm in 7th in the B main, I decide to try a set of Sweep racing EXP30 tires that I start importing, my car had so much grip and so much faster everywhere I was leading that B main after few laps. then I bobbled a little few passed me then I went Mike Tyson through every corner, FULL speed on that sweeper after a main straightaway, BAM! hit the CRC click barrier, bounce off to the outside barrier SO HARD, I broke A-arm of cos AND A front shock tower!


a lesson I learned from this race: every basic component of my type-R needs my attention too!

what good is low roll center, Tekin 203, turbo this and that! if your Diff is slipping all over the place!! go check the basic components of the machine first!

Good NEWS!

here is what Vito C (manger of NYC hobby) wrote today on the RCtech

"hello gentleman,

all i can say is i'm truly sorry for not posting the truth is
i was embrassed i didn't have any info for you guy's
and i didn't know what to say.i'm sorry

now for some info as most you know we closed 12/15 and had the mover
bring all the stuff to the new building.before i can start the landlord needs
to have keyspan connect the gas for the heat pat says that should happen
this week then i could start working.problem is my end of the work is gonna
take 6 weeks there's alot to do there i will try to get it done asap.right now
all i'm doing is waiting on pat so i could start,which i hope is soon being out
work sucks.....i will keep you updated as often as i can.

thanks for stickin'
with me
veetz"

I know I wrote here in my blog that track's not going to happen and I did say that cause my source is very reliable too, BUT the most trust worthy source is Vito himself, and I know Vito would not BS with us for this kinda matter.

until the track open I'm just going to keep my hope high and give them all the support as I can.

Hope to see ya at the Queens track!

A note to myself

I have to believe in myself ALWAYS!

my opinion first on my work or on my machine!

forget what others saying!

I was at race last week trying out the Tekin 203 for the first time I had my own formula to figured out the end RPM, my car was flying in TC but Friend of mine who suffered in 1/12th scale needs my help on his Tekin. I was going to enter XXXX RPM but another buddy of us who is national level in 1/12th scale keep asking me to enter higher value, much higher.

well I wasn't sure for a 1/12th scale made conformist and entered between number of his and mine on the ESC.

the result wasn't as I wanted (not fast enough)

today I read on the Tekin thread and found out my calculation was exactly correct!!

I could would, should

Indoor carpet racing at Staten island, NY

For all of us who had our heart broken yesterday, here is a good news for you.

the SIRCC, where I raced allot with them last summer got permit granted by NYC Park dept to have a race in one of their indoor facility.

here is a link to the thread about it, should be around 80ft by 50ft size carpet track.

The address is: Pier Ste 6 Murry Hulbert Ave, Staten Island, NY‎

stay tuned!

The end of a dream

There will be no indoor track in queens by NYCH.

Raced at RCM yesterday

first race in 2.5 month and the place had no heat.

16F outdoor snow storm!

36F! indoor!!

the track had no traction but their local had their work done and had some traction.

also the freezing car, my frozen blue screen brain caused few shattered parts.

enough about crying.

I did few testing on the new sweep tires and the New Tekin 203 software, my 17.5 duo 2 equipped machine ran in 10.5 speed, it was just insane to drive.

I tried few setup change to gain rear traction but I don't think I went soft enough on the springs or long enough on a camber rod, my shocks felt like a 800CST oil with a 400CST in it!

I Qualified on 4th behind 3 top Local drivers and DNF in a Main race with a shattered servo horn.

they might have a heater installed by this weekend, I will make sure they have heaters installed before make a trip to their annual January JAM on Jan/17/2010

The Power of a Tekin 203

This crime scene was done by Robbie dodge (current ROAR TC champion) he just tapped throttle on the bench for the first time and see what happened!

thats with a 17.5 too!!!!

I tried mine with out a pinion this morning, as soon as I squeezed the throttle I heard some crazy screaming from my motor that I never heard before! I had to let off the throttle right away!

I can't wait till this Sunday!

for other ESC users, this Sunday will be a crime scene!

Happy new year!

Hope you all have a wonderful new year and peace on earth!