XRAY - Model racing cars

Mario, are you going to get Zacks set-up on the Xray site? Bright future for this kid!

Thanks, Phil

Thank you!

Hello
This is Zack's Dad, and as i do all of the set-ups on Zacks trucks , [with a lot of help from my good friend Dean ] , I would be happy to share our set-ups with everyone.

The following is the set-up that we used at the 18th scale Truck Nationals with the Xray M18MT , the same set-up was used on the M18T, with only the tires being different.....

Front shocks - Xray aluminum , 70 wt. oil
Rear shocks - Xray aluminum 40 wt. oil
mounting positions same on both - top center , bottom outer
front toe - 1/2 degree toe-in
rear toe stock with stock tie-rods
Xray aluminum steering blocks front
Xray aluminum drive shafts front and rear
sway bar front only
motor and speed control - Tekin Mini Rage 5.4 KV brushless system
Tires - Duratrax monster street tires, Front sidewalls glued
Batteries - Team Scream 6-cell matched IB 1400's

I think that about covers it , I'll be happy to answer any questions if I can help out.
Regards, Jim and Zack Barry

Hello
shock springs used were blue assoc.
foam compounds were hard fronts, purple/orange , soft rear gray or magenta Trued to 46mm [ made my own wheels by cutting the ribs off Xray ones and gluing 12/th scale donuts on them.

shock pistons were 2 hole front and rear
ride height was lowered using limiters on pistons
we are currently running same rear toe, however we will be experimenting with this in Sept when the indoor carpet season starts up again
The track was a very tight one , with very tight turns , multiple whoops and tall jumps
Traction compound was definately used [paragon ]

hope this answers all your questions
Regards, Jim and Zack

Hi jzbarry,

I have got a question about your set-up. Wich limiters do you use? 1mm or 1.2 mm?

We use the extra shock pistons [ I believe they are 1 mm thick ] , carefully snip away the outer edge making them as narrow as possible so that they don't block oil flow through piston holes.

Jim

Hello
As for shock springs , we are now using the Xray NT18T springs , Part # 388192

The foam compounds refer to the type of foam donuts that we made by glueing them to Xray wheels , then truing down to size [45-46 mm ]. The fronts are a purple orange combination , with the outer sidewall being harder compound than the inside [ dual compound ] .
The rear foams that we run are of a softer compound [ magenta ] .
After much testing of different tire compounds this is the best combination that we have found for running on Ozite carpet track.