The Dayton Rally Cup Rally Car Event was held on April sixteenth on the our native Rally hotspot, the Crest Community Church in Riverside, California. We weren’t solely there to blast across the tremendous cool Rally course, however to additionally have fun the birthday of certainly one of our members, Dayton Lowe. Pizza, drinks, Rally automobiles and a wholesome camaraderie – all of the issues that make a tremendous occasion.
CompetitionX was there working 2 automobiles – the Tamiya XV-02 within the Open Rally class and Team Associated’s Apex2 Sport A550 within the Spec class. We additionally ended up working one other member’s Dakar truck (thanks Frank) and having a blast with it – we’ve acquired a type of at present within the build-up stage for the subsequent Rally occasion!!!
Let’s take a detailed take a look at each of our rides.
1. Tamiya XV-02
Our XV-02 is comparatively inventory, solely including a couple of components for the ‘cool’ issue greater than for efficiency. Carbon entrance and rear shock towers have been the one main upgrades added. We did swap out the middle spur gear from the Tamiya pitch to 48P, permitting us to make use of a bigger vary of pinion gears that we have already got.
The solely different modifications we did was so as to add fluid to the entrance and rear differentials – 7k within the entrance, 3k within the rear.
Complete Package:
Chassis: Tamiya XV-02 Rally Car
Servo: Hitec DB777WP Low Profile Servo
ESC: Reedy Blackbox 410R Brushless ESC
Motor: Reedy Sonic 540 21.5T Brushless Motor
Battery: ProTek 2S 5000mAh Si-Graphene HV LiPo Stick Battery
Radio: Futaba 4PM Radio System
Tires: Jetko AVANTGUARDE Tires/Claw Wheels
The XV-02 was on fireplace all day – simple to drive, simple to float and explosive energy even with a 21.5T motor. The automotive was positively quicker than we have been as proven by our fast 1:35 second lap on our 2nd run. This was the quickest run of the day by about 5 seconds, one thing we actually wanted after our horrible 1:51 lap on our first run (instructed you the automotive was quicker than we have been!).
At the top of the day, although, that 1:51 harm us, dropping a primary place end by lower than a second. It’s okay, figuring out the automotive has huge potential, we’ll take a P2 any day.
2. Team Associated A550
While not our first time on this observe with Team Associated’s Apex2 Sport A550, it was the primary official race with the Rally automotive within the Spec class. Although we’ve put just a little bit of labor into it, we weren’t fairly positive how nicely this automotive would do in competitors and timed runs. Changes embrace a full set of Fast Eddy Bearings, oil-filled shocks off of the Apex Hoonigan Hoonicorn, carbon fiber towers, fluid within the entrance and rear diffs (7k entrance, 3k rear) and a fluid crammed middle diff (7k). We additionally swapped out the servo (for higher drift management) and the radio system (so we don’t must have TWO radios on the occasion).
Complete Package:
Chassis: Team Associated Apex2 Sport A550 Rally Car
Servo: Hitec D625MW Metal Gear Servo
ESC: Stock – Reedy SC500X
Motor: Stock – Reedy Sport 550 Motor
Battery: ProTek 2S 5000mAh Shorty HV LiPo Battery
Radio: Futaba 4PM Radio System
Tires: Tamiya Rally Blocks
That unsure-of-its-performance feeling rapidly drifted away after a stellar Round 1 run, crossing the loop with a time down within the mid 1:40’s (as compared, most open automobiles are within the low 1:40’s). Rounds 2 and three additionally went nicely, giving the A550 its first victory within the Rally Series. It was fast on acceleration and that Hitec servo/Futaba radio combo made it extremely simple to drive. Time to wash it up and get it prepared for the subsequent race!
We’d prefer to thank Dayton for the pizza, the ‘Gerb’ for at all times pushing me to go quicker and the entire SoCal RC Rally Runners crew for an additional enjoyable occasion.
If you’ve ever needed to attempt Rally, that is the place to do it. A really laid again ambiance with a fantastic group of individuals at all times prepared that will help you get your automotive’s in tip-top racing situation!
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