Fermoy Model Car Club ~ Munster RC Car Club

The idea of this class is to make RC racing more acessable to new members. The steep learning curve a new member faces when he starts racing will be an awful lot less in this class due to the cars being front wheel drive and with their limited adjustability. The cars will have to run the factory Tyres, motor, shocks and speed controller, this will help keep the cars performance even and the costs down. The new class will be open to all ages from young to old.

Ok! in order to guage the intrest in this I've started this tread, If everyone who's interested put their name forward, I'm sure we can save on postage if we buy them all in one go. What we have to discuss is what cars are allowed to run and what hopups are allowed.
As far as cars there is really only three choices, the old style Mini, tends to be a little bit more expensive than the new shape, the new shape cheapest, and the Suzuki Swift most expensive but has the addition of 8 bearings. I think all cars should run the standard silver can motor, the ESC it comes with, the origional friction dampers, and tyres. I think we should allow the fitting of the bearing kit, Battery? Lipo or not? Springs? gearing? What we dont want is someone doing something to the car that makes it faster than everyone elses, let it be all down to the driver, and if someone keeps winning all the time we can handicap him by taping his hands behind his back! One idea, if the motors are easy to change we could pool all the motors and pick one each, everynight before racing.

http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 0309069457

Old style Mini M-03 chassis
• Chassis Type: M-03
• Scale: 1/10
• Overall Length: 315mm
• Overall Width: 167mm
• Wheelbase: 210mm
• Chassis Weight: 855g
• Tread F/R: 138mm
• Tire Width/Diameter F/R: 27/59mm
• Gear Ratio: 5.8:1
• Body: Polycarbonate
• Frame: Polycarbonate monocoque type
• Suspension: Four wheel independent double wishbone system
• Motor: 540 Type Motor Included
• Radio Control Unit: 2 Channel (available separately)

http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 0274066806

New style Mini M-03L chassis
• Chassis Type: M-03L
• Scale: 1/10
• Length: 13.86 inches (352mm)
• Width: 6.61 inches (168mm)
• Wheelbase: 9.41 inches (239mm)
• Front Tread: 5.43 inches (138mm)
• Rear Tread: 5.43 inches (138mm)
• Weight: 1.94 lbs. (878g)
• Chassis: ABS Monocoque
• Suspension: 4 wheel independent
• Damper Type: Plastic coil over friction
• Drive Train: Sealed gearbox
• Engine: Electric 540
• Gear Ratio: 5.8:1
• Differential Type: Bevel Gear
• Wheels & Tires: 5-spoke / Radial
• Body Type: Clear/Polycarbonate

http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 0313051132

Suzuki Swift M-03M Chassis
• Polycarbonate body depicts the Suzuki Swift Super 1600 which took part in the Junior World Rally Championship
• Middle wheelbase (225mm) version of the front motor, front drive M03 chassis
• Includes lightweight F/R uprights and total of 8 1050 ball bearings
• Front mounted motor; 2WD front wheel drive
• 4-wheel independent double-wishbone suspension with friction dampers provides excellent handling
• Chassis mid-ship battery layout improves balance for superb control and consistent cornering
• Includes diff gear and high performance 540 type motor
• Tread pattern rubber tires with inner sponge

And one especially for Eugene!
http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 0003203912

And the bearing kit.
http://cgi.ebay.ie/Tamiya-M03-M04-Beari ... 240%3A1318

http://cgi.ebay.ie/Tamiya-M02-M03-FF02- ... 240%3A1318

I love the swift and the bigwig :D

How much dearer is trhe swift ?
can you get prices for all three ?

the price is on the ebay link above each photo!

DOH..!!  :geek:

I really dont mind

I will go with the crowd  :cheers:

The only mod i would reccomend is alloy front hubs
nothing else is needed  :cheers:

I want the swift :) They look class >> Count me in on this an Pat H too....

Count niall and myself in big time. I would recommend looking at  http://www.rc-mini.net/MiniWeb_Online/Main.html for all info on the MO3 especially modifications - what are good and how they effect the car. Check under the http://www.rc-mini.net/MiniWeb_Online/Mini_For_Dummies.html

I dont think it matters which M03  you get as they are all equal on performance and improvements/modifications seem to be just for reliability.
Bring it on[/quote]

So at the end of the day ,,,,

How much is it going to cost  for the wife to race???

you see at another link that she wants to run my ec..next wed and she is ..
See how that goes ... going to cost me a small bomb

That wouldnt work

We al know how some members lok after their cars/motors

One guy treat it like a baby.
End up getting the motor belonging to a member that never even cleaned dust out of it  :geek:

Have one of these in the shed with last 5 years used it a couple
of times ran it with a 27 turn in it for a while and chewed its gearbox
twice with a 27 good fun tho. If I come up wednesday i can bring it if
peeps want a look???