what T count is on the motors?

Outstanding! Did you ever finish this vintage Sand Scorcher refurb?

Terrible track design. Draw it out in linear form and you'll see its bad design. The cars are too fast for that track. The cars are only using 20% of the corner but they can still complete the double jump. The cars have more ability than the track is designed for. 2nd and 3rd over jump and slam onto the landing zone which costs them more time.

Gossip. That's 10 push ups! Now, let's get back to work! Let's look at that 1st photo behind you. That's a terrible set up tuning. That buggy I'd sagging in the rear end. It's also got a lot of body roll. It's also got massive body twist happening. It's SO bad that the inside front tyre has lifted off the track. The outside rear wheel has massive camber problems. You should be ashamed of that photo. That buggy is at the worst possible tuning setting for that location on the track. Just look at the angle of the front and rear wings. Those things are supposed to be level. Do you understand wings, mate? If a plane has wings angled down like that, Which way will the plane fly? Maybe you should take the wings off the buggy and get your tuning working for you. Obviously, your wings aren't helping you.

This is actually very bad. Your 2WD is not even turning. It's supposed to be spinning the rear wheels and having big over steering positions. But you've got it turning like a badly set-up 4WD. You've gone around the corner but the car hasn't started turning yet. Toe on the rear is for controlling the POWER SLIDE effect on the rear end. You're not even in a power slide situation. You keep slowing down before the corners and never get into a power slide drift. You corner and stop. Start off by observing what the track designer has built. 1st corner is a corner designed for a high speed car to gradually slow down to a very tight turn. YOU slow down before you get halfway. But as you slow down you almost hit the edge of the track. 2WD cars begin the turn when you touch the brakes. You're doing corners way too early. You must be in the middle of the track and brake later at halfway round that big turn. You need lots of speed to turn the rear end and power slide at the very last moment of the corner. Your car is set-up as a very bad tail dragger when it corners. 2WD"s DON'T trail drag around corners. You DON'T WANT grip. You power slide around corners. Racing is power slide driving. Tail dragging is not going fast. Tail dragging is SAFE driving.

So, raise the car, stiffen the rear end, reduce the steering performance, soften the front end, give it some body roll ability . If that fails you'll have to switch to toe out wheel alignment and start slamming the car into corners at a greater speed and when you back off the acceleration, the car will start the turn by itself. Toe out will cause you to turn early. The middle of the track is your ideal practice and set-up the car line. The middle line is the fastest line around a track. You MUST do your testing on a circle track. When your car is at half throttle, it's sagging in the rear. You haven't done a basic set up yet. Level the car when it's at half throttle. Drive it in circles and tune the car to be at half throttle and on the middle line of the circle track. Tune the front end to be a toe out setting and still be at half throttle and in the middle of the circle track. When you go around corners, I want to see the car in an over steer position during the middle of the corner. That means the rear end must be stepping out and wheelspining . I don't want to see the car gripping corners. I want to see you drifting around corners at high speed. Failure to do this results in 10 push ups!

After the second double jump there's 2 right hand turns and then there's a left corner. That left corner is off camber and it exposes your car is too low and it causes your suspension to Max out and spin the rear end. Your car needs to be raised up and the front end must be soft enough to hold the line for that off camber left turn. You car saggs in the rear when it's going in a straight line under power. You must stuffed the rear suspension. Your car has too much steering power. You must reduce that. It's got too much grip in steering which causes you to hit the rope and throw the rear out.

I'm deciding between this and the B74.2D, loving the Xray innovation, but worried about parts availability in Sydney. What's your view?

Any videos of this in action? I still have a D8 from my nitro days. I have the conversion kit but never bought the electrics for it.

Great video. I’m over in Perth WA. I’m keen to get into F1 and am in the process of searching out a 2nd hand car. Would an older Tamiya F104 be OK for a first car or would you recommend a newer car, Roche, Shumacher, Exotek, etc

Thanks for the great video. Is this track open directly to the public at anytime to drive on excluding race days ect ect. I live at Jervis Bay and looking for any tracks surrounding me to start racing eventually

What tires was used?

Happy to see 1/10 racing on a real dirt track :)

Great vid mate, love your format, and so relevant for us here in oz too, would be great to see a vid of how you prepare for a race weekend, like how you get your eye in and sort out your setup etc, keep the great content coming !

Mate great vid look forward to watching much more!

Your car looked like it had a heap of understeer , specially on power. Have as close look at the other cars in the same race , they change direction much quicker ( loads of lap time just there)

Seems like you're having a rear traction problem too.

There's a video on this track with a thundershot I'm sure you saw that video. Vintage RC ran it there.

Great video mate. Looks like a lot of fun. See you at the track.

Your race videos like this are the ones I enjoy the most! Did a few laps down there late last week, it's a fun track and as a novice the jumps are a bit more achievable and seem less likely to damage a car than some of the ones at maitland.

So good to have the races and commentary. Awesome job mate, keep it up mate. Cheers

I just ordered the carpet ed. Cant wait to build it, love the builds most of all. Bought everything with it, battery, 8,5turn motor, hobbywing esc, low profile servo, black cabling, cap bank, and better fan for esc, etc=)

Great track i went down there a few weeks ago it was the first time i had ever used my nitro buggy on a track had a blast , in some of the videos i have watched on this track it was dirt what have they done to the surface of track ? Mik

Gday mate im just getting into the hobby and thinking of doing a few proline events , once i get a bit of experience, my local track has been closed for a re build ever since i have bought my cars a 1/8 nitro Kyosho rtr race buggy ,and Kyosho truggy ,can a novice driver compete ? Im just after a bit of fun and the experience of a race meet , what sort of spare parts would be good to have in my kit ? I have bought front and rear suspension arms assortment of screw and pins ,glow plugs and a few spare tyres any info would be appreciated thanks mik

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Awesome looking track bro have fun 🤩 Tony blue mountains ps final got battery for Xray 👍

Nice to see quality coverage in Australia, the sport needs it to grow like in US 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 When is the next event at Keilor? Website says nothing?

Great to see racing back under way!! Nice coverage 👍🏼

Still trying to chase up battery for the xb9 👍

That’s awesome bro looks unreal 🤘👊👍💯well done ✅ keep it up cheers Tony blue mountains Katoomba

classic fun! Awesome!

Really struggling to get the battery for the xray lipo battery tray can you please let me no where an what brand fits please bro cheers Tony blue mountains 🏔

Awesome video bro as always nice looking Xray can’t wait to see it all finished 😁 just got my 3rd Xray have converted over from losi 8ight the xray just seams so much simpler to work around ☝️ cheers bro Tony blue mountains 🏔

that mufflers stinger, looks like its on 90 degrees?

Hay mate just found your channel I’m in the blue mountains Katoomba an looking to get into racing any tracks around? Great 👍 video keep it up

Are you running any sort of fan now? If so, where and how are you mounting it?

Keep up the great work gents, Cheers

So it doesn’t come with bearings?

Good work fellas. An amazed that Ari's been at it for 30 years! Question for Jordy: what weight diff oils have you found that work at Keilor in 4wd stock? I've only just started racing (xray xb2/4) and keen to learn. Cheers!

After a 3 year RC hiatus I’ve just bought my first ever XRAY kit, an XB8 👌🏼 Super pumped to get back into it

Noah is only 8… which makes it even more incredible

Keen to see the build 👍 always enjoy building a new kit when I have some time away from the daily grind ✌️

Love it and great content will always be supporting you and I hope you have a great day 😊

Awesome vid and podcast guys!! Absolutely love it!!! 😊👍👍👍👍

Great work guy's always appreciate your efforts 👍

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Enjoyed that, thanks

yea everything is happening this weekend the 1/8 states are happening here in west aus and then as you said the USA natas are happening as well

What's your thoughts on the new X-ray if your still interested in 1/8 after the race

I think Qld Champs will be the biggest 10th scale Qld Champs race ever. Might go close to topping 1995 Jimboomba Nats (251) as the biggest 10th off-road race ever held in Qld. It’ll be good racing, and Nats later in the year off the charts.