Hi All,
I've been a member on this forum for a while but haven't done much posting.
I race Large scale at SALS and and have been loving since I started a 2 years ago. There was bit of talk going around about these Hormann HT-3's so I went for a drive to PSR in Adelaide to check them out.
Mike and Bryan done the sale pitch, made me an offer I couldn't refuse and before I knew it I walked out the door with a big box full of goodies
Here's a couple of pics
The box.
What was in the box?
Stickers, and lots of them, a Hormann hat and T shirt.
This is slick! CNC light weight chasis
Side skirts, fuel tank (plumbed) rims and tyres and push rods.
A couple of boxes that looked like this.
The contents of box 1. Lots of goodies in here, nicely numbered to make the building process easier.
The contents of box 2 wing and mounts, air cleaner, front bumper, reciever box and exhaust.
Bryan suggested I try one of the Samba pipes so I grabed one to try.
Well, brake wise tire choice didn't make that much of a difference on dirt, the brakes work that well they all just locked up!
Took a bit of getting used to and the bias wasn't as easy to get right as I first thought. It's another button on the transmitter to get used too. :lol: In the end I think I still had too much front but it was much better than racing with out them .
Had another awesome day race wise, another 3 from 3 for the PSR Hormann HT-3. What an awesome car to drive!
I think the track got better as the day went on. It was watered well between heats and finals and in the end there was a great racing line.
I only made one suspension change for the day and the usual tire change and the car reacted well as expected. I'm not 100% convinced i made the right tire choice for the final but it got me the results I was after.
I think that everyone that attended would agree that the track is getting better all the time. A bit of sunshine is a heap better than an inch of rain.
Nice shot of my car at the Nats at SSME taken by Godles.
It was a great event, well run at a great venue.
It was good to finally have a decent chance to play around with the suspension.
The heats started off good with a 1st but I had a DNF and 2 DNS due to a couple of stripped grub screws in the right hand rear hub. No more alloy hubs, I've gone back to the original steel ones.
With the hub fixed I managed a 2nd and another 1st in the remainder of heats to give me P6 in the A final.
In short, a run in with a stray car done some serious damage to a hinge pin. The car was a hand full after that but still managed to bring it home in a respectable 7th.
The MIK motor performed flawlessly, I'm really impressed with the power and reliability I got from it.
A big thanks to Mike and Bryan from PSR for their on going support. Cheers guys!
We have now finished the SALS 2013 winter series. It ended up being 1 round short of the scheduled 5 due to a few wet weekends.
I didnt finish the first the heat, bald tyres were the main reason, I had no grip at all. Did ok in the second heat with the third quickest time.
The final was a shocker. After an incident on the first lap I took an excursion off the track and got hooked up on the ropes that define the track. One of my rear axles picked up the frayed ends and wrapped it's self up so tight it stalled the engine. Once I got going again it difficult to handle, one wheel was all but locked up. I kept going the best I could and managed to get fourth.
A hint of what was caught up
more!
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Luckily I only had to start the race to get enough points to take the Championship!
We have a bit of a break coming up, a funday on Dec 1st and the next scheduled meeting isn't until Feb 2014 so I'll have a bit of time to give it a strip down and give it a good once over.
It's a good solid reliable car, easy to work on and fun to drive. The Mik Motor is awesome! plenty of power, reliable and good on fuel.
It wasn't the best of starts to the year but still managed to place third in the final.
Well done to Skip and Matt placing 1st and 2nd.
I was very rusty at the controls, no doubt about it and I could not for the life of me battle the under steer I had dialed into the car.
Nothing better after a frustrating round to spoil yourself so I have added a new SAMBA titanium pipe and a set of 170mm FG wheels.
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