Sakura EVO On-Road

it's to get it out on the street.  Sakura D6 bucks and dives for some good effect. 

 Yep that tread is grip! Windscreen banner sometimes misleading. 

Sakura and EVO X Premature Debut

Another month has rolled around and that means a trip to the track. 

While the EVO X was not quite ready. (lights and mirrors and wipers etc etc. ) it was mounted up and good enough for a run.

Another thing i don't like about the sakura suspension layout is the inability to get the wheelbase dialled in. It's the short end of 197 and with active rear camber this effctively shortens the wheelbase by quite a lot on rear squat, so some bodies may not fit. 

I had a bit of rubbing as the rear changes. but i was able to dial that. 

Performance is "Really good" for what it is. A full plastic chassis. and I was definitely on doors. with other machines. 

The second Sakura D6 was also Debut on track. I'll have to spend some more time on settings but it also was drivable, but not with the same stability as the rear motor setup... just yet. Looping rear but the celica body doesn't help. 

Something like a rear wing, ducktail makes all the difference sometimes. Even my FD without a wing was near undrivable. 

Supra Man was on point as usual. 

and these boys lapping well. 

Today's venue was RC Drift QLD. many a lap down, the surface is holding up pretty well. 

Makinen is just the navigator.

deep in the trains. 

Swip Swap close to the Evo Bros

Some good laps. !! fun times!! entil next month.  Finish the Evo and prep the dirt track. 

EVO X -PAIN ting

The Evo X back and man why do I decide to do things the difficult way. 

My design proved quite sound. 

Shout out to Martin Frener on the cuts. 

Masking in reverse... what a hassle.

Various layers had me singing the sarah lee song. Layer Upon Layer Upon Layer

Slowly the layers build up. 

This was the first Mini Peel. Exciting. 

But there was still a long way to go. 

Am I done... Yes! finally the peel

Quick grab some wheels... what does it kind of look like.  

Still heaps to do before it's ready to be destroyed on the sakura D6. 

Goo, Wing. Light Buckets, mounting etc etc.  

RX7 RE-MOUNT

 

I decided to run this again after a few years 

The main reason i hadn't run it, was because the rear of the interior was very chassis specific. 

Anyway thats now gone and that means flexibility

I also magnet mounted the rear wing. previously it was wingless.  

I have these rims, but I change my mind every 5 seconds so it may not show up on track like this. 

Lets Go!

But for now, it's good to go on the YD2-RX rear Motor. 

The YD2 ZX  mid motor and crazy camber receives the Fortune. 

On lock, you don't notice the camber. 

Nor Side on. 

This is a long body with a decent aero effct so will be good to see the YD2 ZX perform. 

YD2 ZX Crazy Set

 

The ZX is always going through changes

High mount. reposition of esc. 

But the major one is the front camber. 

in 2011 when I ran this body I used to have 13deg camber on the front. and I still see some people doing this today. 

[Some not all] Real D1 cars still use this crazy setup because you can argue that the flat lead tyre is the most important. 

but i think over time the parralel ackerman and less camber has out performed this high camber setup.

Anyway... I wanted to see how much understeer may be present in a setup like this once more. 

It's been a long time. 

If you aren't straight, why setup for straight? 

Sakura D6 Tune

So Am I still dissapointed in the D6. 

Yes.

Theres a distinct lack of flexibility that means setup requires custom parts.  

Case in point. 

The rear Suspension is kind of OK. I found a good spring and the custom upper mount allows for full sweep and without the chassis bottoming out.  

Here is a basic setup. I am trying to find a compromise for the active toe change see silver spacer. 

So I can now get a large range.

Basic overview of the belt drive 

Front... you can't do anything. Because there is only on hole on the lower mount, you can't even add parts cause they just twist. I was thinking mono... but there's a bit more design before I chop the towers off. 

The Alloy parts dont solve the issue either with suspension, but the chassis looks wheel base adjustable. Thats interesting. 

EVO X Rally Time!

It Rally time so lets go for a Rally inspired EVO X. The sakura D6 will run outside in the dust. 

Project Starts with a "LanEvo" - specifically a Pandora Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X.  

Cut was super easy, just a bit fiddly around the front lights. 

And the fender wells I'll wait to trim once painted. 

I built this one years ago as a tommi goes drifting tribute. 

So I was thinking something similar... but it turned into a more modern approach to rally x

this is the current design I'm tweaking in assetto corsa. It's a good platform to try things