Mod Touring Car

[reenmachine]

Mod Touring Car

This is the "anything goes" touring car class.

Chassis: any 1/10 scale 4WD touring car

Motor: any brushed or brushless

Battery: 6-cell or 7.4V lipo

Body: any 190mm or 200mm touring car body

Tires: rubber touring car

Minimum Weight: 1500g

[Powerlink]

Thank"s to JK and Steve today for letting me have the chance to drive there Team cars today with Mod motor's in them . All I can say is Bad A%$$% . I would like to see if we can get a Mod class going , because if we do I am in for sure .It made my day today and put big ol on my face every lap .

[rezenclowd3]

I like the Avatar Karl (need the nodding emoticon)

I agree, Mod is hella fun. Mebbe Ill join for some Mod action next time I'm out. I bet we could get Orrin in on it too.

[Steve B.]

That was a blast yesterday. I am hooked.

[Powerlink]

Mod mod mod mod mod mod mod

[Powerlink]

O.k. I got my LRP Sphere Vector X-12 5.5 and a LRP SPX Brushless Competition Stock Spec Speed Control . Im ready for you JK and Steve .The car will be fast enough but will I?

[rezenclowd3]

You got the SPX for mod? Interesting...I would use your old Sphere TC for mod and the SPX for 13.5.

[Powerlink]

You got the SPX for mod? Interesting...I would use your old Sphere TC for mod and the SPX for 13.5.

Fully dual purpose and excellently( suited for both stock and modified racing), the power profile 5-8 is specially for "Stock Spec" and( 1-4 profile is ideally suited to modified racing.) It will work for both thats why I got it Man I could use a traxxas speed control and this car would still be too much to handle ...

[rezenclowd3]

Either way, I'm jealous The SPX is bitchin. And less weight than the Sphere TC.

Oh did I mention weight? Your running HOW MANY grams under?! And Greg too?!!!!!
(Hopefully see you guys next club race eh?)

[danketchpel]

Is there still interest in the mod class here at Camarillo?

I'm setting up a mod car now. I'd prefer to just jump to mod and stop chasing the endless technology war in the 17.5 class. I have a full Tekin setup in my RCGT car but I've decided to drop stock sedan and try my hand at mod instead, it's a much cheaper way to go fast. I'd prefer to focus on my driving skills and not worry about the latest hardware, turbo boost curves, monster batteries, etc.

So what's the feeling on this class? I don't see any posts since June '09.

[Powerlink]

Try the 13.5 super stock with a tekin first. Its the new MOD. The lap speeds are very close anyway .

[Steve B.]

Hey Dan,
You can always try the 13.5 with boost and yada yada in mod also. We are offering a Mod class at the on road regionals. I will be running a SP 5.5 that day.

Steve

[danketchpel]

Try the 13.5 super stock with a tekin first. Its the new MOD. The lap speeds are very close anyway .

That's pretty much what I saw last time I raced. The question is, will there be a MOD class or is it going to become a super stock (13.5) class full of Tekins etc.?

I think it's kinda funny that people want to spend $165 buying a Tekin to go the same speed as a $40-$80 5.5t or ??? mod motor with a standard ESC. Am I missing something here?

If the lap times are similar, and there aren't enough people to make a mod class, can I race my 5.5t in the "now mod" 13.5 class? I think we should do away with the super stock class and just run mod and let everybody choose what makes sense for them. Programmable timing ESCs have jacked up the whole class system.

For what it's worth, I do have a couple Tekins and love them, but the class lines are very blurry now.

[Powerlink]

Run both classes and see what you think.

[danketchpel]

Run both classes and see what you think.

For now I will run MOD and see how that goes as I just bought the 5.5t winding for my Ballistic motor. To run the 13.5/Tekin class I need to buy another winding/motor. The group I race with at other tracks all decided to just go with the 5.5t approach because it was the cheapest for all of us. Maybe later I will complete my motor turn collection with a 13.5 & 10.5 so I always have those options.

The challenge comes when you race at other tracks and try to setup up your car to work with different class structures & popularity. It's a key reason why I promote the idea just a MOD class which allows you to "run whacha brung".

I held out on the super stock class (13.5) because OC Circuit was running 10.5 for super stock (same as his 19T class) so I was caught in the middle. It seems like there are always constant arguments about what motor winding should be the standard for a class, I saw the same in SCT when they first got popular and I am seeing the same problem in F1 as people try to agree on a motor spec.

I'm just sharing my experiences and observations.