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Nice driving and video! :)

Only reason you won was because I sorted your car out 🤣

If you dont get punnished it no fault done 😊

Well done mate , hope to have a go myself soon .

"Those better drivers need to drive better and go round me rather than hitting me" ... well put! Pretty much ALL the fast drivers here that are good will tell me to "just hold your line" and they'll find their way round. I know for on-road here in the spec 21.5t class some of them have some really quick motors and can over take by the end of the straight ... it's their responsibility to pass me cleanly, so long as I don't twitch around to make that impossible they should be able to handle that on their own. I just raced this weekend (will post later this week) and I know in a few of the races (for some reason I was in the top 6 all day in 4wd) I had to contend with the really fast (almost worlds class racer) kid in the club (honestly marginally faster than my son who's getting quick now) can get impatient and when that happens it's their own fault to hit me. Yes, I want to get out of their way ... but sometimes they come up on me SO quick I literally don't see them as they pass the car behind me and I don't realize it's them and not the other car they just passed which I was racing with. If they can get their nose in close, without tagging me, I can realize "OH, it's YOU!" and pull deep on the next corner ... but sometimes they get impatient and try to pass me between the next corner without giving me the opportunity to chose my path to get out of their way and, well, we collide. They're fast, but it's also their duty to make sure they give time for the slower cars to get out of the way too rather than barrelling through (which honestly doesn't work). On a 27 lap potential track, 90% of us are lucky to get 22 laps, so a few of us slower drivers inevitably make it into the main and reap havoc being mobile speed bumps and moving obstacles to add to the challenge. My son all weekend was whining about needing speed in his B6.4. Next race is our big race with the track about 2x larger than usual here. I think I'll gear him up a tooth or two and check the temp. Our classes here are the stock ones (17.5t for 2wd, 13.5t for 4wd, stadium, and SCT) so we don't have the luxury of finding faster motors other than manufacturers or playing with the timing (which I did, cranking his up a couple notches). Funny story on that, we bought a used 4wd from the local speed demon (who's gone to a number of the big American races over here and done quite well, making the A's at them) complete with ESC, Servo, motor and battery. I figured just leave it as it is for setup and let my own demon child give it a go. He took ONE lap on the track, took it off and brought it back to me complaining it was TOO FAST! I took a look at it and it had 13.5t motor in it ... then took a peek inside the HW XR10 Pro ESC and discovered it wasn't blinky mode (which is also a requirement here) and had an "AHA" moment. Reset the ESC and sent him back on the track ... and didn't hear from him again for 20 min or more. Much better, and quick, though he was still terrified running it LOL. He decided to run it for the weekend, and I got upgraded to his OLD one (LOL). He qualified 4th, and finished 2nd over all. I made the A's (6th) but had a few too many tumbles and finished 8th (out of 8), vid to follow. Short story now long ... you can also play with the timing on your motor, and turn off blinky mode (if it's on) to find some speed. Play with the turbo / boost to add it in if you're allowed. You may find speed that terrifies you to the bone LOL. Some nice tight lines, a few hiccups in places, a handful of SNAFU's, but otherwise great performance and finish. Thanks for sharing Fhuz oot!

Enjoyed that Bren , so fun per pound , which is best Buggy or Minis?

Brilliant video as usual buddy, junior needs to calm down a bit as his driving after a snafu goes from smooth to flat out aggressive lol. If you want to get more top speed we went through pinions to get more top speed so we have a tub full if you want to try one as i don't know what you are running at the moment. Same again this Wednesday and plenty more laughs will be had.

Lookong smooth mate, looking forward to joining you soon

Great video as always mate and really good driving too!

Great video as always mate and thank you for the mention, Had a great night smashing my buggy in to the wall mixed with a bit of racing ha ha

Nice one Bren, great video 👍🏼

Should have stopped

Mr snafu

You cheater

Just bought a mardave carbon hot rod fiesta mk7 with your sticker on it hope it brings some luck

Are you not racing the mardaves anymore mate? Or were you using them as a stepping stone? Its great watching you progress at a new disciplin😊

Racing Reliants, I used to run with a tighter mesh on the gears. It helped me with not spinning out (as much😅).

Would racing minis be a good start to this hobby?

Brill video again captain snafu ,am glad your slowly learning it's MB Models lol it's taken some drumming in ,your car is a B6 so you did forget what I told ya lol and in fairness you and your car were really good obviously with the help of cheif snafu and his tyres ,take the win whether it be a C or B final a wins a wins brother ❤

Nice run! The track is a fair size for indoor too. Our indoor here starts in a few weeks, but the top guys here are doing 9s laps (about 30 of them) with me hovering around 24-26 laps. The other nice thing over on that side of the pond is you have a lot of options of where to run don't you? Here I need a Passport to go 2.5 hours south of the border for a second option, or 5 hours north to stay in the country. How many tracks do you think you have within 2.5 hours of your home? I'm the same way if I'm lapping someone, especially the kids ... I try to tell them NOT to let me pass as it's more fun for me to have a little challenge to get past them cleanly if I can, and improves their skill trying to hold me off ... unless I'm in a tight battle at the time then yes please let us through LOL. I have a few particular friends where if they see my car coming up the battle is ON whether on the same lap or being lapped LOL. Your time would have put you among those in the race above. Too bad you don't run bumps over there. It's our little way of having each of the lower mains as quarter / semi finals to bump up to the mains ... typically top 2 bump up one main if they have a battery ready depending on the RD choices. I've managed to bump from the C to the B to the A once or twice, though once in the A group all I'm doing is pulling over to get lapped by someone every other corner or less ... making me just a mobile track obstacle lol. Congratulations on your win, (17 laps in the main YES!) and a combined total of only 1 SNAFU as you didn't actually use a marshal. Any track side advice from others on getting rid of on power pushing? Are you running anti roll bars? Toe in/out front/rear? Small things to play with easily between runs. Caster too (that front bulkhead you broke last race -- there are two types, and two orientations on each). Ride height too, go as low as the track will allow. Thanks for sharing! Fhuz oot

I promise we will be there just give us a heads up and a full team snafu will take over the place. We already had prior arrangements or we would have been there and got another car in the A final 😉😉

Looks like a fun venue, not alot of drivers which appeals to me. I've missed the first 2 rounds at MB, so I might have to consider a visit to chesterfield.

So similar to many a race meeting, little bits going wrong with the car. Discovering bits when you get home. That pressure under race conditions is real for all and thanks as always for your honesty and sharing with the community 👍 solid final and looked good. 😊

Coming on nicely pal

Car looked good mucka just the odd snafu ,definitely lacking a bit of speed on the straight, the part you broke is the bulkhead

DOH! Front bulkhead, I've broken a few o' those. I've now replaced them all with aluminium ones. At least you didn't break the ball stud mount on the other side, as THAT one requires almost an entire tear down of the front of the buggy (I have aluminium replacements to install now for that piece too). The more I beef up the front the more I'm now going to be worried something serious will break. I wonder if it was broke BEFORE the main and that was what was causing you to drift off during your qualifier? Did you have any serious crashes in the quallies? Just really lucky to go through an entire race without noticing if that was the case, the front end all wibbly wobbly would be hard to drive you would think. Still, only one major SNAFU in one of the worst places early in the race causing you to take a few risks later on that you may not have done otherwise ;o). Should count that one as a double snafu as it cost you 3/4 of a lap or so. When I was getting my motorcycle license 20 years ago I remember the tester knocked me down for only 3 scratches on the score card, and that was for a single incident where he thought I was driving too slowly through a neighborhood and put it down for 3 instead of a single. TOO SLOW he said LOL. 30kmh vs 50kmh in single lane areas past parked cars. I digress. You were looking pretty good out there, cutting some fine lines, nice work! Indoor starts here next month, looking forward to that ;o) Fhuz oot.

Fab video ❤

What type of carpet is used to pave this track? Ordinary felt blanket?

Bow that looks.like fun

Look forward to seeing you again on Wednesday buddy

Great video that Bren , well described

Your car looked good to be fair ,I think because of the snafu at the beginning you did like I do you was over driving it and pushing too hard ,wait till this Saturday it might be me doing all the snafu's ,regarding the pills it changes the toe in an out and can also change squat

Fab video.. just keep focused and you will do well ❤

No "SNAFU" counter? Mind you, it would have been spinning like a fan during that race wouldn't it LOL ( JK ). That was a really REALLY tough first couple of laps. On a small track such as that, there's not much room for error with the other cars on the track: buggy arms protrude and tangle with each other (unlike on road car shells that can rub and bump one another). Great looking track surface IMO, we need bumps like those here. A few "major" crashes on your part really took you down in this race ... there's a corner at the end of the straight my friend ;o). Your car looked like it had fairly good steering for the most part ... why did you move the axles up inside the wheels instead of down? It seems counter intuitive as wouldn't it raise the centre of gravity in the front end a little? Did it give you more traction in the corners by doing that? The swaggers (?) on your buggy at the beginning of the vid looked quite worn down. I used to run swaggers, but switched to fuzz bites for more grip last season (and just spend 530 cdn today on tires for all 5 of our carpet buggies this winter). That said, my first year of racing here with my son we ran the same set of swaggers on the front for 6 races before putting new rubber on, and ran Nessi rears for the entire 12 races that season. I think you said someone gave you some newer tires for the race, did that improve the steering even more? We were supposed to race today on our dirt track (I posted my last races last week finally) but the Vancouver weather said "NOPE!" and they called it off. Out door on road next week then the last dirt race after that. Our indoor racing starts in October, and I'm looking forward to that (and getting my kid back into racing as he took the summer off). Did you say you were going to the worlds?? One of our local speed demons convinced his family to head to the Nitro 1/8 Worlds in Spain this year, and finished 120th out of 180 this week. Thanks for sharing as always, your commentary is valuable and inciteful. Fhuz Oot

Sand bags for chocolate, who you’d do that! 😊 good video Bren, see you next week!

nothing worse then getting stuck in the pack . I just keep my head down and try to lap cleanly, let the others crash :)

Awsome vid as always, when are you coming back to minis as well? 😁

Hi Bren, have to say I've watched almost all your videos, which are very enjoyable. So I'm just getting my very first Kamtec ready for my very first race down at Blackpool, have to be honest being very much a race noob is quite daunting, but I'm very much looking forward to it too. Can I just ask, what are the wheel diameters you are running?

Great video, sure looks very technical.

As said by others ,if you can access the diff by just 6 screws and the top of the gearbox lifts off its a 6.1 if the whole thing has to come off and split its a b6,b6 is longer than a .1 looking at the car its short id say .1 imo B6.1 is a very easy safe car loved mine for more steering id be looking at Fusion fronts or splinters Under servo weight Under esc weight Battery far forward as possible Differential 10k 2 gear Trim the rear tyre inner and outer rows Rear roll bar 1.2/1.4 As least rear toe as possible and even some anti squat to take away side bite Rear hub high Front hub high as you mentioned. Stand the rear shocks up on the tower. Id go -1 camber allround Can always add toe out on the front for more initial Few things you can play with there ,id start with a different front tyre (notice you have staggers on you can glue those down with a gluing jig to give more steering but the splinter is easier) And make sure least rear toe as possible and just do one thing at a time then try it so you know what it does....buggy racing is a minefield lol but enjoyable when you nail it 👍🏻

The easy way to tell a B6 from a B6.1 2 or 3 is the gearbox. If the sway bar mounts to the back of the gearbox via a small mount plate, its a B6. The B6.1 introduced thequick access diff with the sway bar passing through the gearboxes 😡. Thankfully they've gone back to externally mounting for the B7.

schumacher splinter or fusion will help

Nice run there! Podium too! Sorry to say, but you drive like me (LOL) looking for the stability everywhere rather than aggressively tackling the track (GRRR) like my son. You're probably right, and that's all about the fact you're buggy is "pushing" in the corners, preventing you from getting on the throttle a little sooner. I have Associated B6.4D buggies with Fuzz Bites front and rear. On mine, I run the skinny fronts, and on my sons he runs wide fronts (and kicks my butt with them). I've also pushed the outside arm as low in the tires as possible (as you suggest). For the B6.4 there's these blue aluminum spacers in the hubs (think it's the same for all the B6's) and you can get upgrade sets for some thin ones ... there are 4 sizes: thin and thick (which are both upgrades for me, and they are installed as a pair), and the two middles sizes (which came standard in my own buggies and also run as a pair). I run the paper thin ones opposite the thickest ones for my son (thickest in the bottom pushes the axles up relative to the arms), slightly thicker ones for my car (going to fix that to match my son this season). Thick on the bottom puts the centre of gravity lower in the wheels for stability. The other thing that "may" start happening is the evil traction rolling ... where you get too much grip in the corner. To counter that we use CA glue (ZAP? tire glue?) on the outside of the front tire from the rim to just where the tread starts or a little into the tread. This stops the side of the tires from gripping the track and tossing you over when at higher speeds, particularly for our 4wds (you're running 2wd). Check the track rules though .. our track prohibits traction compound (you probably don't use that either) and I'm not sure if they may have some hidden rule about putting glue on the sidewalls of your tires? Also, review your camber to make sure you're running -1 to -2. I also need to put my buggies in the contraption I just purchased a few months ago to review the camber, and toe in ... which I believe I'm running slightly toe out (which will give you more steering too). Not a lot, just a smidge of toe out or even straight; something easy you can adjust in the qualifiers to see if it feels better as you add 1/8 turn toe out. Sorry, probably over whelmed you! I have to get busy and post my outside dirt 1/10 offroad 4wd and ebuggy races (just got a new mic today to try LOL). Thanks for sharing!!! Fhuz oot!

Great video mate, I have now subscribed

Firstly am glad you actually said mb models after you'd said m & b models lol ,secondly send me some pics of the buggy am sure I can say which model it is ,them little washer things you mentioned on the front hubs are castor hats bushes ,tyre wise I would suggest schumacher splinters or proline fuzz bites ,rear tyres cactus yellows ,overall though great video bruv

I’m going to have to bring my buggy over one day and have a try

Looking Good Pal. Have u packed up with the minis then mate.

Fusions on the front I use

Splinter all day for front tires - as a similar level driver they are super consistent. I prefer them to cut stagger, give give them a go