HFAY Season 6 Car Chassis Testing

Now that I know the HFAY 70-turn Spec Motor will power my Season 6 Mini-Zs I need to find out which chassis to use.

For Season 5 I used a Mini-Z MR-02 with a Ford GT body and felt pretty comfortable with the car. I ran the Stock Kyosho Motor and finished 30th out of the 76 drivers. The HFAY Spec motor was definitely faster in the right hands. All but a couple of drivers finishing better than me used the Spec Motor but I opted for consistency in my first HFAY and was among the top lap scorers using the Stock motor.

For Season 6 I expect the Lap scores to be tighter as the difference between the new Season 6 Spec Motor and the Stock Motor are less than the difference between the Season 5 Spec Motor and the Stock Motor.

So, now on to the choice of chassis. Basically, I’ve narrowed it down to an MR-02 with either 94mm or 98mm wheelbase.

I am setting the cars up very similarly:

98mm Ford GT

• PN Motor Mount MR2088O
• PN Damper
• PN Bearings (Soaked and cleaned in motor cleaner)
• Kyosho Ball Diff
• PN HFAY 70-turn Motor
• Green Atomic RCP Springs
• .5 Camber
• PN Racing Front Tower Bar Set (Crash replacement!)
• PN 06RR Rear tires
• Kyosho Semi-Wide Radial 30g Front tires

94mm Lexus SC430

• PN Motor Mount MR9498O ML Mount
• PN Damper
• PN Bearings (Soaked and cleaned in motor cleaner)
• Kyosho Ball Diff
• Kyosho Ti Diff Shaft
• PN HFAY 70-turn Motor
• Yellow Atomic RCP Springs
• 1.0 Camber
• .5 Toe-in
• PN 06RR Rear tires
• Kyosho Semi-Wide Radial 30g Front tires

The slight differences in the front set up is my attempt to get both cars feeling similar while still playing to the wheelbase characteristics.

So far, with 800 or so laps on each setup I am still a bit faster with the 98mm Ford GT as well as more consistent but that is mostly just me learning how to drive the slightly quicker handling 94mm car. I will keep you posted!

I also messed around with a 7 or 8 tooth pinion on both cars but I’ll save that info for another post!

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