dNaNo Porsche 917K
Posted in dnano by Greg on June 5th, 2009
Kyosho dNaNo Porsche 917K

Kyosho dNaNo Porsche 917K

I am a sucker for the Porsche race cars from the early ’70’s and this 917K is a great example of the era. I remember going to races with my dad and watching what little coverage of races like the 24 hours of LeMans that we could get and this car brings back some of those memories.

Even better than the great looks is its performance. I paired the car with the Kyosho KT-18 so I’d have a second car a friend could drive while I drive my Mazda 787 using my EX-1UR.

It handles a bit differently than the Mazda. At present I still have the stock rubber on it and am waiting for the results of track stickiness project to be complete before I decide whether to change the fronts or not. Running the stickiest rears seems to be the way to go regardless and then tune the handling with the fronts.

For use on my stock RealTracks TrackPak 20 I have the KT-18 set to training mode which is still plenty fast on the RealTracks surface to break the ear end loose at will.

More to come as I get to know this new dNaNo.

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4 Responses to “dNaNo Porsche 917K”

    1. D-cel June 7th, 2009 at 12:13 am

      Hi!

      I was wondering the same facts about tires. I have the mazda and the tires are front #50 and rear #10. I bought #20 for the front and it killed the good handling of my dnano. The front springs won,t help so I will try maybe #30 or #40 tires in the front. But change #50 to #20 is too big. You will lose your grip from the rear, even the rear tires are #10.

    1. Greg June 7th, 2009 at 8:46 am

      I agree that tire changes can make a huge difference in handling. What track surface are you running on?

    1. JamesD June 11th, 2009 at 2:20 am

      Thanks for the useful info. It’s so interesting

    1. D-cel June 23rd, 2009 at 1:08 pm

      We are using kyosho mirage rubbermat. It’s black rough rubber. Good grip.

      Check you tube and search fo DNANO TRACK #2.

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