Mini-Z Comparing

[neurokinetik]

Originally posted by byebye
. As far as testing, I hated the fact that I had to unscrew 8 screws and take the chassis apart for a motor upgrade.

Noob! You can change the motor removing only four screws if you know what you are doing...

Other than that, good review...

[byebye]

4 screws, 8 screws, what ever. I have to do alot of unscrewing. Unsnapping is always easier. You still have to change the bottom gear that corosponds with the motor though. Like I said it's all preference.

[byebye]

yes arch, chances are with tournaments X-mods will suceed and I do believe that there will be chassis changes and more parts with the success of the tournaments. I think with enough feedback from consumers those changes can happen. I kinda wish that x-mods were a company of there own and RS was just another re-seller. With the mr-02 chassis out, having a new and better design I think that RS will do the same.

[neurokinetik]

We have a small track setup locally that I have been running on, and it is interesting to see how differently the Mini-Zs perform from the XMods. The track is very narrow (lanes are probably only 24" wide) so it makes for tough driving with the XMods, requiring full steering lock to make most of the corners. OTOH, the track surface (carpet) is a bit tricky, and RWD cars are at a big disadvantage both under braking and coming out of corners on throttle. Rubber tires work best here, which is the opposite of what I was expecting,

This is a stock Mini-Z, so it isn't totally fair to compare it to our XMods, though my only mods are motor, bearings and AWD. On this track, the only thing that the Mini-Z had going for it is that it can corner tighter, and more importantly, without rolling over. It was slower everywhere on the track, even the long straight, though that is really because of the stock motor. I'd like to see it with an X-Speed, but the drivers were having a hard enough time keeping it going straight as it was, I think on this track a slower motor can actually make for better lap times.

Anyway, I think the two cars certainly can be competitive, despite the initial reports that I saw...

[byebye]

Can you be more specific on the performance of the mini-z. Specifically what were it's week points. Thanks