Italian trouble...

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tDI_Fahrer

Discussion Starter · Mar 16, 2004 (Edited by Moderator)

Hi guys...

Together with one of my race-buddies I bought a new Fly Alfa 147.
I have the red one, he has the white one... the third race-buddie will wait untill the new version comes out and races my SCX Seat Leon in our "Hot Hatch Cup" for the moment...

We raced it a while last night... (on mondays we race endurances) and both Alfa's had trouble with the front wheels... in fact... only with the right front wheel... so we both had to give up our race... and the Leon won both the races...

The first 50 laps my Alfa drove great... I love how the car drives... it's pretty fast on the straights and you can go late on the brakes with it... (like the Leon)... The white one drove not that good... (or was it the driving style? I had a 7.0 on my track, the white one had a 7.7). But in lap 60 the car slowed down very much... and after a good checkup we saw the right front wheel was much looser then the left one... and it hit the fender constantly...

We checked the white Alfa on that... and it was also the right front wheel that was rubbing against the fender... and the left one was in place... just like mine...

Strange ha? Do you guys have the same problems? If it was only my 147 that has the right wheel trouble, I would try to fix it without making a fuss about it... But I think it's strange both our Alfa's have the same flaw...

So, do you guys have the same problems? And if yes... what did you do to fix it?

Two pictures of my Italian beauty...

Greetz

G.

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Difflock

· #2 · Mar 16, 2004

Has your track got a lot of left hand bends in it? It sounds like the 147 is possibly putting more weight on the right side which would increase wear on the axle.

There's an old saying "If it's got t***, tyres or transoms, it's trouble!"

Perhaps Gaugemaster Controls (Aaron) could help you? Bring the problem to his attention and he may be able to sort it out.

Mark.

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Difflock

· #6 · Mar 16, 2004

If the wheels are on stub axles, then yes they can move around a lot!

Mark.

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Difflock

· #11 · Mar 17, 2004

Sprint - you could always paint the front tyres with nail varnish

Aaron - is this the final proof that red cars go faster?

Mark.

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Difflock

· #17 · Mar 17, 2004

QUOTE (Swissracer @ 17 Mar 2004, 14:37)Go figure.. Must be some automatic response that Red cars are driven faster. I eve nfitted two scale fluffy dice to the windscreen of the white one but it made no difference.

That's because it's an Alfa and not a Ford Capri!!

On the subject of wobbly front wheels, I'm just pondering what to do with the ones on my FLY Corvette C5R (Paginas Amarillas No.12) which I picked up for a bargain price at Pendleslot. NOt only are the C5R's fronts on stub axles, but the stubs themselves are on pivots so the wheels can travel up and down in an arc. On their upper limit they rub on the arches. I'll probably fit a pair of GOM lo-pros to gain clearance and glue the pivots in the "up" position.