TSR Speed Shop RC podcast

Stumbled across some preshow recording, enjoy. 

TSR Speed Shop RC podcast Ep: 159 “Arizona or Bust” Hosts: Tim Smith and ???   Show introduction and welcome. Tim Notes: House buying and house selling, it's a bag of fun. Got to sell two to get one You can't have that pool house said the HOA Where or where is our little house at? Let's wait a week and see if we can save some money Hey, want to buy everything? Maybe the jeep too? 22 days and that's a wrap Who am I going to race with, I lost my Christies and now what? Someone better jump in to help me. MACLAN: New software, How the heck do we use this one Tim? Boost in the stages, catch me outside how about dat?? News items RC Tip Of the Week (brought to you by Colin) Main Topic:   Matt and Colin take a trip to OKC for the SuperChips ET's and MPH Featured Item of the week Maclan 3021 Software package: Cost FREE Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Maclan racing, Graupner USA, RC Speed Secrets, FiveStar, RC Racer, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR Speed Shop RC podcast Ep:158 “Never as Easy as it Seems w/ Jay Joseph” Hosts: Tim Smith and Colin Branch Show introduction and welcome. Tim Notes: Irwindale race 1 of the 4 race NPRC championship event, how did it go for Timmy and Colin? This race was STACKED with fast drivers! Showed up with no stress and then, STRESS happened. Shuddering disaster and now the race is a mess… When do we give up and go back up car? Crash Time: How can that happen twice a year later? Welcome to the struggle bus we seat as many as would like to join, there is always an open seat for Tim it seems…… Flat tire blues…. We got to figure this one out. Pull yourself up kid the RC world still needs something from you. Sitting in the trailer feeling crushed yet again…. Then God sent me the way out and I took it. Tim gets to announce the race, Oh boy Let's talk about this race and the competition, surface, instant green, right lane left lane And with all that the fastest still made it to the finals and what a finals it was. The winners! Jay Joseph and Jordan Yancy Race one of the NPRC championship, let's talk about who is going to win this thing now that is happening. So, the announcing gig…. Let's talk about that a little bit. Interview with Dibs and Jay and how I can do better next time! Kyle Christy runs a great race and if you can't do what he did stop stealing our money. Timing systems and instant green let's talk kids. News items Las Vegas 702 NPRC April 2-3 Webb RC live stream racing starts at 1pm, Sunday a second cash day. Race two of the Socal/Az points series this weekend in Arizona and this kid will not be racing again….. New house time. RC Tip Of the Week (brought to you by Colin) Main Topic: Jay Joseph and his big win: Talk about how you got to this level in your race program. What are important things to you in your race program everyone can learn from to make them better? Tell us about your day, round by round How overwhelmed were you, I feel like if I would have asked the right questions I might have got a tear from the scariest looking dude in No Prep. Ok you are now a champion, what's Next? Take a minute and thank all the people that helped you reach this accomplishment in RC Tires, Prep process, Battery, Motor, ESC, Chassis, Body Featured Item of the week The NEW Reaction time tire prep named “Smoked 1.7” 22.00 for a 4oz bottle with cotton dabber, released march 7th Get it while you can trust me and colin on this one. Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Maclan racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR Speed Shop RC podcast Ep 157 “Who is the new Kid?” Hosts: Tim Smith and Colin Branch   Show introduction and welcome. I look good today. Tim Notes: Birthday Tim! Who is that beardless kid? Covid journey and Crypto fun ¼ scale build, lets start somewhere maybe a Snowboard chassis Building your first drag car don't go with a one man show. I'll do today what most won't so I can do tomorrow what most can't. RC is what you make of it don't blame everyone for your experience. Testing day another good one. Starter tune still the golden way to find speed. Running two GNSS units, yes you can but WHY? 4 pole fun, now I get it….. Battery testing and new packs on the horizon News items Kyle Christy and the Irwindale NPRC series race stop one! NPRC series stop one Allie Marsden: web site, series and how they plan to report each race on the show.   RC Tip Of the Week (brought to you by Colin) Main Topic: Listener questions Featured Item of the week The NEW TSR No Prep drag pack. 1050 mah stacked 8 tall to make 8600 mah of pure power. The lowest voltage Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Maclan racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode 156 “TSR DRK” Hosts: Tim Smith and Colin Branch   Show introduction and welcome. Tim Notes: 19.01 (7 stage) software is OUT for everyone. Car crashes and new cars How has your 2022 been? Cricuter and Colins new body. And my new painting experience. BC race cars rear wings and splitters New Battery packs to test. Listener questions. News items Southwest tour race one break down. (Mark/Ray) RC Tip Of the Week (brought to you by Colin)   Main Topic: Launch of the TSR DRK Feature list: Big cap, Big wire, 7 stage, 70° “Throttle Settings” Punch Dead band “Launch Powe Control” Stages and delays “Advanced timing settings” Turbo start position Top speed Turbo Up Slew rate Turbo delay The starter tune, the greatest tune ever? Featured Item of the week RC Speed Secrets wheelie bar wheels. 2 sizes available 24.95 5x22x9mm- (.87 inches Tall) 6x30x10mm- (1.2 inches Tall) (inner x outer x Thickness) mm Made from super hard aerospace polymer, they are like Mini Skate Board Wheels with our oversized best in class Hybrid Ceramic Bearings inside. We replaced the rim with a large heavy duty hybrid ceramic bearing for maximum spin and bearing durability. Those tiny wheelie bar wheel bearings commonly used just don't hold up to the rpm and 60+ mph crashes in no prep. Eliminate the issues with foam wheels cracking and chipping and stop chasing rubber bands around the track Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Maclan racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode 155 “New Year Same Fun” Hosts: Tim Smith and Colin Branch Goodbye Toby Time for a break, Lets have a long donut and talk about our hobby's health. Oh wait its only on FB all other social medias are still fun! Join me on tiktok-Instagram-twitter-YouTube When did having confidence turn to ego? What happened to all the men in the world? Winners call it confidence losers call it cocky… 1 million view! Wow Wait 2 million!!!! NPRC rules are complete! New guy asks what chassis to buy, Great question here are some things to think about first. New product launch, didn't see much of this yet Videos I want to do. Video Promo ideas Tires: Air tire build video Balancing Final prep before use. Run prep and burn out Listener questions Main Topic: Tuning: How and why Ray Presnall Featured Item of the week The New Maclan DRK TSR edition! Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Maclan racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode 154 “Listener Celebration show” Hosts: Tim Smith, Colin Branch Show introduction and welcome.   Tim Notes:   The annual Christy holiday party, I got a lot to learn about partying with the Christy's. Don't drag your teeth Goat licker Jello shots   I got Lifestyle creep (at least that is what the kids tell me…)   MaClan team announced   Colin gets the same old gig again. Did you get a raise?   3.0 motor and super cap pack. Let's talk about ESC limits   My 2022 sponsor list: The Final Year!! MaxAmps: 16 years Maclan: year 2 MKS: 12 years Voodoo: year 1 Reaction Time: Friend deal BC wings: Year 1 Five Star chassis: year 2 CowRC: year 10 RC Speed Secrets year 1   RC deals, do you really know what your worth is? And do you really know what others are getting? Let's talk reality kids: No one is guaranteed a deal   No prep races can be made a little better, how about when the top 16 get there we do it live and have the chip draw and reveal, it works on TV and is pretty exciting.   News items   SoCal Toys for Tots Kenny B Joey Davis (W: 3250) vs Eli Cerdon Raised over 10K and had like 500 toys 13.5: Stefany vs Johnathan Shultz,(W: 630)   ** Timing systems and their value in no prep.   RC Tip Of the Week (brought to you by Colin)   Main Topic:   Listener questions and Listener guests Ray Presnall   Featured Item of the week   MaxAmps hoodie: 24.99 keep you warm all winter long.   Christmas song singalong Bashing through the snow, In a MaxAmps power ride   O'er the streets we go, Team Maclan by my side   Voodoos barking loud, Instant green is the light   What fun it is to hang and race with my RC friends tonight   OH! RC cars, RC cars You better get out of the way. These things will do 80 mph And hit you in the leg HEY!   RC cars, RC cars You better get out of the way. These things will do 80 mph And hit you in the leg! Merry Christmas~!   Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Maclan racing, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode “Hey Tim AKA Team weekend” Hosts: Tim Smith and Colin Branch Show introduction and welcome. Tim Notes: Maclan team weekend. News items RC Tip Of the Week (brought to you by Colin) Main Topic: Saturday: The race. Start with a solid tune. On a tricky surface. Drop the GNSS and enjoy the thrill of guessing. Gold car doing its thing. Going rounds with a fast car. Why does it always look fast when you watch other peoples cars? This is whats good about no prep without timing trees kids! Made it to the final four and was hungry to I ate a sandwich at the line…. AKA Mark and Tim get put out. Mark and Tim Grudge race, I was ready then mark did a test pass before we raced… lol Kelly winner, Chuck second. So many Fast cars it was amazing. Thank you to everyone that came out and supported the race and the charity race. Summary: quicker and faster than I have ever gone on that road. Lots of chassis and suspension changes, but Reaction time was the key and here is how I do it. Sundays are made for testing. And lots of folks showed up including Randy Caster of 1Up Good results and this car is amazing (Fivestar Breakout) Mexican food and elevator rides for the win! Thank you to Craig, OKO, Jeremy, Carl, Colin, Dave, James (new friend) and of course the Christy family, words cannot express how much was all appreciate what you do for us. Featured Item of the week Cow RC hide Wipes, Order them at once! Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Maclan racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode “Two Dudes in an RC world” Hosts: Tim Smith and Colin Branch Show introduction and welcome. Tim Notes: New air wheels from Fivestar Frank Greer tire stuff, what in the holy hell is this magic in a bottle? Beef tubes tires break in bit. Yup you need one. Az is creeping closer NPRC grows a little, see how that works. New springs and I am in love News items 11/20 fall nationals, and a next day Maclan test day. RC Tip Of the Week (brought to you by Colin) Main Topic:   In my experience start with one of the preloaded tunes. Believe it or not Colin Branch and I made hundreds of hits trying to find a solid STARTING point to build from.  I am also a fan for first time hits to remove all turbo to keep things less complicated.    After that you have a few ways to go. You can begin increasing the first stage until you are spinning too hard on the hit or wheeling excessively.  Next I would begin shortening my stage delays in small amounts watching the data log and video for wheel spin.  Once I have tightened up my stages and got my first stage as high as feels solid for the car on the launch I will add the turbo.  For turbo I start with it at 100 percent throttle position and .1-.2 delay giving my battery pack a tiny bit more time to recover voltage before I start pouring in turbo timing. I use all 60 degrees and control it's input from the slew. Start out with a very low slew like 2-4 and increase it every run as the data and mph allow. From there you can begin bringing the turbo in sooner, maybe go from starting the turbo at 100 to starting it at 90  Data from the logger, a GNSS and video are the tools for all these adjustments and if I was to give you a general rule for tuning it would be    1. Make small single adjustments 2. Make 60 foot hits the majority of your runs when testing.  3. Make 2-3 hits on an adjustment before determining if it helped or not.  4. When making adjustments and things like et or mph are increasing like you want the second they don't you have hit the wall it's best to back it off a tiny bit and you'll have a solid car.    Featured Item of the week MKS HBL575SL brushless motor, 233 oz stall torque .0008ms DB 149.99 Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Maclan racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode 151 “Mark Vyne #2” Hosts: Tim Smith and Colin Branch   Show introduction and welcome.   Tim Notes: Give us the story Tim… it was an exciting two days, but whats new… You should always protect your character DRC vs VooDoo vs Reactions, Wide wheels, standard wheels and really wide wheels. Mounting voodoo's on Traxxas wide wheels…. I got a plan for that. Testing: folding tires, air is a pain, can needs more work now to handle the new power. shock angle, driveline angle, tune adjustments. Stopped off at the prep track…. Oops… lol Az trip News items RC Tip Of the Week (brought to you by Colin) Main Topic: MARK VYNE and his Apollo car Featured Item of the week MaxAmps 7250 mah brick   Thank you to MaxAmps, Maclan racing, MKS Servo, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode 150 “Dustin Malicoat” Hosts: Tim Smith and Colin Branch Show introduction and welcome. Tim Notes: Back from Maui, Pineapple, ziplines and Luaus filled the air Covid update: Christy family Testing Testing, is this thing on? The long road to end up back where we started. Bitty design body results DRC vs VooDoo vs Reactions, Wide wheels, standard wheels and really wide wheels. Mounting voodoo's on Traxxas wide wheels…. I got a plan for that. New MaxAmps pack….. Battery posting fun, if the test is not recent its pointless. News items Ryan Cav wins 1000 bucks and the entire no prep world broke out in laughter… Dawn of the drags winner Taylor Spencer SDRA (prep track) outlaw winner William Smashey Backyard Boogie 10/30 (Poway) Fall nationals 11/20 RC Tip Of the Week (brought to you by Colin) Main Topic:   Apollo car Listener questions   Featured Item of the week Curved Lexan scissors, buy a set and thank me later   Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Maclan racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode “Frank Ulbrik” Hosts: Tim Smith and Colin Branch Ep 149 Show introduction and welcome. Tim Notes: 20 year together, Hawaii bound! The Christys and Covid Get over yourselves…. I mean seriously we still live in a world where we can give our opinion or even criticisms. You put stuff out for the public to digest and you Might get back what they think… If you have ever forwarded something or told someone something to upset them you are the problem, please remove yourself I don't need you. Now was it the best drag race coverage, well it was MILES better and that shouldn't go without mentioning. News items Bitty design body and rear wing. Do we need to talk about wing heights or just let it go? DRC rear belted drag tires. CKNP Rodney Centers wins both outlaw and 13.5 at the East coast shootout Chris Gilliland RC Tip Of the Week (brought to you by Colin)   Main Topic:   Frank Ulbrik   Featured Item of the week MaxAmps new V2 graphene brick pack with QS8 connectors, 8 awg wire, 100% pure copper tabs 168.00 custom wrapped for you. Grab your TSR special edition pack at MAXAMPS.COM   Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Maclan racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode 148 “Arizona is Calling my Name” Hosts: Tim Smith and Colin Branch   Show introduction and welcome.     Tim Notes: Mark Vyne leaving the Bullet for GFRP to join forces with Frank (family fun) And just like that everyone sold their bullet chassis. There are distinct levels in no prep these days. 1990 body mounting comes into fashion Don't tell anyone but I ordered a shark body…. I know (Track Star hobbies) News items Bitty designs new body, Yes or No? I said yes with my money. DRC rear belted tires on the way. RC Tip Of the Week (brought to you by Colin) Main Topic: Arizona trip, First up the 5 hour drive   Next lets look at some houses and this big new building.   OK, lets Race! Oh yeah its hot….   What was the set up?   What tires did the trick?   San Diego cash day.   Crash and smash! Tire blow out?   Why you got to go left? (Here we go again…)   Lets go some rounds!   The Big grudge match to 800 bucks!   OMG I made the finals! Wheelie time for Timmy!   Sunday testing, back at it and I run a record mph right off the bat!   Featured Item of the week MaxAmps 5800 Mah brick pack, special No prep edition on its way.   Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Maclan racing, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode “Colin Hits the Road” Hosts: Tim Smith and Colin Branch   Show introduction and welcome. Tim Notes: Testing day or night. Don't eat a huge Mexican meal and drink a couple of mango margaritas New gold car testing, Same spot a little different at night Race car, blowing spurs and front weight boxes Heat, sauce, heat, race The thousand dollar bet Getting yourself involved in what others are already doing only to claim you can do it better is not helping..... MY kids think its cool to drive around, What?   News items RC Tip Of the Week (brought to you by Colin Branch) Main Topic: Outlaw is still the perfect rc class like it or not, look at this last race, so many different combos all running less then a tenth of a second apart, Three tier of et, 1.9-2.0, 2.1-2.2 2.3 and up under 70 at 2.0 and over 77 at 2.0, still so many ways to get it done. Straightline showdown, live feed, event view from someone not on the grounds. Listener questions: Featured Item of the week Mad Fish designs tire covers! Thank you to MaxAmps, Maclan Racing, MKS Servo, Five Star, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode 146 “Mark Vyne” Hosts: Tim Smith and Colin Branch   Show introduction and welcome. Stacked Crate challenge, I LOVE IT Covid scare…… Jeff Zuccarell wins King of the Smokies Tim Notes: No racing for Timmy…. But I did get the new Breakout chassis all put together and its beautiful. “RC speed secrets, MaxAmps, MKS, DRK” News items Salt Lake city Concrete Clash (winner- Ray Myers 3375 cash money) Proline narrow fronts RC Tip of the Week (brought to you by Colin) Main Topic: Mark Vyne  Featured Item of the week Curved Lexan scissors, buy a set and thank me later Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Maclan racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode 145 “Kyle Christy Listener Questions” Hosts: Tim Smith and Colin Branch   Show introduction and welcome.   Tim Notes:   Frank ulbrik going 80 and low 1.8, the race is on. Catching that Tom Rockwell. Then we got Chief going 2.05 at 78 mph on the gnss too! Irwindale race, on the strip, no mark vyne, Jordan Yancy wins   News items Jeff Johns opens “Rebel RC” the new Axial   RC Tip Of the Week (brought to you by Colin)   Main Topic:   Race break down with Kyle Listener questions   Featured Item of the week   MKS HBL 575sl servo, Low pro and 149.99 bucks but its all that and a bottle of aftershave. Don't underestimate the power of a good servo.   Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Maclan racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode 144 “Big Chief and his RC life” Hosts: Tim Smith and Colin Branch Show introduction and welcome. Tim Notes: Nearly a second round of the Jalapeno story. I need VooDoo tires lol Listener questions Allen Ruble About what final drive ratio do you shoot for on a 2t to 4.5t motors?? Also the rpm of the motor? (team associated base car) Rusty Brooks My question is for all three of you to discuss. Can you talk about what you do to prep a Reaction tire before mounting? Also after mounting is there anything else that you do before you say they're ready to use? Nat Hyde Do you know of a reliable motor or chassis dyno to test under load conditions? Wouldn't that be better than using the SkyRC motor analyzer? Sean Genung Thank you for the opportunity to ask questions. Mine is with shocks. Specifically when building shocks do you want a dead shock like in oval racing with say a bladder on top like the 57 design setup or bleed them with some recoil? Thank you for your time and your knowledge. Stephen A Nicholson Jr. I know shortages on things have put a damper on some things but are y'all gonna eventually make a ESC that will handle more amps ? And yes I understand the one we have now is fine lol but who doesn't like more power Erik Denk Question for you guys...Why is Team AZ making so many rounds at the races they attend? What's the advantage they have. Corey Lively When finding your gearing and developing your tune for your car, which comes first the gear or the tune? Does your tune change with gear or vice versa and if so, how? Robert Diamond Parity in racing and between battery types such as the brick versus a standard 2cell Jeramy Joseph Olson Hey it's OKO, What do you guys think about having NPRC races that mimic street racing more, I really want to do a flashlight or arm drop NPRC that includes “a Chase is a Race!” Thanks for coming on the show Big Chief I still want to race your sons sometime if possible? Goooo Maclan OKO Randy Krol For my serious question. Chief, where would you rank showing up to the us nats with a regular old trailer and a Pontiac powered promod car and making the show on your list of achievements? Anthony Manti This one from a couple weeks ago was mentioned, but not gotten to yet. I'm sure ya will eventually….but motor tuning and everything about it Charles Levac Hey Tim and Colin I'm finally getting my car running nice and straight. But I keep wrecking on shut down. I'm running 60% brakes and 20% drag brakes. If I lower my max brakes I run out of shut down room. Is there something suspension wise that I could do to help stop the spin out on the shutdown Thanks for the great show. Chris Singsime Has he got any of the other 405 guys into no prep rc? And did he ever fix the bullet holes in the meth shack? Seems like a good Tuesday job....listener #43 Main Topic: Listener questions for Chief Steve Raymond Was the throttle punch a little secret you guys were keeping? When Justin Shearer commented and said I don't run over 10%. I don't know how true it is that he runs it that low, but I thought it would have been a dog. Boy, was I wrong. Thanks to you guys for sharing the info you do love the podcast and thanks Justin Shearer my car is actually some what fast now lol. Nick Bodden What do you look for in your slow mo videos after a pass? Biggie Paul So ive seen your videos of test hits after test hits. Your car looks straight and fast. So my questions are...What do you do to improve your reaction time and Whats your routine to get faster mentally and physically? Sean South Will Big Chief ever race in a Big Event. I know a big event will be close to him in September

TSR podcast Episode 143 “The Question Show” Hosts: Tim Smith and Colin Branch Show introduction and welcome. Old Show Questions Tim Notes: Big Chief coming back in for another go. News items RC Tip Of the Week (brought to you by Colin Branch) Main Topic: Kerry Adams Hey Tim and Collin. What is your I depth thoughts on the wide reactions? Best way to run them ? Rob Wallace Hey guys, love the podcast. My question is, do you prepare for big national travel events the same way you prepare for the smaller local races? Any different approach to the week/days before the race? Rick Schaper Have you made any good passes on the wide reactions? Rick Schaper How low do you run your chassis? Is it same height front to rear? Nathan Phillips Are you both going to the Topeka and Wisconsin races? Lucas Harman Thoughts on the voodoo craze, are they really better? Also, thoughts on the new 11” wheelbase pinto from ProLine and possibilities of a new class? Maybe a no bar “radial” 11” class using Primes? Rick Schaper How much coffee do you drink in a day?

TSR podcast Episode 142 “Scotty Ernst” Hosts: Tim Smith and Colin Branch   Show introduction and welcome. Show Questions Tim Notes: 99% of the time not getting your software to connect is because you just didn't read the instructions. FIGHT ME! You do know we can see what you did to the unit when you return it right? How can I have used the same Esc all this time and never hurt one? OVER Priced tuners… What are they really doing? Let me explain everything they do so you can be your own tuner. Heavy car Vs light car, Choose your side and tell me why?. Test Test Test its all we do….. Last trip down took 3 hours and I peed in two starbucks cups….. Once we got there is was all Rainbows and Sunshine thanks to the Christies. Software not wanting to play nice, 73 mph are a few different locations and times. Finally hurt a piece of equipment. Big Chief coming back in for another go. News items Tip of the Day (brought to you by Colin Branch) Main Topic: Scotty and the Straight line Showdown, 40K payout. Aug: 27-29, Great lakes dragaway Entries go live tonight at 7pm CT, 8pm ET, 5pm PM @ www.straightlineshowdown.com. This event may sell out so to guarantee your entry, an option of making a $25 deposit via pay pal is available. You may signup without making a deposit but know if we do sell out only entries with a deposit will be guaranteed a spot. If you have any questions at all, please email me at scottyernst@gmail.com and I will be happy to help. Thanks, Scotty Before we start lets get everyone up to date on who and what Scotty is in the RC world, please explain. How did this happen and why? What's up with the classes? What's the pay out look like? What kind of surface are we running on? Will there be a timing system? How will eliminations go, two days or one? What do you hope to achieve with this race? Will it be another LiveRC event? What is your role going to be during the event? Featured Item of the week RC Speed Secrets ceramic bearing kit for the B6, 69 bucks of fun Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Maclan racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode “it all seems to be changing” Hosts: Tim Smith and Colin Branch Show introduction and welcome. Good bye my friend The start of a new era   Tim Notes: The Break out chassis fun The Irwindale race, things were great and they got un great fast.... Chiefs new RC role at 2.15 WTF No one knows the genius this guy posses   News items Scottys Big drag race Topeka   RC Word Of the Week (brought to you by Colin Branch) Main Topic:   Colins test/race day   Saturday testing with eh Christys Snacks Barking tires New tune fun and more speed then ever before 9 hits of glory Mexican sure can! The best night of sleep in a long time   Featured Item of the week Cow RC hide wipes surface cleaning rags, Textured cloths that smell great and get all the bug guts sticky prep off your hands. 110 8x12 rags in a giant container, 24 bucks, 19 if you buy a few. Remember the show discount too. Thank you to MaxAmps, Maclan Racing, MKS Servo, Five Star, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode “The Break Out Break Down” Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howsen   Show introduction and welcome. Big Chief winning a cash day Tim Notes: The build Car review Testing Broken stuff Wheelie bar weight box Summer Mayhem “Matchup madness” June 26th drag race 64 car shoot out, full News items ROAR Nationals fuel tank issues.... repeat... Horizon buys AKA tires Scotty Ernsts Straight line showdown Entry 125, Double elimination, 2 classes, Aug 27-29 Great lakes dragaway union grove Wi Payouts top 16 outlaw payouts top 8 in super sport payouts top 4 in RTR class RC Word Of the Week (brought to you by RC Driver) Servo Horn: Attaches to the servo and is the link between the servo and the steering linkage.   Servo Saver: Usually a servo horn that uses a spring to absorb sudden shock or impact coming from the servo linkage. This helps prevent breakage of the servo.     Main Topic: Facebook Questions Corey Lively What are your thoughts on a 1.7 pass being put down by Sean Stanford running a REAR MOTOR car with a Shark body during the testing before the event? Pretty cool and seems to have went a bit under the radar with all the other awesome stuff going on during the event.   Kidd Sims Now that we have two mega races in the books. What could I (as a mega race promoter) improve on to insure everyone has a great time.   Chris Gilliland Track temps definitely played a role in traction for the event. How do you know when to turn it down?? Great meeting you finally!!   Willie Trent Tim Smith with it being a concrete surface I think a lot of people expected to see some record times being ran but that didn't exactly happen. I know the surface was good and had bite but was it also not as good as everyone expected? It looked really coarse and not as smooth as one would expect and seemed to being giving people trouble especially on the big end.   Kerry Adams First I want to say that was an awesome weekend. Second I wish Matt could have been there to see those sub 2 second runs. I would have liked to see the look on his face. Question is now is everyone ready for Colorado in July?   Jeremy Oldham Went no prep racing for my first time Sunday and now I'm hooked. First time I was right there with my car thanks to your show it went straight and fairly fast. Ok now for my question: What can we do to get Joe Zaier Jr to try drag racing?   Kerry Adams Oh and Tim you were so nice to chat with my girlfriend about sunburned ears.   Brad Waldrop It was great meeting you, i had a wonderful time can't wait for the next one!   Lonnie DeTurck Love your podcast. My question is on “discharge” before charging your battery to help IR and help the battery from dropping voltage. What do you recommend and if discharging is needed what unit do you recommend and at what rate to discharge. Thanks a bunch   Yeti B. What did you think of the firebird body?   Chip Puccio Slipper or slipper eliminator and why?   Brian Elkins Consistency or Send it? What do you think made it farther..   Yeti B. What is next for toy tim?     Rick Schaper Did you try stiffening up the rear suspension dampening for the added traction?   JC Myers I have a question about tires at bracket races. How do you recommend handling tires between rounds? Do you clean and prep 1 set or do you ever swap tires to save time. I always end up scrambling between rounds. Thanks and Love the show!   Joe Zaier Jr If the no prep cars are running the same times of a proper pro stock, what's the point of no prep? It seems like people are lighting money on fire for the sake of lighting money on fire. I'm just a spectator in this   Reflection: The start of drag racing, the years of tracks, Street outlaws, Cars, Bodies, ESC, Big Chief Compare 1990 car to a 2021 drag car   Featured Item of the week Five Star Hobbies 3D printed shock mount (61036) 15.00   Thank you to MaxAmps, Maclan Racing, MKS Servo, Five Star, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode “2021 SuperChip” Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howsen Guest Colin Branch   Show introduction and welcome.   Tim Notes: Kyles birthday News items   RC Word Of the Week (brought to you by RC Driver) Camber: The angle, from vertical, of the wheels. Negative camber is when the top of the tire is closer to the center of the vehicle than the bottom of the tire. Negative camber is commonly used to add stability in bumps. Positive camber is when the bottom of the tire is closer to the center of the vehicle than the top of the tire. Positive camber is not commonly used.   Main Topic:   Are you taking the truck? Oh boy The flight, I love that they still have barf bags not as many people cough anymore in public lol Vegas airport weed vending machines and 69 dollar lunches stand up in my aisle karma buddy Rental truck Tornado watch The hotel, oh boy, leaking toilets and feeling like I was going to fall though oh and a few cops Food at the Shilo, Glitter moles, snow cones and leather paints. Sweet tea OKC life and how we fit in: Walmart shopping, we don't need no stinking masks kid, new shirts for Timmy and the family. High school champs, WOW The Kyle Christy driving school The ice cream truck of RC bodies showed up! Tables, chairs and exups Big Chief sending you a pin drop to test... wow here we go Friday testing! Two cars two paths Todds Fivestar and my undercover (still testing stuff) the surface and the tire prep. The 1320 video guys! That was awesome Pre testing was fast but at the track it was all normal, really weird but its possible. Went out with a plan and a good feeling we were right in the mix with a 2.1 The tebo experience, the guy is a machine and was the last one to leave... 3am night Race Day! Chip draw, new weather and the count down to big chief. The people and the friendliness, lets also clean up a few relationships First round mistakes and learning I split my pants! Chief is HERE! Now what???? the shirt shrug was nearly too much for me. Second round and more learning the old guy got his eyes drilled out. Lucky Chief had video lol I am out so let The Big Chief experience begin. Jackie, winner, winner chicken dinner. Live RC, photos, autographs it was an amazing experience I hope everyone enjoyed as much as I did. Starting line fun, finger that or peddle it you pick? Kyles charger screen, hey my bars are green yours are red, when is my wife's birthday again? Time to say good by to Chief and send him home with some stuff, ok send him home with everything. Lets talk about the race a bit more, Congratulations to team AZ its not a shock but what was it they were doing right? Brian Manske, Mark Vyne (2.01-2.03, .284-.260 .002) this was how I was hopping it would end up the fastest guys in the end and that's exactly what happened. Lets talk about what it took to go rounds here. What can do to make it even better? We got an issue and I got answers. I didnt win but I left with full arms of memories and cars! New Fivestar team driver, With my boy Todd! New car, innovations, build manuals and more! Jared baker Bob Hamilton and dont forget the body!!!!!! Whats the plan now Timmy, Topeka maybe?   The people: Greg Bridgewater and Jared mills, Big Chief and Jackie, Ben Boileau, Russ Bryant, Craig Fleek, David Logsdon, Jared Tebo, Todd Solteiro, Kyle and Riley Kristy, Colin Branch,   Live RC, Dessert hobbies, 1320 video crew, Jconcepts, Fivestar,   Featured Item of the week 6300 mah brick pack   Thank you to MaxAmps, Maclan Racing, MKS Servo, FiveStar chassis, Undercover drag wings All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode 138 “Tulsa Here We Come, W/ Frank Ulbrik” Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howsen Guest: Frank Ulbrik   Show introduction and welcome. Tim Notes: Chip shortage is still an issue for all you Maclan fans. Some info on the chip shortage as its called. How did we get here? Rona scare for auto makers, Rona plaint shut downs, Silica for glass vaccine vials. Tim got a new Truck! Let me tell you about it. Leather, moonroof, power steps, no crashing programs and on and on. Did a little interview with the Five Star chassis guys and my buddy Todd Solterio and they/Todd had a surprise for me. Tulsa is coming, what am I doing this time? The biggest RC drag race ever held and its going to be epic. 500 plus entries Tulsa race prep, What do you do when you travel for a race? What cars are you taking because you are signed up for two cars? Flying with Lipos, 100 watt hours is the key RMA fun! You all do know we can figure out how you killed your esc right? Dale Epp retires after 30 years of making the best RC bodies ever seen. Jared Tebo is building a no prep car. This kind of started a while back when I came to Maclan glad to see he has time to try it out now. News items San Diego RC drag race at Irwindale drag strip. Details June 26th, gates open at noon, start time is 2-4pm Entry fee is 110, 30 goes to the track for a ticket (seat), 80 to the pot Outlaw class, one car per driver, camping available for 50 bucks First round is state vs state, 64 entry max. RC madness, Enfield CT built a new drag strip and people want people to know. RC Word Of the Week Tie-Rod: The rod assembly used to connect the steering bell cranks to the steering knuckles. Also used for camber adjustments. Also known as a turnbuckle. Main Topic: Frank Ulbrik The plan for Superchip, Who is going with you? When you getting there? What car do you plan to run? Have you run on this surface before? Car details, esc, motor, battery, tires, prep Featured Item of the week MaxAmps 5800 mah 2 cell drag pack. 123.99 5800mah capacity 2S 7.4 volts   True 175C rating Lifetime warranty 5C fast charge capable 100% waterproof Built today with factory fresh cells Built with high-grade 10awg wire when plug size allows We add the connector and JST-XH balancing tap for you 68mm x 35mm x 76mm, 380g   Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Maclan racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!      

TSR podcast Episode 137# “Sub 2’s w/ Todd Soltero” Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howsen   Show introduction and welcome.     Tim Notes: NEW SOFTWARE UPDATE Broke the car more then I thought, Run down the list. How do I set up my chassis (Scales and things) Didn’t go to the list race, guess I needed a brake Truck buying, why do I now love the dodge? Proline bug body The JConcepts firebird promod body, the wings out but not he body.. Chief we have a body for you now. Who knocks on a work restroom door? What happened to the Jeff guy that made everyone made all the time and fought with JQ then joined his team then got mad at him more? Might be building a new car….. I cant help it I love them all so much Bug guts promo   News items ((brought to you by LiveRC) Flash back to the dead pool car chase, Jay Halsey was the man behind the wheel of what is still one of the most iconic chase scenes in movie history. 'The Dead Pool' was a 1988 crime film starring Clint Eastwood. A modified RC10 with lowered suspension was used with a 1963 Chevy Corvette body, and ultimately was blown up at the end of the scene. The filming was iconic and the scene is still super cool to watch to this day! Still no Live RC love….. oh well June 26th Irwindale drag strip RC Word Of the Week (brought to you by Competition-X) Top End: A vehicle’s final acceleration rate. For nitro engines, top end refers to the high-end needles.   Main Topic:   Todd Soletrio Chassis talk, lets go down the list How do you set up your chassis before you get to the track? Tires Gearing and power equipment. Superchips what do you think? Featured Item of the week Maclan Wireless corner scale system? G force Bluetooth X 129.99   Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Maclan racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode “One way or Another” Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howsen Show introduction and welcome. Tim Notes: We are now on spotify We are on a break neck pace this year. The more we slow down the more we do. Corey Lively joins the MA 70 mph club Johnny and the dead rat Smells like chicken and socks… Shock staft lengths in place of spacers News items Live Time drag racing system Rocket car jumps The new infinity curved scissors Ran out of talent podcast, why cant we get any love? The hobbplex show…. New R1 wurks caps, made for drag racing? New X-ray servo arm… RC Word Of the Week (brought to you by Competition X) Countersunk: A (flathead) screw with a tapered head; a hole with an angle that accepts a flathead crew. (countersunk chassis). Main Topic: Concrete testing day Tires and prep and brand testing (VooDoo/JC) Lots of grip and bouncy Head on into a curb is how I like it. The list of broken stuff 13.5 is big out here, I wonder if it is everywhere else? Hit man into a 13.5 car? Spring National: Whats wrong now? Car wont go straight….. fun turns to stress and a quick car switch was a fail… Mark Vynes car, WOW, Finals mark and Ryan Hildebrand Featured Item of the week SSI-065 SIMPLE SOLDERING IRON 89.99 The Maclan Racing SSI series soldering iron is one of the best tool investments a racer can make. The iron is light weight, compact, and designed for high heat performance with superb safety features. This soldering iron will operate from 12V to 24V DC power. We recommend using 6S Li-Po battery for the best performance as the iron will heat to 840°F (450°C) in just about 10 seconds. The built-in safety features will automatically cool the iron to 400°F if it’s not moved for 3 mins and will completely shut off power and go into standby mode after 6 mins of idle time. The OLED screen displays iron status and adjustment information. All parameters can be easily and quickly adjusted by the buttons on the handle. SSI-065 Features: • MCU control and program for precise temperature and safety control • Maximum 840+°F (450°C) temperature for RC applications • OLED display for easy reading status • Portable size and light weight for easy transportation to race events • Maximum 65W output with 24V power input • Built-in safety parameters to protect battery voltage and soldering iron tip lifespan • CE & FCC certified   Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Maclan racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all! Share the Show!

TSR podcast Episode “RC and You will get us through” Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howsen   Show introduction and welcome. Space Junk Wang Chung   Tim Notes:   I want to buy a new truck, so many issues, from the chip shortage to paying 50-60K for   San Diego cash race. Won first round but at a cost taking out my buddy Kyle Riley won all the money, not a shock. Car stuff, it wanted to go left… I need to learn more about these cars apparently.   Trip to Az to race, the drive was nice other then being 3 hours late and rushing to even make a hit…   Lost first round to Peter a local driver, it was a close one and not sure what else I could have done other then turn it up more.   Got to run Ryan Mayfield and won lol well I am thinking only one of us knew we were racing… Spencer was there too, what the heck has happened in drag racing when I am at a Saturday evening race that world champs show up to.. We are really having fun now. Todd made the finals but a bumped throttle gave him the loss.   Crying babies and even longer drives home….   News items     RC Word Of the Week (brought to you by Competition X) Receiver Pack: The battery pack that provides power to the onboard electronics in nitro powered vehicles.   Main Topic:   Colin, Maclan, and lots of listener questions.       Featured Item of the week   Hard Case race edition 6500 2s dual core pack. Choose your plug type and color of outer wrap. 139.99   Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Maclan racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode 134# “More KOTS w/ Todd Soltero” Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howsen   Show introduction and welcome. Tim Notes: The tent post came back around! OKC interview (best questions ever) KOTS ET and MPH break down and lookie who made the top 25 of reaction times. Its not supposed to be easy… I saw complaining and all I thought was these guys are track racers so they don’t get it. It’s supposed to be HARD. The right guys seemed to have been in the finals. VooDoo tire report coming soon. Stuffed them with crawler innovations foam Street Outlaw TV show and the new rules/halfway point of the show New parts for the undercover car (rear hubs, brass inserts) TSR Tunes from Vegas have been submitted. My charger died….. what to do? Superchip race, over 300 entries (2 cars per dude) another 20K race. Big chief has been invited. News items Some racing seems to be starting back up! Check your local tracks for the fun to start back up. RC Word Of the Week (brought to you by Competition-X) Toe-in: A condition when the front edge of both tires are closer together than the rear edge of both tires. Toe-in will make a car more stable under acceleration but decrease turn-in steering. Toe-out: A condition when the front edge of both tires are farther apart than the rear edge of both tires. Toe-out increases turn-in steering yet reduces stability under acceleration and through bumpy sections. Main Topic: Todd Soletro What king of prep did you do heading into KOTS What was your plan for the single test hit? First, second, third rounds? Weather What is your plan for the next big race and where will you be going? Featured Item of the week CowRC MooSlick lube. 6.99 a can MOO-Slick NO.077 is a fast-drying silicone-based application that is unaffected by water or oils, heat stable to 400+ degrees, will not; freeze, melt, throw or, collect dust. Fabric, plastic, metal, and paint safe. Replace all your current R/C lubricants that are not dependent on oil weight (IE: Differentials) and get the job done better. Repels corrosion, rust, and pitting of metals. Stops sticking, premature aging, and drying of plastics. Eliminates squeaking, squealing, and other friction related noises. Will not leave any greasy or oily films. Experience a truly smooth rolling drive train like never before. Completely changing the idea of cleaning your R/C; Truly a unique Lubricant, protectant, and release agent in R/C. Our 20oz can is marked as 12oz… We only count the actual usable product as contents and not the propellants or fillers. Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Maclan racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode “KING of the Streets 2021” Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howsen Guest: Jake Lieder   Show introduction and welcome.     Tim Notes: The Vegas race. The trip into town Thursday night hang out relax and had a lovely steak and shake no room service no steak Friday MaxAmps day! Stickers on the Lambo, Drifter madness and go karts from hell.   Test hits with the team (wind and fun) I get to meet flat Tim for the first time. Team dinner, not the same with Covid (John, David, Todd, Ablie, Colin, Craig, Jerry, Ian in bed early but its not home so I was up early. Or so I thought it was actually an hour off... Saturday race day: Where do I start? No parking, walked about 5 miles to get in because I dont wait. What are we running, no test space or time. Look at that Shut down! Test hit, drove down the slope.... First round hit Spinning was winning when you have the bye run DQ's all around! Voltage and burn outs Second round we got some decisions to make, What car. Some times you just get out run, Chris Bradford “grits” Bad tune job did me in, Who was asking me for my password? So weird... !up cam angle. So racing is over and I was a little down but the fans, oh the fans. Kayden Phillips thank you for letting me be in a picture with you! Some interviews, lots and lots of talking to people, taking photos and signing autograpghs. What a wonderful time to be in RC when I wasn't hiding out in the trailer. Daniel judd and Ricky Bellotti (Drag tires VooDoo More about this damn Christy family, where do I start with them.. my gosh they have adopted me and I never want to go home! They take very good care of Tim The weather got worst as the final got nearer Clay Keates and Jacob Lieder All Malcan finals! WIN WIN Clay took the win and like winning a super bowl the cameras and micphones swallowed poor clay up, he looked like a dear in the headlights. Jacob: DR10 stock chassis, Maclan DRK 4.5 motor and battery. Clay: Maclan DRK, 3.5 motor and bullet chassis Wrap up: The coverage was Great, it got a little long in the end but those guys has to endure the cold and wind plus keep talking nonstop about a side of the sport there were not really familiar with so great job. There was about 205 drivers total Several young kids slaying fast cars left and right(Chevelle and Kayden) The surface was better then it looked and the shut down was really not an issue The weather was as bad as I would ever want to see, it was nearly not tolerable. They got everything done in time, I have to credit both the team of people running the race and the drivers who all go up there and didnt mess around. It was on all accounts a success and we were told next year would be a three day event so that more people can go and race without the time limits. The thing I tried to make clear to all our team guys was that an event like this though we all want to win it we must all take a few minutes to truly enjoy what we are able to be a part of, the memories and fun. Finally I want to thank the people and companies that allow me to have an experience like this. MaxAmps, for years of support that has been measurable. Maclan MKS Undercover RC Vanishing Point Now the people, My wife The entire Christy family Colin Todd, Ben, David, John, Craig, Ian, Able, Nathan, Jacob       News items RC Word Of the Week (brought to you by RC Driver) Vertical Load: The amount of force applied to an individual tire in the direction perpendicular to the road surface; the forward driving force of the tire. Main Topic:     Featured Item of the week   Maclan racing DRK Drag Race King speed control with 5 stage software 229.00   Thank you to MaxAmps, Maclan Racing, MKS Servo, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode “The waiting is the Hardest Part” Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howsen   Show introduction and welcome. Bonkers For Honkers SHOW QUESTIONS Tim Notes: The undercover car updates The VP car Colins back and we are doing a final test New Software is OUT News items Vegas is a go, now what? RC Word Of the Week (brought to you by RC Driver) CVD: Similar to a dogbone, the CVD uses a ball-type setup that connects the bone to the axle.   Main Topic:   listener questions   Featured Item of the week   Helpful people they are free and offer more then money can buy. Be one today and make the world a little better.     Thank you to MaxAmps, Maclan racing, MKS Servo, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode “The Count Down Starts NOW” Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howsen   Show introduction and welcome.     Tim Notes:   Vette wings were a thing and then they weren’t and it all lasted about 3 hours   The undercover car updates Shocks, bent shaft Trans rebuild   The VP car Trans rebuild, top shaft, gear diff, outdrives Shock rebuild Bent driveshaft   Colins back in town and I know because they are calling for rain…   News items Vegas is a go, now what?   RC Word Of the Week (brought to you by RC Driver) Bumpsteer: The changing of steering angles while the suspension is moved throughout its range of travel. Generally, not a desired action.   Main Topic:   Tire Talk (rear) with Tim! Starting off the categorization we have two “BELTED and NON-BELTED” all tires fall into one of the two categorize. A belted tire Non-belted Tire bands,   Tire size Tire compound. Foam inserts   I personally run Belted without foam tires exclusively in my car. 1,2,3 repeat, success with routines. Routines and becoming consistent. Let us walk through my pre- and post-run details. Charge the pack. Prep the tires and keep them warm. Tune time. Lane choice Burn out (carpet is the way, low RPM, and light pressure) At the point of no return so let us get all the data we can. Slow Mo, GNSS, timing system Let the car go! They want to go straight if I do not mess it up. Braking and the drive back. Run two profiles like Tim. Clean and prep the tires. Pull the data and analyze all the info you got, video, et, mph, data log (voltage, stages) Make the changes, I suggest one at a time, this is the long road not the short one to success.       Featured Item of the week       Thank you to MaxAmps, Maclan racing, MKS Servo, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode 130 “Team Testing, 1,2,3 repeat” Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howsen   Show introduction and welcome.     Tim Notes:   Tim got a ¼ scale car, well kind of anyways.   Maclan team testing weekend. Colin, Dave, Craig, Nathen, John, Kyle, Bring the rain…. Eating in a parting lot until the sky’s opened up, Hey, look at this dude with a little hand! How many dudes can you get into one hotel room? Time for hallway hits with our matching watches… Sunday came without rain and so the testing was jumping off. Build a team, build some memories. The undercover car, what can I say it’s amazing. Let us do some videos.   Covid and the Vegas race   Big Chiefs weekly updates     News items   R1 bailing on drag racing, how much of this is our fault?   RC Word Of the Week (brought to you by Competition X) Cold Solder Joint: A solder joint with poor electrical integrity. It is not mechanically, or electrically solid, and has a rough or grainy look. Cold joints can cause radio interference.   Main Topic:   Tire Talk (rear) with Tim! Starting off the categorization we have two “BELTED and NON-BELTED” all tires fall into one of the two categorize. A belted tire Non-belted Tire bands,   Tire size Tire compound. Foam inserts   I personally run Belted without foam tires exclusively in my car. 1,2,3 repeat, success with routines. Routines and becoming consistent. Let us walk through my pre- and post-run details. Charge the pack. Prep the tires and keep them warm. Tune time. Lane choice Burn out (carpet is the way, low RPM, and light pressure) At the point of no return so let us get all the data we can. Slow Mo, GNSS, timing system Let the car go! They want to go straight if I do not mess it up. Braking and the drive back. Run two profiles like Tim. Clean and prep the tires. Pull the data and analyze all the info you got, video, et, mph, data log (voltage, stages) Make the changes, I suggest one at a time, this is the long road not the short one to success.       Featured Item of the week   Undercover drag wings “Hit Man” drag chassis.   Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Maclan racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode “Big Chief Big Show” Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howsen   Show introduction and welcome. Bruce Wayne Lively, brother Mason James getting what one needs for a poop story, inof and a good laugh   BIG SHOW WITH BIG CHIEF!! Willie Trent shout out for putting it all together.   Tim Notes:   The big Maclan announcement came and it was a fun weekend. So much excitement and welcoming I was really overwhelmed but it all.   MaxAmps, buy direct and Win!   Undercover drag wings announcement   Daniel Judd show?   Drag race life, its all about bodies and tunes and tires and its none stop, and I LOVE it.     Featured Item of the week   Maclan DRK (Drag Race King) esc 229.00 Pick one up at Your Battery Buddy. com your first stop when looking for drag parts.   Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Maclan racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode “New Year New Everything” Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howsen   Show introduction and welcome.     Tim Notes:   Maclan announcement Software development, TSR esc coming   Poop Phone is finally retired, for the new iPhone 12 pro MAX, Oh what did I do now…..   Wait, want a new poop story?   VP car and how close are we to a Vegas winning car?     News items   Proline and the mass exodus, what is going on?   Well remember when Horizon bought out Hobbico? Proline is part of that deal and if you were paying attention when they announced it you would know that some folks have already had a run with Horizon and don’t seem to feel the brand has anything for them anymore.   Could we be seeing the final days of real money contracts for RC drivers? You better offer more than just your ability to wheel if you plan to make a living off this industry. Things are changing and even though the players are young they are believing that the old requirements to get a check in RC are the same and I am sorry to tell you they are not.       RC Word Of the Week Contract: An agreement between private parties creating mutual obligations enforceable by law. The basic elements required for the agreement to be a legally enforceable contract are: mutual assent, expressed by a valid offer and acceptance; adequate consideration; capacity; and legality.   Main Topic:     The Maclan ESC and motor and what have I learned?   Talk about the software and how it works: stages, timing, delays and how it all plays together.   GNSS logger and how it can be a help? Read the G’s ET is off by about .15 but mph is on the money.   **Body battle: Malibu, Vette, IROC   IROC: Until this body came out the Vette was my choice for over all speed and aero dynamic smoothness but this one changes that and for me the IROC is the body to run if you have a 70 mph no prep car.   Vette: it looks aero dynamic and guess what it is, this body was the fastest body in the group averaging 1 mph faster speeds over the other two. The downside is this body likes to fly if you get the car just the tiniest bit sideways during braking, something I seem to do way too often due mostly to having to run on a spot with a short shut down area causing me to get into the brakes too hard too soon.   Malibu: boxy but flat sides make it stable going down the track and a tiny bit better during braking over the Vette   Featured Item of the week   Maclan SSI-065 battery powered soldering iron, small badass and under 100 bucks. 550°F $89.99     Thank you to MaxAmps, Maclan Racing, MKS Servo, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode 127 “Rainbows and Sunshine all day long” Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howsen   Show introduction and welcome.   Sponsor time is coming, have you been a good supporter?   Tekin, what’s going on because we are hearing all kinds of crazy things Tim?   Tim Notes:   Testing: More of the same if not even better.   UC car: solid, A to B over and over. I did pull out too much slipper at the end of the day and causes it to get wild on the hit.   VP: Solid, what a pleasure it is to drive this car. The wheelie bar is AWESOME Told to make a link adjustment and it just made the car even more consistent.   JC belted were awesome   Tire prep is on point.   Bodies, the vette… I got it figured out so I don’t fly it in the air every run but it still feels a bit sketchy during breaking if you don’t go light on the breaks   The Malibu, I have no idea if this body is poor aerodynamically but on the track it’s the most stable thing I have ever run. It does have a blunt nose but the sides are pretty flat and the hood, roof and decklid are flat and allow for a larger amount of air flow which will make downforce.   Switched the vette off the VP and put the Malibu on,   UC gets the Cuda   Magnets all around!! This is the best way to mount a body for SO with tech and BS   Next step? More power! So I sent a motor off to PMT, Talk to them if you want to go faster.   Moving to a 3.5 or am I?   Winning Ratio: 2.4-up 80% 2.2-2.3 15% 2.0-2.1 5%   Avg race winner, 2.2-2.3   Phone in the toilet and how you too can ruin your phone….     News items     RC Word Of the Week (brought to you by RC Driver) Turnbuckle This is an adjustable link that has conventional threads on one end and reverse threads on the opposite end. This enables you to make vehicle adjustments without having to remove the link from a vehicle completely.   Main Topic:   KOTS is at 256 drivers   Featured Item of the week   1Up racing wheel nuts 12.00 Introducing the new 1up Racing Lockdown M4 Wheel Nuts! Our low-profile serrations feature an oversize outer diameter and narrow inner diameter offering up to 200% more surface area to put your wheels on lockdown! It’s easy to see the difference compared to commonly used wheel nuts which dig into and damage the wheel surface, resulting in excess flex.   Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Tekin racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode“One Car, Two Cars, Red Car, Blue Car”Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howsen  Show introduction and welcome.   Tim Notes: *Yuma raceFighting and tire marks….No prep perp, Now what?Do friends need to fight for this to be fun? Tire prep do we need to go over this whole thing again? The track should have addressed those marks as soon as they were seen, to let them go and not expect people to want to stage in them is silly and this is what you end up with.  This is why the simple rule of no marks on the surface works so well, Clean them prep them whatever but have them dry and do a burn out on a carpet.  *Motor claim, well that makes things fun.  News items  Rudis motorsports buy out, we spoke to the new owner and here is what we got.Congrats on the No Name Podcast for reaching 100 shows! Ryan Mayfield wins in AZ, but it was a street outlaw car!  RC Word Of the Week (brought to you by RC Driver)Dual Rate:An adjustment found on most transmitters which allows adjustment of the distance a servo arm will travel.  Main Topic: *The New VP carShocks on the wheelie barBig ass bumper/splitter  *The New UC carMagnets were the way to go: and it seems to work great here is what I used:KJ magnetics, 12lbs counter sunk disksOne on the body mount and one on the body.Flashing tape is the best tape I have ever found. Dyno time: We built one for the prostocks and it got us championships, but can we build one for the street outlaw cars?  The minipro, or the old brass wheel? What do we need in a Street Outlaw motor?Rotors?Turns? 2.5-4.5 or do we need a 4.0 motor (it has to do with the internal winding and the direction it goes.    Featured Item of the week 1UP racing TS-100 Pro Put iron soldering set (89.99)12-24v DC Power Source (XT60 Male Plug).  We recommend our 6S LiPo battery or a 24v power source for best performance!   Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Tekin racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode “Summer of LOVE or something” Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howsen   Show introduction and welcome.   Love you Todd! Get Well!!   Tim Notes:   The internet and reading the horrifying abuse people put their cars or equipment through… blowing tires off freewheeling or needing 100K RPM….   Mid motor vs rear motor and what I have learned   Tyler’s Birthday bash race and how did it go? SO HOT! The weather…. Ice Cream First round of death! I smashed her up good…. Again, with the tires hitting???   How many more times am I going to rub the tires on the body before I finally raise it up? **Corvette summer…. The Heat and your oils…. We should be talking about how the heat and cold effects the shocks and Diff oils.   Flat Tire Blues: How am I going to get home and the story of my night with tow companies….   Next UP** San Diego test day, Great weather, car kind of working and second fastest…   Racing is not the same anymore and I know why but not sure I can get back there ever again, and this makes me very sad.     Taking MCT oil and now others are joining me, What’s it do Timmy?   News items   SkyRC GPS thing that can measure the et of 132 feet. What a find whoever dug it up   Graupner USA is back!   RC Word Of the Week (brought to you by RC Driver) Servo Reversing This is just what it sounds like. Radios with this function allow the user to reverse the output of the servo. This is useful when you switch the radio system between vehicles that may use different servo placement or orientation.     Main Topic:   Arrow talk…. So, it works wide and then it doesn’t… WTF Before we go down the Arrow timeline let me make it clear, I have set up MANY race cars I know a couple of people have had success with them but I should point out a few things not to knock them down but to remove this any doubt I didn’t start in RC yesterday. The issue is I am a trier and don’t like to be defeated, it would have been VERY easy to put this car on the shelf and never touch it again but I knew something was wrong and I wanted to know what it is… It feels like it’s all going away from me, like I am standing on a dock in a bay as the ship slowly pulls out. Do I jump in and swim for it before it gets too far away or just let it sail?   Lets go down the list of things I have done, sort of an Arrow timeline Got the car long before anyone else and boy was a shocked… it was thin and flexible… Boo Started changing everything but really needed a thick chassis. Got a thick chassis and it worked wide, Then I went for a narrow car…. Where did it go and why do I have everything breaking now? Had to re-find the car when I finally went back wide, and the car worked…. Where the issues really are……… First run brass hubs might have been all my issue. Diff going locked to 200K, tire rubs, all these problems….     13.5 class, it looks fun and I really didn’t think I would build anything for it but guess what? The Vega body came out and now I am building one….. Motor, 3D printed from Monster RC parts Exhaust (where to put it) lights (I am getting out of control) Still need to figure out a rear spoiler Going scale is NOT cheap…… Well if you go scale like I go scale…. Magnets the worlds greatest body mounting system (12 lbs for the win) And I managed to bust up the 13.5 so that should tell you something about my street and this Arrow car…. The street is just simply off limits I must realize that. ROAR motors…. Why do we have to deal with this… I must find a place to test or I will never get up to speed.   Vanishing point car (MIP B5 trans case)   Undercover car, both associated based. (all B6 parts) I am hoping to see them SOON! Please dear lord.       Featured Item of the week   Get your MaxAmps.com "Dickies" style Work Shirt today. 19.99 These shirts are very good quality. Features a large "MA" logo on the back and a smaller MaxAmps.com logo on the chest.     Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Tekin racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode “On the Road Again” Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howsen   Show introduction and welcome.         Tim Notes:   Battery break in and how I cycle packs   Funny how easy in the RC hobby we rape other people’s ideas….   The old wiggle some part that’s clearly broken in a video…..   Bodies how lucky are we?? SO many to pick from its crazy   Tire prep rule and why it is even this way, basically its for all the cheaters that we cant control. Fantom motor sheet, one rotor reading, no sensor board and stack resistance… I should call it the data for people that have no idea what they are looking at… its feel good data.   Ryan Mayfield out doing test hits in the street, good times all over.   Old questions from the last show we missed. Tommy Burgess: No prep is getting stupid fast in a hurry, what do you think? Dale Tounzen: does bracing the stock arrow work? Mark Vyne: Feeling on tire prep?   New questions.   News items   Birthday Bash race, Saturday night (8pm) start time.   RCX coming back to Pomona May 22? Really?   RC Word Of the Week (brought to you by RC Driver) A Arm This generally refers to the upper and lower suspension arm of a vehicle; the arm’s 2-point chassis hinge and single point mount at the hub resembles the letter “A”.       Main Topic:     Street wars another perfectly inconsistent consistent race for me.   Before we get to that I did manage to sneak into a Proline video…   The car worked for a few hits and then went right, and I mean right. It doesn’t help that I keep drawing the fastest dudes in first round but come on I need a race car!   Trip to Arizona with my girl   What a burger, what a disappointment   It was HOT HOT HOT   Two races, One day! I could only make one race though….   Met Colin Branch and of course racing in AZ is always fun. Got some time with John Schutlz and my buddy Todd Solterio.   The car was not good, back to turning left on the hit. And I mean like worst then you have ever seen…. Now what?   Found a dead bearing and another bend dogbone….. ok this is getting silly, how on earth can narrowing a car cause all these issues?   Same kid won both races, Hats off for that effort. Kyle Ahs   Dutch bros coffee, So lets talk about the line and experience. Long ass line, gave us the coffee early (stress) and then we finally got out of the line quicker then I expected.   I am don’t trying to keep this car narrow, it worked or at least started to work wide and ugly so guess what its going to be wide again.   So off we go to rebuild it all….   Tire prep and what I have learned and tired.   Birthday Race and what is my plan for this one… No where to go but up       Featured Item of the week   MaxAmps 5000 Mah Graphene 2 cell hard case 99.00 This new graphene technology provides incredible benefits including:   High power energy density Low internal resistance High discharge rate Long cycle life from improved electrical and thermal energy Better charge retention Specifications:   45+mph in most brushless setups (7.4 volts) True 175C rating 30 minutes average run time (5000mah capacity) ROAR Approval Pending Lifetime Warranty 5C fast charge capable Hard outer case 5mm bullet connectors 138mm x 47mm x 25mm 258g Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Tekin racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode “The ARROW Car” Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howsen   Show introduction and welcome.     Tim Notes:     Good Bye to our friend Grant…..   (MY) Covid world…. And my week at home…   Battery Break in secret 1st run half power, full squeeze 2-3 seconds burst and recharge 2nd run, 2 passes 2-3 seconds back to back, recharge 3rd run, Full power 1 pass full squeeze. Recharge 4th run, 2 passes back to back full power, full squeeze 3 second burst, recharge You will see less heat and puff and from here forward you can go crazy.   I spent 100 bucks to narrow my car 1 inch   13.5 class WTF did I do?   Kitchen draw wheels for wheelie bar wheels! RAD Jalapeno Balls…..   Super Chip race and James Dribble in the ARROW 70 mph Not as big as others but still a nothing historical RC drag race. Tire problems, lets talk about tire prep.   Where are all the tires? No Clay, no belted… What the heck is happening?     Add a timing system and watch all you people go away…… News items   Happy Birthday MATT!   Vegas cash night (Friday… What the heck) so I didn’t go Mark and Jack in the finals both Az dudes. Mark won… But wait there is more! Tire prep issues… Drama that didn’t involve me for once.   The Thick chassis is on the site! (What would I run if I was ordering?)   Jconcepts Caddy body is released.   The new Cuda body… Oh BOY   Route 66 Flagstaff cash race AUG 22, I plan to go   RC Word Of the Week (brought to you by RC Driver) Slipper Clutch This refers to a device found primarily in off-road vehicles that allows the spur gear to slip under excessive load. This feature protects the driveline from excessive wear and, when set properly, makes it easier to drive in loose conditions.     Main Topic:       Did another cash day and well I am consistent…. First round looser, this time at least it was to a fast car… Tyler is doing a great job, we are all seeing racing out here grow and that’s awesome, New people new fun.   Got to do testing and it went great! Met a bunch of new folks and all where super cool, I have no idea what everyone’s name is but I look forward to getting to test with them again.   Good lord it was hot   So, lets talk about the arrow car, I finally LOVE IT!   Shocks (front 62mm, 80wt; rear 75mm, 80wt)   Motor and ESC (RSPro black, 4.5 Eliminator)   The chassis likes Rake   Slipper and transmission (locked diff “no more leaking diff..) Built a new transmission and things are better... weird. The slipper… I don’t even want to talk about it but here goes. It’s a VTS Revolution slipper an so far its worked for me but I am not sure any slipper wouldn’t have worked it was the first I tired.   Thank you to Troy and James for so much help and guidance.   When I went to Az it was to learn and man did I ever, plus all these guys were very open to helping. James has been nothing but help with ideas and very open to what he is doing and what’s worked (friend?). I can’t thank him enough for the help and Troy for encouraging me to try a slipper.   Tire warmers, oh BOY those guys use them and now I see why! The benefits of using one are higher then the cost to me.   Tire gluing machine is wonderful, now that I have used it a few times its pretty great.   Found some new wheels I really like that have massive offset (proline f11)   Belted tires and my battle with the car wanting to turn left at halftrack. My bodies are too low.   I did score over 47k views on the video of my care spinning down the track, but I also learned what the heck is going on with my car. Made Gabe’s day… some people…..   Can I run non belted again? I am not sure, but I hope so.   I do love that I feel good inside that I have a solid game plan for the car each run. I know I am at the beginning, but it feels closer.   MaxAmps 4750 Graphene shorties are so great I often over look what I have in battery power!   Testing adjustments   Now I need more power (how are you going to do that?)   Maybe some teeth on the pinion   Do we need to build a dyno yet?   No More Street Hits!   Car weight is 2060 grams with all the brass add on and the thick chassis. 2300 with a body   What body, I am not in love with the Shark at all and if my wife had not made such a big deal about how she loves it I would have already tossed it, But I want to run a real looking car so now what? What do we have to pick from?   Its Finally a RACE CAR! That took a while for me to come around on but I am here, so much so I put stickers on my chassis and when I do that its because I see it as a race car now.   The track vs no prep, is track racing dead? Well it kind of was but now with Covid and all the fun of manufactures making parts for no prep (never for track cars) track drag racing was just passed up like it always has been. Long days and high cost to win what a plaque at best?   This Saturday is a cash race in Simi valley (2 hours away) To go or not to go How much could you win if you had a fast car and just spent your time going from cash race to cash race?   Featured Item of the week   Muchmore tire warmer…. Its about 150 bucks but it’s pretty awesome. Get one from our buddy Randy over at 1UP racing.     Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Tekin racing, CowRC, JConcepts, Raw Speed, MIP, Proline (So many that support me or RC Drag Racing) All our awesome fans, We love you all!

Night one of another two night show case

TSR podcast Episode “Arizona or Bust” Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howsen   Show introduction and welcome.     Tim Notes:   Truce talk, If, When and WHY?     News items       RC Word Of the Week (brought to you by RC Driver) Pitch In its simplest terms, this refers to the size of a gear’s teeth. For instance, a 32-pitch pinion gear has larger teeth than a 48-pitch gear. The number represents how many teeth per inch.     Main Topic:     Arizona Cash Night.   The drive up was uneventful   Get to see Todd and its HOT   Another wife takes me out in first round… Is this my new thing?   No freeway over pass lights made a dark rack so not many photos or video   Ran the DB10 into a light pole then won the next round.   I ran the DB10 and it wheelies a lot so I learned something about roads, flat vs crowns and wheelie cars vs driver cars. So much being learned every time I go out and this is 100% the reason I wanted to get to racing even if I really am not at a level to win anything. The DB10 was a cone lover…..   I did run the Arrow after the event had wrapped up and made about 15 hits in a row. Some good mostly bad BUT it seems to be working now with smaller front shocks.   Went to the B side and won my first round, then realized all the fast dudes were on that ladder and now I am screwed…   Lost to James but he won so that’s not bad Chatted all night long   Falling in love with the Vanishing point car mostly because its AE based, and I seem to love that.   The Vanishing point Slash conversion (see live feed)   Is Losi coming out with a car?   Shout out to Alan, James and the crew for putting on such a well-run race. 1200 bucks to winner, 150 to B side I got a shirt! Thanks!!   Trying to sleep without a noise machine…. WTF   Drive home, why not I am awake.   No breakfast thanks Covid-19 Bugles and fun-onions The big Red BUG   Long drive but it was nice, and I should plan to do it more often.   I NEED a Solid race car…..   Found a hidden shirt and hat in the car! Thanks, Coy   Featured Item of the week   Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Tekin racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode “Racing IS Back” Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howsen   Show introduction and welcome.     Tim Notes: set up station stock testing tool     Try typing RC news into google.... very disappointing     WHERE is the NEWS!!!! I just came from a race where 800 bucks was given away to one winner! Come on RC get it together you are missing all the real stuff people want to know about.   RC Word Of the Week (brought to you by RC Driver) Glitch Otherwise known as radio interference, a glitch refers to a momentary lapse in signal transmission. There are external sources that cause glitches, (like overhead power lines,) but consistent glitching is most likely the result of something in the vehicle itself, such as metal-to-metal rubbing as you might find with control linkages.   Main Topic:   Pre race drama as always. Crash the arrow car into the curb under braking smashing the following Arm, CVA, All adjustable links, Steering block USPS you suck and then you don't... but no you suck.   Get it all together Wheelie bar wheels   What to race, switch everything only to switch it back   The RACE   Still don't know what to do... Test hit one tire shake no toe... Time to decide what to do   First round blues (Vanishing point chassis)   Winner and race run down. 800 bucks to the win   Grudge race for 50-60 bucks. Give lane choice and let her do what she gonna do. Same spot same thing........   Let's pull out the DB10 and have some fun. 12 straight hits and she is a beast.... Bob wanted to kill me he was so sick over me not running the DB10.   Lets drag race while I stand at the finish line and other fun things. Free stuff, Sterling visit   No tacos for Timmy!   We need a Socal Team, the AZ guys are a team and they test all the time and it shows. We need to get back to racing.   Weight discussion with some heavy hitters. I had a crowd   Another great event from Tyler and his wife Ashley, no prep is crazy fun and competitive and its so strong.     Featured Item of the week 1up racing (1upracing.com) Soldering iron battery powered! I should have gotten with Randy and switched my motor...... Great guy great line up of RC products to choose from and enjoy. Check it out at 1Upracing.com   Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Tekin racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode “Street Outlaw Rules the World” Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howsen   Show introduction and welcome.   Tim Notes:   Was going on the No name podcast but not now so TSR time… Win for you all!   All kinds of new toys… Toe and angles kit (big money) Tire gluing machine (big money) Shock spring tool (little money)   Still one more JConcepts bodies to go   NPRC rules: Wings, Holes/cut outs, Weight min, Shocks, Hinge arms, Gear box…. What else am I missing?   Timmy’s car for the Tekin ads? What about a TSR drag motor? Maybe…..   Lets sell some stuff… Oh dear how did this start?   News items Tyler’s cash day race June 20th and yes, I took the day before off.   Bring the heat Chandler AZ cash race, June 27th 8:00 pm   Vanishing point drag chassis, it looks rad and its another one to choose from.     RC Word Of the Week (brought to you by RC Driver) Break-In A new nitro engine has to go through a break-in procedure to mate the engine’s piston to the cylinder sleeve. This provides a longer life expectancy between rebuilds. Recommended procedures will vary by manufacturer and engine. Generally, an engine will need to be run rich and at no more than half throttle for the first 2-3 tanks of fuel. The entire procedure can consist of anywhere from 3-5 tanks of fuel, depending on the individual engine’s instructions.   And lets not forget tires and foams…   Main Topic:   Arrow car: It’s becoming the stare car.   Thick chassis (4mm) some how my bodies don’t fit anymore… more fab work.   Body is stiffer now, so many goods from the thick chassis.   Weight: 60oz (3.75) to 68oz (4.25) over all gain (1/2 lbs)   Longer wheelie bar, this car is SOLID now. Need to build a jig to adjust it.   Shock package (75mm front, 85mm rear)   Shark body (Dodge Plum Crazy)   No limit graphics wrap   Undercover wings (GNX and others….)   Adjustable rear arms and 4° of toe   Machined hinge blocks are awesome   Raw speed tires (Clay, Long wear soft, Soft and super soft) Everyone is jumping on the we make smooth tires bandwagon.   RX8 in RSpro out   Tekin Eliminator motor   Throttle profile       Featured Item of the week Tekin Gen4 Eliminator motor     Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Tekin racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

Part 1 of this two night extravaganza! 

TSR podcast Episode “Live Love Laugh or don’t” Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howsen   Show introduction and welcome.     Tim Notes: The world is going a bit mad and I am not sure I want to talk about it….. I will say the nastiness of the world is effecting my outlook..   I couldn’t make the no prep cash days race (work) but the real issue is I really didn’t care and that made me pretty sad and forced me to evaluate what the heck I am doing here anymore. Blackballed? It sure seems like it… other podcasts getting promotion, not being included in the conversations…. Maybe its time. Then I slipped up and posted about it…. Weak move   USPS is dumb and can’t ever seem to get my packages to me.   Installed a new kitchen floor that was a fun learning curve for Timmy   News items   Cash days winner (Jack Kloeber 900.00 , 2nd Mark Vyne 225.00) Next cash day race (Tyler) Saturday June 20th (taco truck)   RC Word Of the Week (brought to you by RC Driver) Shock Piston A small plastic, brass or nylon disk that travels up and down inside an oil-filled shock body. It uses a hole or holes to regulate the rate at which the shock compresses and rebounds. Main Topic:     Main Topic   Todd Solterio in the house, lets talk about the Arrow car.   Where am I and what have I done so far? Shocks – Springs – Rear arms – stiffeners (nose, rear x2) - Longer wheelie bar - Bodies   Spoke with a few people about this mid motor thing and the dirt oval influence. Craig Phillips – Greg Bridgewater – James Dibble among others and got some good tips and things to try   Featured Item of the week   Undercover wings: Pick your car and let Greg do the rest. Cost it doesn’t matter its worth no matter what he charges.       Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Tekin racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode 116 “We all Just Want to Race” Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howsen   Show introduction and welcome.   Tim Notes: My Poop Story Depression and isolation The laptop finally died and after ten plus years 115 shows, countless live feeds and every dyno and data log call ran through that laptop and now its gone, But we have a new player. NPRC class was never intended to be a cheap class and honestly what RC class is cheap? None, so please get that out of your head this hobby has never been cheap unless you buy a Tyco and drive it in your living room News items   RC Word Of the Week (brought to you by RC Driver) Foam Inserts These inserts are used inside tires to help them retain their shape. Different densities are available for use on different track surfaces.   Main Topic: Got a new Tekin Gen4 3.5, now what? So I did a live feed last weekend, how did you like it? Covering the Arrow car. The Arrow car build, servo, esc, motor fun Arrow car body? What should we use? Upset people and the arrow car, so why is it not legal? So many examples of this already out there but all of a sudden something comes out and you cant or don’t want to buy it and that makes it illegal? Raw Speed Tires, thanks for calling Jason Texas needs to learn they started nothing and are only poor copies. I have had enough of the pissy attitude that some how that group did anything more then copy what others have done the only difference is their incessant need to monetize every inch of it to form some retirement.. Featured Item of the week Raw Speed Drag tires, clay, soft, super soft and long wear soft. Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Tekin racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode “Street Outlaw” Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howsen   Show introduction and welcome.    Tim Notes:  Trouble starters, Lets clear up a few things here. Sponsors, nope not me kids Thank you and excused myself, Take some responsibility for your actions. You don’t make a name off my back, let me explain how this deal work. Try spending the next 10 plus years doing things I didn’t find someone to unseat I made my own seat.   Meteors, and the fragments that align themselves with them.   Show questions: What’s the differences between the SC10 based chassis and the newer DB10 Thanks Mike   News items   Ryan Mayfield wants to talk speed run cars.

TSR podcast Episode “The Virus” Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howsen   Show introduction and welcome.    Tim Notes:  New Chair for Timmy!  Whats on the bench segment?  I am Essential and its not all its cracked up to be…. Work now requires all kinds of new things to do that make the day WAY longer…  I thought we would do lots of shows but….  All the new videos are fun to see  How is the family doing? How are all of you doing? Worldmeter.info visit if you are ready for the impactful truth…..   News items  New 55 Chevy and Camaro from JConcepts and the Daddy Dave truck is coming!     RC Word Of the Week (brought to you by RC Driver)           Traction Compound   A liquid substance applied to tires to enhance traction.     Main Topic:  My street outlaw, how much should I tell you, well before it comes from someone else that claims to be the originator.  I have a Nova, Octane and 55 Chevy to paint but I am leaning towards the 55 as the car I will campaign.  Let’s talk thought all the parts. Nose: Servo, linkage, shocks (oil, limiters, springs) tires Rear: shocks (oil, limiters, springs) sway bar, Tires Power: Tekin RS Pro black on a Tekin Gen3 4.5 sensored motor. (pro2 chat) Bluetooth connection via my phone. Battery: MaxAmps 4750 graphene shorty (charge rates, how often do you recharge, storage between racing.) Rear tires: Clay is not gay! Trans: diff lube and gears Wheelie bar: Jakes Performance. Wheelie bar wheels Chassis tuning: shocks, sway bar, wheelie bar. Body mounting and now things are getting serious… Screw in buttons and a bumper mounting system from McAlister racing. Wings and things: well our friends at undercover racing who make sweet rear wings (spoilers) but Tim what about splitters and canards and all that silliness. I still believe the DB10 is the best platform for a street outlaw car, but the rest of the aftermarket world has not joined the fun and made parts for it like the slash.   Power tune, thank you street in front of my house where I do hits every day. Featured Item of the week JConcepts 55 Chevy street outlaw body, 50 bucks and the hood scoop is removable! Win Win!   Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Tekin racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

We dig a little deeper into the King of the Streets no prep cash day race with the minds behind the mayhem Tyler (RCDrag Talk) and Coy of the Arizona drag racing league. Plus even more RC fun with Tim and Matt! Hang on kids the shows are coming Fast and Furious!      TSR podcast Episode “King of the Streets Part 2” Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howsen Guests: Tyler and Coy     Show introduction and welcome.     Tim Notes:   Johnny and his camel killing fun in Irac.   News items       RC Word Of the Week (brought to you by RC Driver) Milliamp (mAh) This is a rating for batteries. The higher the milliamp rating, the longer the cell can provide power. Currently, most RC batteries range from 1500 to 3300 milliamp hours. Main Topic:   Main topic:   How did the two of you (coy/tyler) hook up?   How did you get the idea to have this race?   What made you think charging 100 bucks a car would work?   When did you realize it was becoming something special in the RC world?   What do you see coming from this event?   Do you plan to do more than just this one once a year? The event seemed great, was there anything you felt unprepared for?     Were you as shocked as me that no police or even security came to see what 150 people were doing in a big parking lot on a Saturday afternoon?    Questions:   Josh Twist: not a question but it was awesome to hear your story about Jimmy Jet   Gary Unser: More Jimmy Jet   John Mcmasters: You should get Jimmy on the show somehow.   Phillip Staab: Tyler and Coy two of my favorite guys in all of RC. What surprised you most about the KoS race? I know neither of you competed in the race but was it still fun?   Stephen Nicholson: your thoughts on slick tires vs treaded tires. Which do you prefer and do you think one has an advantage over the other?     Mike asks: What’s the difference between a SC10 based chassis and the newer DB10 based one. Biggest minus if one used the older style SC10 era?   Jeremiah Bacon Sahlberg: is there a motor limit in no prep drag racing. I am thinking of getting the hobbywing stock system. Also do you remember a podcast called cooking with Nitro it was many years ago.   Jeff Mcdowell: Can we get a tri-state series set up? Vegas, Phoenix, Elsinore? Gary Unser: Super Stock class, discuss the class and rules.   Erik Denk: Race looked amazing. Good job on helping the young gunner out by giving him a body. That is what this hobby needs more of “people being great ambassadors of the hobby they love and want to see flourish” Well done Tim smith hope you make it out to Az so we can show you how we do it here, Keep up the good work!   Bryan Tilson: big wings and tire goop, discuss?   Brad Reeves: when is the JConcetps camaro body going to be released?   John Shultz: are you building a big wing for your car?   Phillip Staab: It was great meeting you in Vegas, after racing with the fastest street outlaw cars in the nation what are your thoughts? Giant rear wings the same as a gyro?   Jake Rosen: after building all the excitement did you have fun?   Dennis Coleman: did you use tire sauce at the KoS? What type of tires were the Hawaii guys running?   Frank Chiechi: is ther any advantage to these after market chassis?   Jake Rosen: ok, serious question here: NPRC has brought more new people into rc drag racing then anything ever has. Will the traditional drag racers be able to attract some of these new people to the solid axle foam tire super fast cars?    Featured Item of the week   New JConcepts Camaro body   Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Tekin racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

    Here we go kids, The KING of the Streets! This truly was the greatest RC event I have ever witnessed and Boy oh Boy do I have stories.  Plus I got a chance to find out what the other half live like as I attended the DNC (Dirt Nitro Challenge) a week earlier. Wow what an RC world I have been in, sit back and relax because there is a lot to cover.   Enjoy, love Tim and Matt   TSR podcast Episode Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howson This week:  The King Of The Streets   Tim Notes:   The dirt nitro challenge, good time talking to all kinds of pro guys, Ryan Mayfield and Jason Rona to name a few. It wasn’t as big as I thought it would be, but I guess that’s how it works. Meet Keenan from No name Podcast and or course JQ was there, that was odd and a bit uncomfortable… Went to the parking lot to do some hits and it was like the moons surface but she ripped right down the middle.   Most people would leave their stuff alone with a huge race coming up but not this clown…. So I tired to add some more power at home at night in the dark and backed her into the curb seemily destroying everything… I have rolled this car over and over and not broke this much stuff….   Two days out and I smash the car all up. The parts list…. The wheelie bar, Jake performance for the save, or is it! Well if I got no parts I might as well go with the boss to the bar and have a few beers… not my best idea… I couldn’t quite get it squire and no time to do hits I had to guess and go with it…   The out pouring of support for this was crazy, cars parts anything I needed people were offering left and right. Thank you to all of you for offering it was humbling to say the least.   News items     RC Word of the Week “Brought to you by RC Driver Magazine”   Oversteer The condition that’s usually present when the rear wheels lose traction before the front wheels ending up with the rear of your vehicles swinging around through turns. Adjusting shocks, stickier tires or more rear down force are some possible solutions.   Main topic   King of the streets   The drive up, aka Jimmy Jet Nelison, baker California what on earth was this guy doing here?   Of course I was late, what can you expect from me?   I couldn’t believe my eyes when we drove in. More cars and people then I ever imagined on a free parking lot   A little testing and no one seemed crazy fast in fact the cars were a little loose on this parking lot so we all had to turn down a bit to make it happen.   Chip draw round one, me vs the lumber jack from Sonoma, yies! The car goes left… Lots of good cars fell out in the first round, maybe trying to go a bit too fast out of the box or nerviorness, I know I was.   Find a penny pick it up, Round two the bye draw!! Red 7! The car goes right…   The warrior round, the battery. Guess what the car went right…   Now that’s over let the fun begin! Time to talk and giveaway some stuff. First up the car body.   More batteries, lol I am going to run out of stuff.  My sneak leave of a MKS 550 servo   Paul willhite from Proline, thank you for the support.   Associated Thank you for the Great support.   RC bombshells NPRC chapters, Hawaii, Colorado, Arizona, Sonoma, Socal, Oklahoma, Texas and so many more. Sorry I was not able to get around to talk to everyone.   What did I learn and see, belted tires, laydown and reverse gear boxes, shock oils and stiffness,   The finals, Ricky Bellotti  vs  jeff mcdowell, chip draw, lane choice and off we go! 420 2nd, 3880 1st, Largest pay out for a single race event?   Now that all the is over lets do some grudge racing and win some money! I managed to get into about 8 races and think I won them all. I slowly got the car dialed in a bit but something is wrong with it… I did squeeze a couple hundred bucks out of the folks. Then with one battery left I pulled it out and off it went to a new home.  So I went home with two less bodies and three less batteries  and one less MKS 550… lol hope I don’t get into trouble J now I need new batteries. Oh and I think I killed my ESC, on the last race I made (which I won J in the shut down she gave up. But I did run the crap out of it and got it too hot. Maybe back to the four pole and where to go from there?   My Hawaiian friends, people from everywhere it was mind blowing what I was witnessing, it was a grand historical event in RC and I was part of it. That all happened on a free parking lot! They took no money and man did they run an efficient race, holy Cow it was great and all done by basically three people.   John Shultz and that whole total mess, time to set the record straight….   Back to the race and awesome it was,  so many to thank,  I had to make a list, Tyler, Ashley, Coy, Shawn, My wife, John and Jonathan, Philip, Ricky on his win and the whole Sonoma crew, my new Hawaiian brothers, the cops for never coming or caring what we were doing.   Wrap up the drive home was nice actually to really sort through all that had just happened, I though to myself that moving when I was getting dressed that this day was going to be filled with lots of emotions and  I was excited to see what came from it. Well it was perfect and everything was so good I couldn’t think I a thing I would change even from the free parking lot and the weird fear that at any moment the cops could show up and run us all off, I could only think that there so many of us they all just assumed we rented it or somehitng. Historical, epic high lights in RC all the words work for what this event was. It was the perfect storm of timing and people and I only hope this is the start a  great thing in Rc and not a once in a lifetime stick of lighting, I don’t think that is the case I think this was more of the welcome to the world moment for RC drag racing. So long it had been hiding in the shadows of these weird hand made cars that didn’t look like real race cars people outside of hard core drag racing would recognize but this street outlaw thing was just a perfect thing for the time and the people and it’s the most exciting thing in RC and I think this event should show that. Think about it this was a free parking lot we just showed up in. All the promotion was done on social media or the podcast so again free. The people that ran the show, the dream team did take any of the pot for their effort, normally the winners give 10-15% of the win to the race host as a thank you but I don’t know if that happened, I hope it did. But look at this event, 43 cars for one class, at least 150+ people many just came out to watch and see what and or who would actually show up for this race. Just mind blowing to me.   Facebook Questions   Featured Item of the week   MaxAmps 4750mah 2 cell grapheme shorty, 89 bucks and they are awesome!   Thanks to: MaxAmps, MKS Servos, Gruapner, CowRC, Tekin, Team TSR and all the Fans!      

TSR podcast Episode“Vegas and Tim equals Fun!”Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howsen • Show introduction and welcome. Question from the fans, I am always shocked at how awesome our fans are. Tim Notes: Lipo battery and C rating info. Lets talk about balance charging and other fun stuff.More tire break in and testing. More suspension work. Level on the counter top measuring each rear wheel on the wheelie bar and on the chassis. Wheelie bar mod complete New JConcepts belted tires and what do I think of this version?Body mounted and I used my old spoiler parts because if its working why change it, but it does look beat up. Sneak peek of the JConcepts body’s Testing for Vegas but I really don’t feel ready to go rounds so we will see. I know my street is difficult but thought I am a ways down the road in making this a true race car I am not sure I am there yet. Here is why, suspension, launch, wheelies. I’ll learn a lot at Vegas, I expect to be shocked by how fast and straight these guys will be that have been running for a while. I am not giving up but I know it’s going to be an up hill battle. What are you bringing to Vegas Tim? Awards taped together as car stands. It will teach the car what it takes lol People doing show after show trying to figure out the future of RC but really, they just want to know the future of off-road lol DE Racing series, you cant use any other tires… what do we think about that? • News items   • RC Word Of the Week (brought to you by RC Driver)Foam Inserts These inserts are used inside tires to help them retain their shape. Different densities are available for use on different track surfaces.   Featured Item of the week The new Tekin Gen 4 motors, longer magnets and all kind of exciting cool tricks.   Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Tekin racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!

TSR podcast Episode“RC is KING”Hosts: Tim Smith and Matt Howsen • Show introduction and welcome. Tim Notes: Let’s talk tires for street outlaw, Tires I have tried and wheels Street Outlaw motor fun, from 2 pole to 4 pole and back to 2 pole Accept your own responsibility, but tim its more fun to push it off on you….. Diff lube, Shock oil, Balance and sway bars. New body and its lovely • News items Vegas no prep cash buy in race (100.00) Feb 29th check out RC drag talk for more infoRCDRL Louisiana is no more and the story is…..Adam the new MKS manager! • RC Word Of the Week (brought to you by RC Driver)Shock PistonA small plastic, brass or nylon disk that travels up and down inside an oil-filled shock body. It uses a hole or holes to regulate the rate at which the shock compresses and rebounds.   Main Topic:   FACEBOOK questions   Featured Item of the week 89.99 eachGet an edge on the competition with our powerful 175C rated Shorty Graphene LiPo 2S battery. Perfect fit for most 1/10-scale rc vehicles that run a Shorty style battery pack. Even in battery trays that can fit a standard 2S stick pack, it is nice to run a powerful lightweight Shorty Graphene LiPo and be able to shift the weight from front to back to meet your desired setup. For you racers, this Shorty Graphene LiPo pack is built with 5mm bullet connectors that allow for clean installation in your vehicles and easy, neat storage. Choose the rc connector you would like installed on the 5mm low-profile bullet power leads for the battery pack from the drop-down menu.This new graphene technology provides incredible benefits including:• High power energy density• Low internal resistance• High discharge rate• Long cycle life from improved electrical and thermal energy• Better charge retentionSpecifications:• ROAR Approval Pending• True 175C rating • 2S 7.4 volts• 4750mah capacity• Lifetime Warranty• 5C fast charge capable• Hard outer case• 5mm bullet connectors• Main power leads built with high-grade pure copper tinned 10awg wire when the appropriate plug is selected. Genuine 12awg Deans Ultra wire is used on all other plugs.• 95.3mm x 46.4mm x 24.6mm• 207gPopular battery for Traxxas TRX4 TRX-4 Crawler.Note: We also include the pictured 10awg charge lead in addition to the main power lead to allow for easy balance charging on any Hobby-grade charger that uses JST-XH balancing taps. The charge lead will come with the same plug you choose for your main lead.   Thank you to MaxAmps, MKS Servo, Tekin racing, Graupner USA, CowRC, All you awesome fans, We love you all!