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Post by ecbill on Sept 8, 2024 20:19:09 GMT -7
Hello Dave. After reconsidering, I have decided to allow the A Dash Mondo chassis. You and Ecbill made me realize I was looking at the chassis wrong. I deleted my post initially answering your question. The Mondo chassis is allowed. I have changed the race post to show that. Thank you. ***ATTENTION ATTENTION***
Shortly after I posted the Sign Up sheet I was asked if the Dash Mondo chassis was legal for this race. I initially said no but was told it was comparable to AFX non magna traction so I allowed it. I just realized something and I want to make this clear. NTRA Pancake Stock rules (both 3 gear and 4 gear), which we are using, state 14ohm is the minimum ohm for the armature. The armature for the Mondo is lower than that. The one I have in front of me right now is ohming out at 10.9. That armature would "NOT" be legal for this race. So although the Mondo chassis is allowed, the stock armature would not be legal. I am sorry for any inconvenience but the rules are posted on the Sign Up page. I am running a stock Mondo chassis for the first "Guess the ET" game and was checking the specifications for posting and realized it has a lower ohm armature. Didn’t even think to mention the 10ohm arms. All of mine get yanked since it can’t compete in Stock classes and would not be competitive against 5.5 - 6.0 ohm arms in Super Stock or Comp. Theres absolutely nothing wrong with these 10ohm arms. They just don’t fit neatly into any of our classes. AW, Aurora and Dash Arms will all work in the Mondo gear plate. OS3 arms have a .065 diameter shaft which will be too tight. The arm shaft hole will need to be bored out. The Dash gear plates have tighter tolerances than AW and Aurora. |
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Post by mazda on Sept 9, 2024 2:22:42 GMT -7
The English teams have made it to Chicago.
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Post by AJR on Sept 9, 2024 4:40:00 GMT -7
***ATTENTION ATTENTION***
Shortly after I posted the Sign Up sheet I was asked if the Dash Mondo chassis was legal for this race. I initially said no but was told it was comparable to AFX non magna traction so I allowed it. I just realized something and I want to make this clear. NTRA Pancake Stock rules (both 3 gear and 4 gear), which we are using, state 14ohm is the minimum ohm for the armature. The armature for the Mondo is lower than that. The one I have in front of me right now is ohming out at 10.9. That armature would "NOT" be legal for this race. So although the Mondo chassis is allowed, the stock armature would not be legal. I am sorry for any inconvenience but the rules are posted on the Sign Up page. I am running a stock Mondo chassis for the first "Guess the ET" game and was checking the specifications for posting and realized it has a lower ohm armature. Didn’t even think to mention the 10ohm arms. All of mine get yanked since it can’t compete in Stock classes and would not be competitive against 5.5 - 6.0 ohm arms in Super Stock or Comp. Theres absolutely nothing wrong with these 10ohm arms. They just don’t fit neatly into any of our classes. AW, Aurora and Dash Arms will all work in the Mondo gear plate. OS3 arms have a .065 diameter shaft which will be too tight. The arm shaft hole will need to be bored out. The Dash gear plates have tighter tolerances than AW and Aurora. I agree completely Bill. I think I kinda knew this too. I mean I have built one of these for PSO. I just didn't think about it at the time. I always seem to miss some small detail and I've been out of the loop on some of the new stuff, so I missed it. I just wanted to make it clear before it's too late. Hopefully everyone knew that already but like I said,,,,I just wanted to make it clear. |
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Post by cozwurth on Sept 9, 2024 5:12:52 GMT -7
Understood on the Ohm ratings for the classes. I have replaced the arm in my A-dash with an AW arm to be in compliance with the rules. No issues there. My initial question was concerning the chassis itself as I knew that Aurora has AFX non-mag chassis with arms that were too low for the class as well. I was a little torn on which chassis to build as I like the stampings in the AW chassis that make the springs part of the electrical path equation, but I also like the adjustable traction magnets in the Dash chassis. In the end, the A-dash won out for this race once it was approved.
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Post by AJR on Sept 9, 2024 7:25:42 GMT -7
Understood on the Ohm ratings for the classes. I have replaced the arm in my A-dash with an AW arm to be in compliance with the rules. No issues there. My initial question was concerning the chassis itself as I knew that Aurora has AFX non-mag chassis with arms that were too low for the class as well. I was a little torn on which chassis to build as I like the stampings in the AW chassis that make the springs part of the electrical path equation, but I also like the adjustable traction magnets in the Dash chassis. In the end, the A-dash won out for this race once it was approved. The Dash chassis is definitely the better chassis, but I am not a fan of the brush tabs. I prefer springs and tabs for more adjustment. I tend to screw the tab only tabs up  . With that being said, I have hit my best ET in PSO with the Mondo that I recently built for that. |
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Post by nosubfor3 on Sept 9, 2024 9:32:37 GMT -7
Understood on the Ohm ratings for the classes. I have replaced the arm in my A-dash with an AW arm to be in compliance with the rules. No issues there. My initial question was concerning the chassis itself as I knew that Aurora has AFX non-mag chassis with arms that were too low for the class as well. I was a little torn on which chassis to build as I like the stampings in the AW chassis that make the springs part of the electrical path equation, but I also like the adjustable traction magnets in the Dash chassis. In the end, the A-dash won out for this race once it was approved. The Dash chassis is definitely the better chassis, but I am not a fan of the brush tabs. I prefer springs and tabs for more adjustment. I tend to screw the tab only tabs up . With that being said, I have hit my best ET in PSO with the Mondo that I recently built for that. What was the purpose of the 10 ohm arm? Was it a language barrier? |
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Post by crazynski on Sept 9, 2024 15:01:34 GMT -7
A 10 Ohm arm is the standard arm that comes with a stock Dash Mondo chassis.
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Post by ecbill on Sept 9, 2024 19:58:08 GMT -7
The Dash chassis is definitely the better chassis, but I am not a fan of the brush tabs. I prefer springs and tabs for more adjustment. I tend to screw the tab only tabs up . With that being said, I have hit my best ET in PSO with the Mondo that I recently built for that. What was the purpose of the 10 ohm arm? Was it a language barrier? Think Dan Cashmer of Dash felt that the Mondos needed a little more power than a 16ohm arm. They tried some 5ohm and 7ohm arms that tended to run too hot. |
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Post by AJR on Sept 10, 2024 6:03:50 GMT -7
Jeff Please place me on the list for this event for 2 4gear stock Thanks |
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Post by pennywize619 on Sept 10, 2024 10:31:20 GMT -7
Man I'm not sure I've ever ran a stock anything down my track lol. I'm going to guess a .8131
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Post by crazynski on Sept 10, 2024 17:00:32 GMT -7
I'll guess a .999 ET.
Thank you very kindly.
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Post by dave632 on Sept 11, 2024 8:37:58 GMT -7
MY ET guess is 1.055. I don't have any Mondo chassis but it looks good to me. All my faster AFX cars use the brush spring mechanism that the Dash chassis uses.
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Post by ecbill on Sept 11, 2024 13:15:02 GMT -7
1.212 on the Mondo
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Post by finistauri on Sept 11, 2024 15:15:00 GMT -7
.957
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. With that being said, I have hit my best ET in PSO with the Mondo that I recently built for that.
