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Plain and Simple; 1/32 Scale Tamiya, Auldey and etc. stuff obviously.
This serves as a discovery page, tips, tutorial and guides, and questions I may have and will regularly edit as well etc. etc. Sorry about the formatting, I'll work on it more later.

Gotten interested and bought myself 7x (1994) Auldey kits from an aged hobby store that actually had around 10 dusty shelf kits (Plannign to buy them all later, since they're $10ea) because I couldn't wait 2 weeks for my Tamiya Speed-Spec Starter Kit to arrive (Still due from 1st Nov. Until 12th).

Been reading articles, and even writing my Mini4WD fiction series/stories as well.

My current Q's that needs A's

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Q1; Are Auldey and Tamiya parts interchangeable? (I remember reading gear weight and colors are different.) Q2; Are the chasiss types/names from both Tamiya / Auldey the same? I noticed they share same names. Same wise with the motors, but obviously the motors from Auldey ain't gonna be just the same quality as Tamiya's. Q3; Which batteries are good? Why and etc? I like to discuss about this since I'm going to buy rechargable Ni-Mi batteries tommorow.

> Discovery Section
Discovery: "Training" your batteries (Usually rechargable ones) TBA'd [Will provide links later]

if you are willing to spend the best might I suggest Sanyo Ni-MH batteries especially Eneloop

normal version if you are on the quantity with a budget...
Eneloop for lowest discharge rate during storage on long term

Eneloop AA has 1500 or up to 2000 mah but charge cycles of 1000-1500 depends on the packaging

Harmolattice/XX series batteries has 2500 mah but charge cycles of 500


duly noted those are voltage rating of 1.2V per cell/unit



other theories that might be applicable to mini4WD.... try to research further on Lithium based battteries, Airsoft communities started to embrace these kinds and not the mini4wd ones?

the 18650 ones are also 3.7v per cell/unit

Just purchased Everready Gold Alkaline AA Batteries. 10pk at half price for $5AUD... so good.

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The performance anted up more than i expected on brand new batteries against used normal ones. Original RPM sounds balanced but slow, now its extreme strong, forceful and fast. (On stock motors) Tried on different motors too while applying grease on the gears and ballbearings/etc. and motor dial just enough to deal with a problem I had before which I assumed the old battery was just weak which needed a push. Discovery: Correct amounts of Grease on the gears, bearings or basically anything that rotates with make it perform better, more grease will make it more smoother rotation, might sacrifice speed based on amounts placed on the motor's gear. Too little is damaging [gear grind damage and louder volume], and too much is never good either, you wouldn't want a super slippery gear that performs slick and smoothly balancing its speed right? Although it depends on some courses. Drag/Technical etc. Issue resolved: When the motor could spin but the other connected gears didn't, especiailly the wheels wouldn't even move. Solution: Need more grease on gears and bearings. Another thing I discovered online and also tested was (Old) Standalone Alkaline vs (new) Gold Grade Up Alkaline has a huge difference. Normal Alkaline. (Does slightly decent/alright for stock engines, or for utilizing slow speeds) Grade Up Types of Alkaline. (Provides and outputs tremendous amounts of power, even a special torque motor will sound like screaming even with more than enough grease won't stop it screaming. Louds as f) Lithium Alkaline. (I was warned by friends not to use these, unless I wanna kill the motor or put it on extreme hype speed) The higher voltage will give insane output to the point it overheats ando verworks the motor, hence no. Rechargable Alkaline* (TBA) Another thing to note: If you're going to spend more than a small fortune for parts, efficiently and consistently building the ideal set ups for each type etc. Do not, be a bish and buy cheap batteries it just undermines the whole point of Mini4WD. Too much power is also a problem, the ideal theory is to have balance, efficiency and consistency. Going to get High Extreme Lithium Powered battery is also pushing it. I would upload my vids on motor's actual sound volume but not yet. New discovery and issue: Ideal weight ratio, not just gear ratio type, and battery weight, and battery outputs and pros and cons of each type and need to control the vibration. If I just simply used a a grade up type of a standard alkaline and it's already beast and loud and fast. It's going to cause alot of instability on many aspects. I listed them way above already. What would happen if I use "Extreme/Advanced" types of Alkaline batteries? Lithium is probably too op it will make my mini4wd catch on fire.

> Gonna buy more battery types and test and evaluate them out
> Build a home made improvised track to use on my spare room.
> Find ways to solve or improvise on the vibration feedback.

You might rather lower your volume enough just in case.

YOUTUBE ( https://youtu.be/P86wpYAgA0k )

YOUTUBE ( https://youtu.be/ScKdpB8Z1jQ )

This post has been edited by Kenzz on Nov 5 2015, 01:34 AM

YOUTUBE ( https://youtu.be/ScKdpB8Z1jQ )

This post has been edited by Kenzz on Nov 5 2015, 01:34 AM

This post has been edited by Kenzz on Nov 5 2015, 01:34 AM

so what would u like to know

i just know enough to tell that i only build cars now for nostalgia reasons and rarely run them

well i can u that its super boring running them alone and if your from a country that was never popular with it then its pretty boring (unless u like to build for fun)

its kinda like rc cars where u need to find a group of ppl, but back then it was just like bayblades where i can pretty much walk out my door steps and the neighbor hood would track (or stadium in bayblades case)

Today's Discovery

Everready Gold Alkaline Testing.
Stock Auldey Motor = Balanced Speed, not too fast not even slow.
Black Auldey Motor = Very fast. Feels like a supercharger.
Tamiya Rev Tuned 2: Slightly Fast, not fast enough, but balanced and feels technical and phasey.

Then comparing it with:
Energizer Advanced Alkaline.
Stock Auldey: Noticed 5-10% Increase in speed but not power.
Black Auldey: 30-35% Extra Torque Peaky feel, it runs faster and harder.
Tamiya Rev Tuned 2: Feels 25-50% more faster, still balanced and technical feeling.

I believe specific motors run at a fixed RPM speed even with the greatest battery its not gonna really do much based on the motor's limited potential.

This post has been edited by Kenzz on Nov 7 2015, 10:46 PM

rewired the motor to make it faster