[Kevan]

This week is NSR Mosler 'Club Challenge' #1

All eight of last years eligible club members have been joined this year by a new entrant.

So nine NSR Moslers, all the same:

• NSR Evo Supergrips, glued & trued tyres, no tyre treatment allowed on the tyres, only water during polishing and tape during the racing.
  
• Kit supplied King 21 motor
  
• Kit supplied gears
  
• Kit supplied guide
  
• No mods to anything with the exception of damping tape on the bottom of the chassis
  
• no ballast
  
• Maximum width of 64mm
  
• Club controllers - Truspeed BP2
  

The second to last item was interesting because last year we had to trim the tyre width to stay within the 64mm rule - one or two cheated by cutting the axle spacers down but those cars had replacement spacers after complaints.

This year I volunteered to set three of the cars up for club members who were away or unable to get to the club and I found a simple way of not having the trim the tyres.

• Flip the bearing round on the spur gear side of the pod so the hollow side faces the wheel
  
• Put the long spacer on that side of the axle (the kit comes with it on the other side of the car)
  
• Leave the bearing on the other side of the pod with the flat side facing the wheel
  
• Fit the short spacer on that side of the axle (the kit comes with it on the spur gear side of the pod)
  
• Fit the 12mm tyres to the kit wheels and the width will be 64mm
  

These 'standard' cars with no tyre treatment or ballast are only a quarter of a second slower than a fully prepped Mosler with treated Ultragrips, ballast and Shark 25 or 30 in SW setup (SW is quicker non mag on our wood track)...oh and our own all singing & dancing controllers with multi adjustments available..a real eye opener which has got me re-evaluating one or two things to be honest.