I made this video in August and I would like to add that I've put in 3k on the set I have in this video. I've cleaned it with 70% isopropyl alcohol and also with motor cleaner few times but I never put any lube in it. Not even Yutori 003 lube. I just run it dry because I want to see how many laps it'll take before I ruin one. So far all of them are still smooth like they're brand new. I wouldn't recommend this for daily drive or you will have to service the bearings quite often. I would however, highly suggest this for the upcoming PNWC in France for the slower classes. Your lap times will improve and the speed alone on the track was quite noticeable! The corner speed when I hit those on-power corners were SMOOOOTH!! When I ease off the throttle, the car kind of coast smoothly. It just feels like the car was carrying more speed overall. Not night and day difference but it was noticeable that my car in the video actually developed understeer. I just didn't work on the car because I wanted to keep the car with identical setup for my test (steel vs full ceramics). If I worked on the car's setup that day, I would've hit that 6.99 lap time, I guarantee it. My fastest lap on that day was 7.00. Before the switch to full ceramics, it was 7.07.
I have some full ceramics I have tested but not from reflex, I feel that they don’t last as long as hybrids … i think the balls gets scratched up and it causes more drag… I like the mwx ceramics but the regular silver horse and mwx bearings work great.
Great video TJ i just made the move to ceramic bearings in my RM spec car for a little extra speed I also run the pn racing dry bearings and they also perform really well. Got a question on my mr04 I want to run it as a AAA 3500 car seat bought pn racing motor sensor wire, installed exactly as instructions showed, and now I have no throttle. Steering and everything else on the car works fine as before. Board is showing red and green leds when powered up. Just lookng for things to check as I can’t find any signs info on it Thanks for any help you might be able to provide
Thanks for watching, Rick! Some drivers that won or came in top 3 in any PNWC are not allowed to run any AAA class in PN Rules and I am one of them. Because of this, I don't run or test any PN AAA classes. I do play with Kyosho brushless motors with AAA. Sorry, I won't be able to help you out on this but there is this wiring pinout that you can check out on FB from one of the mini-z group page: facebook.com/groups/722063711267613/permalink/2741978422609455/ Hopefully this link will help you out!
Hi Justin, I can't say about their reliability yet but I did started tracking my laps for 2 of my sets and I will say that they still spin smooth like they did when they were new. I have only cleaned then with 70% isopropyl alcohol or motor cleaner. I also do not lube these because I want to see how long it'll last. Set 1: 3k laps (2500 motor) Set 2: 2k laps (2500 and 3500 motors) I don't plan on using in my Mod however. I actually don't use Hybrid or Full ceramic bearings in my Mod unless its a big event race, never in a club or small trophy club races.
I made this video in August and I would like to add that I've put in 3k on the set I have in this video. I've cleaned it with 70% isopropyl alcohol and also with motor cleaner few times but I never put any lube in it. Not even Yutori 003 lube. I just run it dry because I want to see how many laps it'll take before I ruin one. So far all of them are still smooth like they're brand new.
I wouldn't recommend this for daily drive or you will have to service the bearings quite often. I would however, highly suggest this for the upcoming PNWC in France for the slower classes. Your lap times will improve and the speed alone on the track was quite noticeable! The corner speed when I hit those on-power corners were SMOOOOTH!! When I ease off the throttle, the car kind of coast smoothly. It just feels like the car was carrying more speed overall. Not night and day difference but it was noticeable that my car in the video actually developed understeer. I just didn't work on the car because I wanted to keep the car with identical setup for my test (steel vs full ceramics). If I worked on the car's setup that day, I would've hit that 6.99 lap time, I guarantee it. My fastest lap on that day was 7.00. Before the switch to full ceramics, it was 7.07.
I have some full ceramics I have tested but not from reflex, I feel that they don’t last as long as hybrids … i think the balls gets scratched up and it causes more drag… I like the mwx ceramics but the regular silver horse and mwx bearings work great.
Thanks for sharing.
Great video TJ i just made the move to ceramic bearings in my RM spec car for a little extra speed I also run the pn racing dry bearings and they also perform really well. Got a question on my mr04 I want to run it as a AAA 3500 car seat bought pn racing motor sensor wire, installed exactly as instructions showed, and now I have no throttle. Steering and everything else on the car works fine as before. Board is showing red and green leds when powered up. Just lookng for things to check as I can’t find any signs info on it Thanks for any help you might be able to provide
Thanks for watching, Rick!
Some drivers that won or came in top 3 in any PNWC are not allowed to run any AAA class in PN Rules and I am one of them. Because of this, I don't run or test any PN AAA classes. I do play with Kyosho brushless motors with AAA. Sorry, I won't be able to help you out on this but there is this wiring pinout that you can check out on FB from one of the mini-z group page: facebook.com/groups/722063711267613/permalink/2741978422609455/ Hopefully this link will help you out!
Hey TJ! Are the full ceramic bearings more fragile?
Hi Justin, I can't say about their reliability yet but I did started tracking my laps for 2 of my sets and I will say that they still spin smooth like they did when they were new. I have only cleaned then with 70% isopropyl alcohol or motor cleaner. I also do not lube these because I want to see how long it'll last.
Set 1: 3k laps (2500 motor)
Set 2: 2k laps (2500 and 3500 motors)
I don't plan on using in my Mod however. I actually don't use Hybrid or Full ceramic bearings in my Mod unless its a big event race, never in a club or small trophy club races.
@@tjaymacRC it will be interesting to hear about there longevity.
@@justinjames4969, I’ll a video about it in a couple of months. 👍