Touring Cars

Setup guide

Brushless Motor Tuning for RC Racing: The Four Knobs Explained

How to tune RC brushless motors for racing — rotor, mechanical timing, ESC boost and turbo, gearing — and how to keep the motor cool. The physics behind every knob, in plain English.

Maintenance guide

How to Charge RC LiPo Batteries: A Beginner's Guide

Everything a new RC racer needs to know about charging LiPo batteries safely — first-charge walkthrough, balance charging, storage, and the four mistakes that kill packs fast.

Maintenance guide

LiPo Charging for RC Racers: What the Science Actually Says

A grounded guide for racers who've already read three LiPo guides — what the chemistry actually says, and what's just folklore.

Setup guide

RC Touring Car Sway Bar Tweak Setting - Getting it Perfect

Is your sway bar really set to the same setting on left and right? Check out this video from McTips to see how to make sure your tweak is really set properly, especially for on-road cars.

by McTips

Setup guide

How to Wire an RC Car (like a Pro) with Wallie Builds

Nick Wautlet of Wallie Builds walks you through the nitty gritty of hooking up batteries, motors, and servos to give your car that "factory" look. And of course, short, clean wiring also means more efficient energy transfer and more reliable connections, so not only will your car look better, it'll run better!

by Nick Wautlet

Setup guide

IF15 Clutch Tips from Jilles Groskamp of Infinity

Learn how to build or rebuild your 1/10th nitro on-road clutch from one of the best!

by Jilles Groskamp

Setup guide

Carbon Fiber Chassis Preparation with Alexander Hagberg of XRAY

XRAY's Alexander Hagberg walks us through how he preps a graphite chassis, in this case for a T4.

by Alexander Hagberg

Setup guide

Gluing Touring Car Tires for Use on Carpet

Eric Anderson demonstrates his techniques for gluing sedan tires, including how to apply glue to the sidewalls to tune the tire side-flex characteristics.

by Eric Anderson

Setup guide

How to Set the Steering Angle on a 1/10th Touring Car

Jilles Groskamp of Infinity walks us through how he sets his steering angle, from the radio settings to the camber and toe settings that will help you get there.

by Jilles Groskamp

Setup guide

Touring Car Tire Prep with Jilles Groskamp of Inf1nity

Jilles discusses centering, weighing, and trimming pre-mounted 1/10th scale touring car tires.

by Inf1nity

Maintenance guide

RC Shock Maintenance with Allan O'Brien

Allan O'Brien walks us through the nitty gritty of rebuilding shocks and how to keep them performing consistently.

by Allan O'Brien

Setup guide

XRAY T4 Shock Tuning with Alexander Hagberg

Getting your T4 ready for the 2020 race season? Learn from XRAY how to get the best handling out of their new touring car.

by XRAY