Fast Pace Racing

Welcome to the finest indoor RC racing shop in the Bay Area!  Our track is currently the largest at over 900 sq. ft!  Aside from our vast selection of Mini-Z replacement and performance parts (PN, Atomic, Kyosho -- to name a few!), we also carry E-flite helis and parts, and the new MicroCrawler from Losi.  Our customer service is unparalleled in our industry.  You will leave our shop knowing you were completely taken care of -- that's the FPR promise.  Swing by and race your Mini-Z, Xmod, Iwaver, and other on-road 1/24th- 1/28th scale R/C today!

 

Blogs

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MR03: ATM upper arm mount (w/ video)

Posted Mon, 03/01/2010 - 11:52am by TJ

As most of the MR03 owners know, the upper arm has a little bit of play even after shimming it. Don't get me wrong, sometimes you want that little play so that the car doesn't feel too sensitive on the track. Right now, the MR03 and my Futaba 3PKs transmitter had changed my driving drastically. I feel to be as one with the car. As if I'm inside the car driving it and every little adjustment on the car is very noticeable when the car is on the track. I'm very happy with this MR03, my 3PK radio, new found race body  and these new parts from PN and Atomic...

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MR03: ATM lower arm

Posted Fri, 02/26/2010 - 5:32pm by TJ

I didn't know the name of this product is, "reinforced fast set-up lower arm"? hehe... Anyway, I just got this part this afternoon. The only reason why I bought this is because kyosho's lower arm is not perfectly straight. It has a bump right in the middle. RCP/Tire dust can get in the servo gears from here and also, your suspension arm is not as straight as how you'd want it to be. On my current MR03, I have mine glued to the chassis (tiny drop of glue. not permanently attached ok?) This is to keep both lower arm, flat, level and even as possible.

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Friday Night Race Pix

Posted Mon, 02/15/2010 - 12:51pm by TJ

Last Friday's race was awesome and fun as always. We had about 31+ drivers that showed up on this day and had 8-10 cars in the mains!!

As I walked in, PACKED on a friday night !


Henry checking out the scene at FPR !

Future Mini-Z champion in the works !! Jacob Leung.

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Kyosho Mini-Z Manuals/Exploded Views

Posted Mon, 02/15/2010 - 1:09am by Peter

I've linked all the Kyosho Mini-Z Manuals for your reference.

They are all located in the Services Tab at the top of the webpage.

Manuals:
Kyosho Mini-Z MR-03
Kyosho Mini-Z MR-03 Exploded View
Kyosho Mini-Z MR-03 Parts List
Kyosho Mini-Z MR-03 Technical Guide

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ALL About FETS

Posted Sun, 02/14/2010 - 11:20pm by Peter

One of the most asked questions that I recieve almost on a daily basis is what are FETS? and Why do we need them?

The most interesting piece of information is 4562, SP8M4 and 8858CZ are the best FETS available.
One of that is equivalent to at least a stack of 6 stock 3004 or stack of 4 3010 found in the latest upgraded mini-z chassis.

Here is a run down of FETS provided by http://www.mini-z-guide.com

MOSFETs

Operation

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PN's Tire Gluer Kit Review (2.25.2010)

Posted Mon, 02/08/2010 - 1:12pm by TJ
What’s up folks! I know it has been a while but I’ve been very busy at work. Anyhow, I’m finally able to put my car back on the track. Few things I tested was Reflex Racing’s New Front end, 96mm FRP plates and PN tire gluer. Today we will focus on PN’s Tire gluer and then maybe later, I’ll give my review about RR new products.
 
PN Mini-Z Tire Gluer
 
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Newbie Tips, Part 3

Posted Sun, 01/31/2010 - 4:58pm by dee

Its been a while, but here's part three of an on-going Newbie series, brought to you by Dirty Dee!

Like most, I've switched over to the MR03 from the venerable MR02 (only reason I did so was because my fets disintegrated!).  Everything was running very smoothly, until one day, I changed my tires, and noticed that my car was very twitchy and would lose traction through turns.  On top of all this, it would not hold a straight line, and would barrel roll into the sweeper from the straight even if I didn't jerk the wheel and hit the line perfectly.  There were a few things I considered (as well as spoken to many of our racers about). 

  1. Changed the body out
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MR03 steering not centering

Posted Fri, 12/18/2009 - 11:58am by TJ

And they said it's normal...

Yesterday, after playing with both of my MR03 cars (mod and stock), the stock car felt a bit sluggish infield and had a real sensitive steering on the straight-away. Honestly, it felt weird driving the stock car compare to the mod (speedy07) car. I'm not talking about the speed but more concerned of the steering. It was just weird, sluggish and twitchy!