CRC M-200R World GT-R Chassis Kit
Iconic American pancar chassis manufacturer CRC has released its new World GT-R car, the M-200R. A new car platform was a project that started over a year ago, the M-200R is a MetriCks based World GT-R car meaning it uses all-metric hardware and is for 200 mm wide racing on rubber tyres, hence the name M-200R. In the front, the M-200R features CRC’s Ultra-tune suspension. Just change the lower C/C plate (caster/camber plate) and your caster and camber are perfectly set. A “4 -1” plate gives you 4 degrees caster and -1 camber. Switch to the 5 -.5 plate and you have 5 caster and negative .5 degrees of camber. Go smash a bunch of barriers, and your caster + camber settings are still the same. They have a wide range of different combinations available. With a simple and quick change of the C/C plate (caster/camber), you can set caster and camber with precision and ease. No setup station, no guessing, no fiddling – perfect camber and caster is machined into the pieces.
The Ultra-tune front end uses the durable 1/8 x 5/16 wheel bearings. These bearings are much stronger than the 3/16 x 5/16 bearing found on many other cars. The new line of MetriCKs based cars from CRC are the ONLY modern-day road race cars using the more durable 1/8 x 5/16 bearing, all others use the easily destroyed 3/16 x 5/16 bearing. The mid-mounted side-to-side roll springs separate the roll stiffness from the center/bump stiffness allowing more infinite adjustments. For those traditionalists that like the side springs in the rear, there is a provision to mount the side roll springs in back. The M-200R features an easy to adjust rear center spring for preload, setting battery height and bump stiffness.
The car features super easy battery height and droop adjustment. From the top, with a simple hex head, the centre preload is adjusted to alter the amount the car “sags in” when race ready. From the bottom of chassis, a simple twist of a wrench on the limit set screw adjusts the “extension” or down travel of the car. Super easy to see and adjust. Another goal is low centre of gravity. With the M-200R, the tungsten weights fit below the battery, nearly with the chassis bottom, not stacked on the chassis or needing an added “weight plate” on the chassis. CRC put the ballast at the very lowest position possible. And with this car being so lightweight (needing lots of weight) and the ballast is so low, the centre of gravity of this car is extremely low.
Source: Calandra Racing Concepts [teamcrc.com]
