So, I figured I should turn this into a build thread.
Recap:
Most rally Arrmas I’ve seen have been 6S Typhon based, and I found one 3S Senton rally bodied car.
I have a 3S Vorteks, bought a Typhon 6s, was gonna sell the Vorteks, then the vendetta came out and it got me thinking and after comparing an open box vendetta to a vorteks side by side in my local hobby shop that I might be able to use vendetta parts to make a rally car happen.
When the Vendetta parts showed up on JRC, I decided to experiment and bought a lot of parts.
I’m using a delta plastiks WRX 1/8 325 GT for this project as the LWB 3S meets that WB. Yes, I’ve owned lots of Subarus… STi, WRX, FXT, battlewagons, etc… but I modded everyone of them. So, this Subaru will be no different.
So far I’m on a 4x4 LWB(vendetta uses long and vorteks is on the short), Vorteks/granite RPM arms, Vorteks towers and shocks, Vendetta bumpers(for a splitter and diffuser) and sway bars and Vorteks drivetrain.
Per some internet measurements and guesstimating the hoon 17mm hex 100mm fronts should put me at the 310mm width needed for the body, and the size should look right.
I’m was already on Arrma 3S CVDs which there was no way I found to adapt to 17mm with Arrma parts but I bought the Traxxas hexs that solve that problem.
Next I need to figure out body mounting but I’m a little ways away from that.
Tonight I adapted the vendetta front and rear sway bar to the vorteks RPM arms. I marked as best I could then drilled holes in the arms. Ball end Allen keys really helped get that screw in on the inside of the arms.
Recap:
Most rally Arrmas I’ve seen have been 6S Typhon based, and I found one 3S Senton rally bodied car.
I have a 3S Vorteks, bought a Typhon 6s, was gonna sell the Vorteks, then the vendetta came out and it got me thinking and after comparing an open box vendetta to a vorteks side by side in my local hobby shop that I might be able to use vendetta parts to make a rally car happen.
When the Vendetta parts showed up on JRC, I decided to experiment and bought a lot of parts.
I’m using a delta plastiks WRX 1/8 325 GT for this project as the LWB 3S meets that WB. Yes, I’ve owned lots of Subarus… STi, WRX, FXT, battlewagons, etc… but I modded everyone of them. So, this Subaru will be no different.
So far I’m on a 4x4 LWB(vendetta uses long and vorteks is on the short), Vorteks/granite RPM arms, Vorteks towers and shocks, Vendetta bumpers(for a splitter and diffuser) and sway bars and Vorteks drivetrain.
Per some internet measurements and guesstimating the hoon 17mm hex 100mm fronts should put me at the 310mm width needed for the body, and the size should look right.
I’m was already on Arrma 3S CVDs which there was no way I found to adapt to 17mm with Arrma parts but I bought the Traxxas hexs that solve that problem.
Next I need to figure out body mounting but I’m a little ways away from that.
Tonight I adapted the vendetta front and rear sway bar to the vorteks RPM arms. I marked as best I could then drilled holes in the arms. Ball end Allen keys really helped get that screw in on the inside of the arms.
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