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Posting this here as it isn't quite a build log, more of a this is what I did lately..
It all began about a month ago when I bent the chassis on my V4 Kraton ( who would have guessed..? ) and like most of us on here we then go overboard on mods..!!
This all took a month or so to happen thanks to the atrocious UK postal service making me wait a month for my chassis??.....
Firstly a big shout out to all the good companies making all this stuff we spend our hard earned cash on, especially the smaller ones..
M2C Racing, T-bone, Voltage Hobbies, GKA, Tekjo, RPM and lastly everybody's favourite Jenny's..??
Also big shout out to those of you who inspired some of my choices and mods..??
So onto the build, that's enough waffle for now..
Rear cvd's fitted because I lost a dogbone one day and spent nearly an hour looking for it..!!??
RPM arms fitted all round, because well why wouldn't you..?? was really pleased with how much slop they took out of the car ?
RPM rear guards, Voltage Hobbies front and rear towers, GKA braces front and rear..
Shimmed the hub axles front and rear, again all the slop gone..??? (shims used were 12x8x0.1&0.2mm)
One of my favourite mods are the cone spacers I made from M4 counter sunk bolts with the head drilled out..?? perfect for mounting T-bone bumpers so they don't pull the screw heads through..!!
The award for most ridiculous mod goes to the ABEC-5 bearings I fitted in the wheelie bar wheels..? In my defence I had them lying around and they weren't bought especially for this.??
You can just about see the Tekno shock ends, mounts and boots too..
Almost finished..
M2C racing chassis, Talion wing and an assortment of Notorious parts fitted, wheelie bar, side guards...
Inside, I fitted a 4092 1650kv motor with a Hobbywing Max8 with external cappack, GKA tall servo mount along with a PowerHD LW-20mg 6.0v servo now running at 7.4v..? ( I'll report back here if it dies..!! sorry when it dies..? )
I removed the plastic spacer on the upper arms and fitted stainless steel washers in their place, on the top arm is 0.8mm and the lower is 1.3mm thick
Again here are the Tekno shock ends etc....
Notice the now removed tower bar..!!
As noted by @Aussie RC Playground @Rich Duperbash @RC DUDE81 and many others, it causes more damaged than it prevents..?
GKA servo mount with titanium bolts ?, Radio gear swapped to a Tactic TTX300 ??, Arrma logo in silver..?
And finally the underbelly of the beast..!! not much to see other than a RPM rear skid and a T-bonre bumper..?
Its all tested and ready to go at last, but I'm stuck at work till the weekend now..???
At the moment its setup with a 20T pinion and Copperhead 2's ( I also have some 3.8" badlands to try ) I will experiment with it and see how it goes, also bought a 21T, 22T pinion..
I think that's about it..?? I know I haven't mentioned the diffs and other stuff but I know I have in other posts..??
I'll update this in the future with any new stuff I create...
It all began about a month ago when I bent the chassis on my V4 Kraton ( who would have guessed..? ) and like most of us on here we then go overboard on mods..!!
This all took a month or so to happen thanks to the atrocious UK postal service making me wait a month for my chassis??.....
Firstly a big shout out to all the good companies making all this stuff we spend our hard earned cash on, especially the smaller ones..
M2C Racing, T-bone, Voltage Hobbies, GKA, Tekjo, RPM and lastly everybody's favourite Jenny's..??
Also big shout out to those of you who inspired some of my choices and mods..??
So onto the build, that's enough waffle for now..
Rear cvd's fitted because I lost a dogbone one day and spent nearly an hour looking for it..!!??
RPM arms fitted all round, because well why wouldn't you..?? was really pleased with how much slop they took out of the car ?
RPM rear guards, Voltage Hobbies front and rear towers, GKA braces front and rear..
Shimmed the hub axles front and rear, again all the slop gone..??? (shims used were 12x8x0.1&0.2mm)
One of my favourite mods are the cone spacers I made from M4 counter sunk bolts with the head drilled out..?? perfect for mounting T-bone bumpers so they don't pull the screw heads through..!!
The award for most ridiculous mod goes to the ABEC-5 bearings I fitted in the wheelie bar wheels..? In my defence I had them lying around and they weren't bought especially for this.??
You can just about see the Tekno shock ends, mounts and boots too..
Almost finished..
M2C racing chassis, Talion wing and an assortment of Notorious parts fitted, wheelie bar, side guards...
Inside, I fitted a 4092 1650kv motor with a Hobbywing Max8 with external cappack, GKA tall servo mount along with a PowerHD LW-20mg 6.0v servo now running at 7.4v..? ( I'll report back here if it dies..!! sorry when it dies..? )
I removed the plastic spacer on the upper arms and fitted stainless steel washers in their place, on the top arm is 0.8mm and the lower is 1.3mm thick
Again here are the Tekno shock ends etc....
Notice the now removed tower bar..!!
As noted by @Aussie RC Playground @Rich Duperbash @RC DUDE81 and many others, it causes more damaged than it prevents..?
GKA servo mount with titanium bolts ?, Radio gear swapped to a Tactic TTX300 ??, Arrma logo in silver..?
And finally the underbelly of the beast..!! not much to see other than a RPM rear skid and a T-bonre bumper..?
Its all tested and ready to go at last, but I'm stuck at work till the weekend now..???
At the moment its setup with a 20T pinion and Copperhead 2's ( I also have some 3.8" badlands to try ) I will experiment with it and see how it goes, also bought a 21T, 22T pinion..
I think that's about it..?? I know I haven't mentioned the diffs and other stuff but I know I have in other posts..??
I'll update this in the future with any new stuff I create...
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