Kraton First car in 25 years and I built a Kraton EXB come see what I did.

[Draknar4]

So I’ll get the electronics out of the way first.
Radio: Spektrum DX5c with 6100A receiver.
Brain and Muscle: Castle Mamba Monster X 8s and the 1717, 1650kv motor combo
Servo: I used a savox waterproof. 1210 model

Now that is out of the way we can talk about what else I have done. I opened, shimmed and filled oil in all three diffs. I added one shim on outside of front, center was good, and rear took switching out the big, thinner shims with the smaller thicker shim to get right. I stayed close to stock with 20k oil in front, added 200k to center to stiffen a bit and left rear at 10k.

I have added several M2C goodies. Rear and front shock tower braces, 4mm shock out screws, aluminum pillar ball retaining nuts, front and rear skid plates, and a couple others.

Gearing. Currently I have left the 12t pinion so as to keep the truck slower and get practice before using the power I have put in.
I am also only running 4s to give myself training time.

Ill share more as I go.

 

[Stokez]

Pictures!

 

[Jamart85]

What he said ☝?

 

[3d-rc.myshopify.com]

I would go higher then a 12 you will likely over heat that low. I would go 16

 

[Engineer]

Nice and welcome!

You could always go with a higher pinion and turn down the forward throttle travel on your DX5C to achieve the same effect and then bump it up when you feel you’re ready.

 

[Draknar4]

Thanks for the tips. Pictures are coming.

 

[Draknar4]

Here are some photos of the car so far. The tires are belted slicks I use on the driveway loop.

 

[Stokez]

Never seen a kraton with slicks, that thing looks awesome ?

 

[Draknar4]

Bellow are some links to the stuff I used.
Tires: https://www.sweepracingusa.com/Mons...reglued-on-WHD-Black-wheel-2pc-set_p_836.html

ESC/ Motor: https://www.horizonhobby.com/produc...-33.6v-wp-esc-w-1717-1650kv/CSE010016502.html

Servo: https://www.savoxusa.com/products/savsw1210sg-waterproof-coreless-digital

Radio: https://www.spektrumrc.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdId=SPM5120

M2C aluminum goodies to reinforce a few weak areas:
https://m2cracing.net/68-arrma-kraton-6s-exb

I am running SMC and Spektrum batteries. I can’t tell a difference and the SMC are considerably cheaper and have a tough hard case version as well as high discharge racing version.
This is my favorite value: http://www.smc-racing.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=67_171

 

[Cheez]

What’s a driveway loop? Help me understand slicks on a Monster truck ?
I ask this with sincere curiosity.

 

[icecoldak]

What’s a driveway loop? Help me understand slicks on a Monster truck ?
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HAHA--really that will not see to much mud with those slicks! It does look good---How do you like your 1717

 

[Draknar4]

This is my brothers driveway circle/ loop. It is about 1/10 of a mile. We use the slicks to run the pavement to save our off-road tires. Also, the slicks allow us to ”drift” the sharp turns and take them at more speed. My brother and I started this together and we are building him an almost identical truck So we can race and bash together.

HAHA--really that will not see to much mud with those slicks! It does look good---How do you like your 1717

We love the CC1717 1650kv so far. It is technically more motor than the truck needs but that is a good thing. We haven’t pushed it at all with the 12t pinion but so far heat isn’t even a concern and we haven't put a motor fan on yet. ill post update regarding motor once we change pinion and run 6s on it.

 

[Cheez]

Do the tires turn into “pizza cutters “ ?

 

[Draknar4]

Do the tires turn into “pizza cutters “ ?

I don’t understand what you mean by pizza cutters.

 

[Cheez]

I don’t understand what you mean by pizza cutters.

Do the tires balloon?

 

[SrC]

@Draknar4, that is in my opinion the most perfect EXB build I have seen so far. Good selection of gear. Diff oils etc.
This should be an example for many others unsure of setting up a K-EXB.

Running with 4s is very smart. Great for the drivetrain breakin as well learning its driving capabilities.

 

[Draknar4]

Do the tires balloon?

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Not really, but I guessing because they are belted? Really not sure but I’m going to try to find out.

 

[Cheez]

They look cool ? let us know how they work out. Sometimes “fashion “ is way more fun than “function “ ?