This won't be anything special, but I'm pretty happy with my new toy and thought I'd share it. Also, I like badges.. ^^
Will keep it updated whenever I get around to change something.
Normally I don't feel like doing structural upgrades unless something broke.
I had a pretty nasty crash at like 50mph into a wall, that took out the chassis, front hinge pins, front a-arms, diff case and front center brace. So I upgraded the chassis, hinge pins and center braces to m2c parts. (did the rear parts too, because I like symmetry ^^)
Also added a pos front bumper, hoping that if something like this ever happens again, it might take off some of the impact and combined with the stronger parts, it hopefully will be enough to not crush the entire front yet again..
Also added a yeah racing heat sink and some aluminium fans for the motor, as it got really hot when bashing with the smaller hoons and tons of wheelspin. Also set the motor timing to 15° in the esc and upped my pinion to 18T, which both also helped with temperatures.
Besides that, I did the following:
Planned upgrades:
All in all it was a really good idea to start this hobby up again. Have to say I was surprised to see how much everything improved and how much power these things have now..
Also, thanks to everyone here who helped me out with my questions! My dad was the one to do the maintaining back in the day, so I still have to learn quite a lot..
Will keep it updated whenever I get around to change something.
Normally I don't feel like doing structural upgrades unless something broke.
I had a pretty nasty crash at like 50mph into a wall, that took out the chassis, front hinge pins, front a-arms, diff case and front center brace. So I upgraded the chassis, hinge pins and center braces to m2c parts. (did the rear parts too, because I like symmetry ^^)
Also added a pos front bumper, hoping that if something like this ever happens again, it might take off some of the impact and combined with the stronger parts, it hopefully will be enough to not crush the entire front yet again..
Also added a yeah racing heat sink and some aluminium fans for the motor, as it got really hot when bashing with the smaller hoons and tons of wheelspin. Also set the motor timing to 15° in the esc and upped my pinion to 18T, which both also helped with temperatures.
Besides that, I did the following:
- Removed as much slop as I could (tips on getting rid of the steering slop appreciated)
- Changed the bushings in the steering to BBs
- Upgraded esc fan to aluminum one (broke the stock one somehow)
- Changed tires to badlands or hoons, depending on what I do (don't really like the hoons, as I only get a couple of packs out of them with my driving style. If someone has some suggestions for different road tires let me know)
- Changed diff fluids to 30k/100k/15k
Planned upgrades:
- Better esc and motor (suggestions welcomed!)
- Play around with harder springs and shock oil (the car got quite a bit heavier and it chassis slaps way more often now)
- Whatever breaks next.. ^^
All in all it was a really good idea to start this hobby up again. Have to say I was surprised to see how much everything improved and how much power these things have now..
Also, thanks to everyone here who helped me out with my questions! My dad was the one to do the maintaining back in the day, so I still have to learn quite a lot..
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