Infraction Infraction 3S, trying to get the best of both world

[SilentSassin]

Just sharing my build, RC'ing is so much fun I would love to have a vehicle for every scenario (speedruns, bashing, off-road) but it does get expensive.
My current project is an Infraction 3s, which i've done a few mods trying to achieve 100mph and still be able to rip it around the parking lot for some bashing.

-MM2 ESC
-500K both F+R diffs
-GRP XM7's
-Venetta body for aero
-Hot Racing slipper eliminator 34T
-Stock motor w/23T mod 1
-CNHL G+ 5000mah 4s (parallel)
-RC6GS
-Ysido fans
-Replaced shocks with turnbuckles

Got to 91mph but keeping this thing on the ground is a biatch!
I think it has a lot to do with where I'm running the car though, strong cross winds, so when I get up to speed it just blows it right across the road.

I keep a spare of everything, so when it's time to gear down and go back to bashing, I just swap out stuff (stock motor with 20t pinion, stock diffs, etc)
I'll get there one day.

 

[Tex Koder]

Keep at it!

 

[jkflow]

Buy a 2nd one and use them for dedicated things, it's on sale for $149.

Mixing speed with bashing doesn't work well or even at all. The 90mph range seems to be a magic barrier that is difficult to overcome.

 

[Tex Koder]

Buy a 2nd one and use them for dedicated things, it's on sale for $149.

Mixing speed with bashing doesn't work well or even at all. The 90mph range seems to be a magic barrier that is difficult to overcome.

Where?

 

[Camaroboy383]

Where?

Here

ARRMA RC Truck 1/8 Infraction 4X4 MEGA Resto-Mod Truck RTR (4 AA Batteries for Transmitter Not Included), Red/Blue, ARA4215V3T1 https://a.co/d/e5ZN3FP

 

[TheBadazz]

Do you have a front splitter on the infraction?

 

[SilentSassin]

Keep at it!

That's a given, it's a part of my life now

 

[jkflow]

@Tex Koder
Horizon
https://www.horizonhobby.com/product/1-8-infraction-4wd-mega-resto-mod-truck-rtr/ARA4215V3.html

 

[SilentSassin]

Buy a 2nd one and use them for dedicated things, it's on sale for $149.

Mixing speed with bashing doesn't work well or even at all. The 90mph range seems to be a magic barrier that is difficult to overcome.

Yea I'm figuring that out quickly.
So I currently have an Infraction V2 6s which will now be my speedrun platform, a Vorteks which is now 4s and widened for my off road needs, and the Infraction 3s which is my basher/hooner, but I still need to get to triple digits with it (personal goal)

Do you have a front splitter on the infraction?

I had, before it got lost in the bushes on a crash lol along with a custom wing for speedrunning.
I think my next go at it will be with shocks instead of the turnbuckles. They do keep the car in a rake form during the run, but it's very unforgiving if you go over any rocks/pebbles or any minor bumps on the road.

 

[Senton_Prime]

Where's all the pics?

 

[SilentSassin]

Where's all the pics?

Nothing exciting, a few pics of the setup and my attempt at fabricating some aero stuff...lol
Not sure how evident it is, but that's the vorteks on the typhon arms.
Work in progress...

 

[XplicitRC]

I like your style my man , Strap the bomb to the front( I’m jk), Ensures a new vehicle for sure if you accidentally send it into something sweet setup though i dig it.

 

[SilentSassin]

I like your style my man , Strap the bomb to the front( I’m jk), Ensures a new vehicle for sure if you accidentally send it into something sweet setup though i dig it.

Hey you know what, I'm focused on the goal man, come what may lol
But really though, I figure once you start modifying past a certain point, you almost have to just put up a prayer because crashes at those speeds is bound to be carnage anyway

 

[XplicitRC]

Carnage and replacement parts … smells like victory to me bro.