Vorteks My foray into ARRMA

[Mike_G]

Purchased on a whim after recently buying a new house with a backyard 3-4 times larger that previous house.

So behind the fountain, shed and swing there is enough area I think to have a “track”

So that’s a thing besides having plenty of room in grass for a jump or two.

When I bought the Vorteks, I had already done a bunch of reading here and Reddit. So I also ordered 3x 5200maH zee 3s, Limitless rear and Mojave front shocks.

Typhon A-arms and turnbuckles from Jenny’s, 14 to 17 adapters for the stock, Fortress MT tires and the RCStation 1/8th buggy tires.

Finally, I ordered 13-17 pinions for when I decide if I want more run time and cooler electrics. Not to mention massive torque.

As the parts come in, I will continue to update. And as I break stuff, I will share my journey of RC repairs.

For now though, I’m going to go out back and drive this thing for the first time. Other than the burnout I did in my tile…

 

[Jon NC RC]

Purchased on a whim after recently buying a new house with a backyard 3-4 times larger that previous house.

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So behind the fountain, shed and swing there is enough area I think to have a “track”

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So that’s a thing besides having plenty of room in grass for a jump or two.

When I bought the Vorteks, I had already done a bunch of reading here and Reddit. So I also ordered 3x 5200maH zee 3s, Limitless rear and Mojave front shocks.
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Typhon A-arms and turnbuckles from Jenny’s, 14 to 17 adapters for the stock, Fortress MT tires and the RCStation 1/8th buggy tires.
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Finally, I ordered 13-17 pinions for when I decide if I want more run time and cooler electrics. Not to mention massive torque.

As the parts come in, I will continue to update. And as I break stuff, I will share my journey of RC repairs.

For now though, I’m going to go out back and drive this thing for the first time. Other than the burnout I did in my tile…
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Yessir ! Off to a good start !! I don't have any picks of my trail as yet, more than likely will be used for my crawler, as all my bigger rigs just need more room than my 1.5 acres has..... but in the end, what I have started will look.....more or less..... like yours

It will have some areas for steep climbs/dropoffs as well

Good job! Enjoy!!

 

[Mike_G]

Yessir ! Off to a good start !! I don't have any picks of my trail as yet, more than likely will be used for my crawler, as all my bigger rigs just need more room than my 1.5 acres has..... but in the end, what I have started will look.....more or less..... like yours

It will have some areas for steep climbs/dropoffs as well

Good job! Enjoy!!

Yeah, I tried driving in there.. Very loose with all the leaves and pine straw and all the POWER!

 

[Mike_G]

So here is where I currently stand with this. I had a lot of problems with the hot bodies 17mm extensions and them coming loose at the adapter part. Lost the pins 3 times but was able to find them the first two. So went back to stock. Because of this, I haven’t put the Typhon arms on yet.

My question is, what parts do I need for a complete A-arm replacement to run 17mm hexes. I have the a arms and hexes already.

Oh, upgraded esc to 130a and getting a bit more out of battery even with running back and forth doing wheelies and bouncing through the grass.

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