Vorteks Order in! Now The Wait…

[razorrc]

See, I did not pull the pinion gear off. My fingers were screaming when I tried to get the C clamp off so it will have to wait. I think it will work. I have extra parts if I somehow break something. I’ll pull it apart after I run it a few times just to see. Maybe then I can get the pinion off and do the motor fix as suggested by everyone.

This might help. This is how I get off C-clips (E-clips) --

 

[Velodromed]

This might help. This is how I get off C-clips (E-clips) --

Good grief thank you!! Much appreciated.

Good grief thank you!! Much appreciated.

I know folks have asked before, but where did you get that work mat you use?

 

[razorrc]

Good grief thank you!! Much appreciated.

I know folks have asked before, but where did you get that work mat you use?

https://bit.ly/2S2q82i

 

[Velodromed]

Took the Vorteks out for a quick drive. First thing I noticed is it was even faster than yesterday and I quickly figured out I accidentally programmed the ESC to full punch, so I reset it I’ll start over on that tomorrow.

*One question though… I was doing a few runs up and down the street (75%) and the car suddenly slowed down to about 5 mph. I pulled the body off, noticed the red light was blinking on the ESC. I took temps, they were fine around 124°, Put the voltage meter on and all three were right about 3.9. Turned it off for a few minutes turned it back on and it drove fine.

Did I hit low voltage cutoff? The car slowed down but didn’t stop at any time. It was right after I had switched to 100% and did a quick run. Thinking maybe I triggered that even though when I tested the battery they were 3.9/cell. I’m using a Zeee 5200 80c battery, brand new.

 

[Edough13]

Took the Vorteks out for a quick drive. First thing I noticed is it was even faster than yesterday and I quickly figured out I accidentally programmed the ESC to full punch, so I reset it I’ll start over on that tomorrow.

*One question though… I was doing a few runs up and down the street (75%) and the car suddenly slowed down to about 5 mph. I pulled the body off, noticed the red light was blinking on the ESC. I took temps, they were fine around 124°, Put the voltage meter on and all three were right about 3.9. Turned it off for a few minutes turned it back on and it drove fine.

Did I hit low voltage cutoff? The car slowed down but didn’t stop at any time. It was right after I had switched to 100% and did a quick run. Thinking maybe I triggered that even though when I tested the battery they were 3.9/cell. I’m using a Zeee 5200 80c battery, brand new.

Yes some batteries unfortunately have really bad voltage sag so if you gave it a good hard throttle pull it probably dropped voltage down below the LVC and tripped it. Lipos will recover quick so sure that's why when checked they read ≈ 3.9v. I've got a couple that do the same and after only like 5+ mins of running them if I'm running them hard.

 

[Velodromed]

Yes some batteries unfortunately have really bad voltage sag so if you gave it a good hard throttle pull it probably dropped voltage down below the LVC and tripped it. Lipos will recover quick so sure that's why when checked they read ≈ 3.9v. I've got a couple that do the same and after only like 5+ mins of running them if I'm running them hard.

OK, makes total sense. What batteries don’t have this issue or is it some thing across the board that happens?

 

[Velodromed]

We took the Vorteks to the little golf course in our neighborhood park earlier today. I spent a good bit of time doing cartwheels, trying to figure out how to jump this thing off the berms until I decided to stop doing that and just enjoy driving it before I broke it. It’s a blast on a short clip golf course! Incredibly fast. Once you hit grass just a touch too high though, it’s not so great. Still, I highly suggest it even though it does upset the gophers…I mean golfers (same thing).

Think I’ll throw my granite tires on it tomorrow just for fun. After I adjust the slipper. It’s way tight, I mean wheelies on 50% power tight.

I really like this car…but I still want a big rock. Or a typhoon. I want a long wheelbase 3s. fiddlesticking gateway drug that mega granite was

 

[Velodromed]

Worked on the Vorteks much of the day. I’ve only run it four times but the last two times I intentionally ran it through a lot of Texas dust. I pulled the motor and there was a lot of stuff underneath. Stuff was getting back behind the Velcro and getting into the spur case also So I use a little bit more soft Velcro and completed the seal.

There was some fine shredded black plastic in the spur box…all suck in the thermal Grease I had put on the side of the case for that very reason. Wiped everything down and inspected closely. The spur was fine, but I noticed the metal part had been rubbing the inside of the case. An X-Acto blade, fine grit sandpaper and 30 minutes later… no more rubbing. I also put a .5 mm shem on the axel side where it rubed the most.

Next up the Integey Dust cover that I had found from my granite for $7 a while back. I made sure to get two back then and I’m glad now. It fits perfect.
Then I put some body protection on the hood and put one rail down the roof. Padded up the body mounts and shock towers because I already have one punch through the hood a bit. Reinforced the body a little bit with the Gorilla tape. I will shoo goo this one later on when I get more shoo goo. Meanwhile it’s pretty well protected.

I can’t wait to run it tomorrow

 

[Velodromed]

I love this car! Today I put a T-bone center brace in and put my granite stock front bumper onto the front of the vorteks.
Dang the Granite Stock bumper is beefy!
I only took it off my granite because I got a T-bone. It fits very nice on the vorteks.

The center brace was 14 bucks from T-bone and easy to install. They included decent hardware on this part…which is nice. Next I’m getting the new belted mx28s for when we are hitting rougher ground. Otherwise I enjoy the stock tires.

Got a set of front Mojave shocks off of Jenny’s due in soon, Along with team ass. springs. These work for the vorteks back shocks but I’m still not quite sure what to do for the front shocks so I’m leaving then stock.

One cool thing I noticed is the back vorteks shocks are perfect fit for the back shocks on the voltage. I had already gotten an extra set of vorteks shocks…but since I’m getting 6s shocks for it, now two of my voltages will now be thoroughly decked out with vorteks stock shocks on the rear. These shocks work really well in conjunction with the front ZD shocks on my 5lb 3s Voltage.

The last 2 pics are one of my voltages set up with vorteks shocks.

 

[BulletRCs_NZ]

Some serious upgrades there bro. I really enjoy the Vorteks. I drive mainly on short grass and dirt and it loves it.

 

[Velodromed]

Some serious upgrades there bro. I really enjoy the Vorteks. I drive mainly on short grass and dirt and it loves it.

Thanks! Where we went yesterday at the local park the grass had just been cut and had started drying out with the summer heat so it was perfect for running a vortex. Starting to get the feel for the car and love it!