2009.05.08, 08:16 PM
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One Zmod to rule them ALL.
Wow, our Z board will be contaminated with xmod-specific section now?
Well, here's a project thats actually worth the time and money(moving it from the previous thread):
http://www.dailymotion.com/user/Skv0...g-of-king_tech
Our beloved 2.4 treatment. Board is NOT modified in any way, so everything lies in the chassis mods. Most I'll do is apply AWD eventually and buy the better GPM knuckles that can adjust the bearing mesh.
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2009.05.08, 08:52 PM
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we are a mini-z board however this really encompasses 1/28 scale as the choices have grown, we too must grow with them
more importantly, how does it drive?
warning, the music has explicit language in case you have kids around.
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2009.05.08, 09:07 PM
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Yea ^ ^" , but it really fits IMO. Drives like a 2.4 Z with 2/3 the steering angle, but otherwise very smooth. Put in stage 2 motor because Im not about to reverse brushes/dedicate my good motors to this ghetto blaster and stage 2 gives a pretty good ballpark of the capabilities.
Other than this, you'll see and feel tomorrow @ hfay Arch.
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2009.05.08, 09:10 PM
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opps, posted reply to wrong subject
Last edited by arch2b; 2009.05.08 at 09:16 PM.
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2009.05.08, 09:11 PM
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if you bring it with you tomorrow, i'd like to see it go around the track. i was always impressed with the jump up in quality an xmods has with a mini-z board. Ken was doing this way back when...
they really do have some good body choices too.
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2009.05.08, 09:21 PM
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My point is that xmods without better board implants are junk. I only really did this 1 because the upgrade was actually worth the time and I haven't touched my only Evo since I got my AM Z the past Feb(and I really haven't touched them for a year or two prior to that).
So my point is that since I actually race these RCs now, my attitude towards upgrading geared fully towards real performance improvements vs anything else that ultimately does nothing.
Last reason I did this was because I already have 2 decked out Zs and thus solid race cars, so this is just a better quality toy rather than my primary area of focus. Plenty of people choose to deck out Xmods instead of buying Zs to race and I personally think that its the wrong approach.
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2009.05.14, 09:15 PM
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2009.05.14, 09:18 PM
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Work flawlessly and this is probably the only 20$ an xmod REALLY needs besides a good radio.
New edit: FWD is GO! Peels off great, handles great, slapped some sense into the pot again and it stopped swaying gently from side to side as if it were drunk.
Civic is not, by my standards, complete. Pix will follow tomora/sat once I do misc deco work.
Remote future upgrades? Maybe xmod knuckle and diff bearings since MA10s don't fit by .5 mm or so. Maybe GPM alum driveshafts all around(in even I'll use other AWD bodies).
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2009.05.16, 02:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Skv012a
Work flawlessly and this is probably the only 20$ an xmod REALLY needs besides a good radio.
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Add front knuckles and shafts and some good quality bearings and you'd be right.
The delrin bearings are a step up from plastic,and a lot less slop with them,but there is still a fair amount of friction.Delrin is self lubricating but they still wear.
I had some with plastic shafts and it did not take long for the bearing and shaft to show signs of wear and slop returning.
Good interesting project though.Great work.
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2009.05.16, 08:36 PM
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Knuckles were the 20$ I was referring to man. And yea, I'll agree about drivetrain needing alloy, but in due time cuz I didn't even want to spend $20 on this thing as is :P
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2009.05.17, 02:45 PM
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2009.05.20, 02:04 AM
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2009.05.28, 09:12 PM
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very cool car, ive been thinking about 2.4ing one myself. I find its tough to get an xmod to go straight on the track with 2wd, awd straightened it right out. Have you put it up against Zs on rcp?
I have the same knuckles, they're great and look good.
It still won't beat this on the street
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2009.05.28, 10:37 PM
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I'll beg to differ- you have WAY too much aluminum and thus horrible weight, no?
As a small update:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrnJXZmiMMs
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2009.05.29, 04:28 PM
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awesome video, looks like your car needs some drift tuning and you might need some more time to get used to it. Check that your car isn't tweaked, make sure the rear wheels are even with the front, I had to fix one of my xmods just last night that was tweaked like that(this won't matter if you haven't locked down the rear upper arm that sways, which you may want to try). Your project is coming along great, i was just going to recommend a widebody car and the Z is the best.
the camaro has 7.2 lithium, a V2 board, and a Chili so its really only good for straight line speed, which is why i said on the street, haha, or a really long straight. The car is stupid fast, last time it was videoed the cameraman had trouble keeping up. That's all it does though, go super fast. It sucks so much juice that it goes slow and dies for a minute before the lithiums warm up, haha
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