Xmods anyone?

[foff667]

Hopefully at the end of this month a few of us are going to run our xmods in a little 1/8th mile battle anyone interested in joining? Â*Its $5 per car to enter winner take all pot :) few rules apply:
1. basically unmodified stock or aftermarket body kit
2. stock Battery setup any 4 AAA batterys allowed
3. Any available Stage 1 or 2 motor through radio shack
4. Stock Chassis

im bored this winter with the gtp so had to pick up on another hobby in the meantime :twisted: anyone else got one and would like to have some fun?

[JerzLT1]

stock body? stock battery setup up? those are both big mods :lol: thats no fun

[foff667]

stock body? stock battery setup up? those are both big mods :lol: thats no fun

sorry stock body kit...meaning you can swap any applicible kit onto your car...like mine has parts of the aftermarket kit on it but unmodified meaning no parts can be cut off to lighten it like i was going to cut off the tailpipes but leave the rest alone(cant do that) were also thinking about changing that battery rule for next month...just an expensive upgrade for what would amount for a $15-$20 pot this month :) if we could get 4-5 more peeps interested and make it a decent sized pot thats a different story but this month thats the way were gonna set it up.

[JerzLT1]

i still gotta get one. Tranny rebuild comes first :cry:

[foff667]

i still gotta get one. Tranny rebuild comes first :cry:

tranny shmany I need to swap my motor to my truck, tim needs to swap his motor to his car, justin needs to get his car on the road...we all have issues but still have found the few dollars to spend on an xmod...better hope your birthday is this month so you can get one :) the mods for them is nearly as endless as a real car with carbon fiber abound as well as tons of power mods and awd and such, not to mention a wide array of tires from plastic to billet and tires gallor :)

[NJSPEEDER]

side note. teh nody rule should be read as "stock" body. you are allowed to do whatever you want under the body. but from the outside the body will have to look stock or like it jsut had body kit parts swapped onto it. :D
the battey/chassis/and motor things are just to keep costs under control for this first race. we will prolly eliminate one or more of the rules for next time. i know the battery/electronics rules will fall first since at least justin adn i are both dying to put some real power into our cars.


later
tim

[NJSPEEDER]

the race will be a scale 1/8th mile on my painted concrete basement floor. surface has good traction, but a few bumps. so driving may come into play :twisted:

later
tim

[Tru2Chevy]

If anyone is interested in these cars, check out http://p221.ezboard.com/bxmodrc

It's a cool forum run by the owner of www.atomicmods.com a great site for aftermarket parts.

I can't wait to start really tearing into this thing with power. Tim is the weight nazi, but Bill's body is lighter to start with, and I have a few tricks up my sleeve :wink:

- Justin


::edit:: - when we say stock batteries, that means basically any 4 AAA alkaline or Ni-Mhi mounted in the stock location....

[Fasterthanyou]

I don't want one because I've already got too much on my plate as it is.... BUT.... I'll help somebody win if they give me 25% of the pot. Remember, I don't collect until I win.... any takers? You'll have a young espiring Smokey Yunik on your hands if you do. I've already got some ideas that will DEFINATLY help and bet nobody has thought of. Not even the forums have anything about my ideas.
Just to make sure I'm on the same plane, this is strickly drag racing right?

[NJSPEEDER]

yup, we will be rocking a scale 1/8th mile. outside possibility of going to teh scale 1/4, but i sort of doubt it considering how small my basement is.
i am down to hear some of your knowledge jon. hit me up on AIM and we will compare notes to see what can be done.

later
tim

[ar0ck]

Can NJFBOA get a deal with Radio-Shack, and we can get a group purchase possible? :lol:

[foff667]

Can NJFBOA get a deal with Radio-Shack, and we can get a group purchase possible? :lol:


you can find xmods starter kits fairly cheap and with a good set of batteries and a good stage 2 motor you should be competitive in this first race. Personally ive already put about $150 into it so i better damn well be competetive :twisted:

[ShitOnWheels]

See Karen, look what you done did. :)

[HardcoreZ28]

Anyone interested in getting a car check my other topic about the ebay auction that ends this afternoon.

[BigAls87Z28]

I have enough distractions from me working on my real car, I dont need anymore!

[Fasterthanyou]

I have enough distractions from me working on my real car, I dont need anymore!
:nod: Why I'm only offering my tuning services, lol.

[foff667]

check the thread hardcore holly put up :lol: i think the guy is selling 8...if we get 8 to put up $20 we should be damn close to winning all of them...i dont think $20 is too much for a competetive car :)

[Fasterthanyou]

I've got a rather LARGE motor, 1/10th scale electronics ESC, etc.... maybe it'll fit, lol.
I think the best upgrade would be a HUGE motor and electronics. Weight reduction is nice but might hurt you if you've got too much horsepower. Unless you microwave your tires the weight reduction might end up leaving you spinning.
I'd like one to put in a mini-jet engine in :twisted: .

[foff667]

batteries seem to be one of thee best mods...alk. batts suck...lithium AAA's are better...tim was telling me theres a double a conversion that works well and then theres a rechargable lith-ion batterys which are light and powerful. I would like to see a stage 1 turd motor with the lith ion's vs a lithium AAA stage 2 setup...i think the stage 2 motor would loose to be honest.

[HardcoreZ28]

Hahaha John you're sick! I was thinking I'd pirate an engine off my RC plane and see how it ran!

[foff667]

supposidly theres a few combinations that have speed dynoed at 50mph...1/28th scale models at 50mph i wonder what that would equate to 1:1

[Tru2Chevy]

50 x 28 = 1400....too hard for the ex-banker to figure out? :P

- Justin

[foff667]

50 x 28 = 1400....too hard for the ex-banker to figure out? :P

- Justin

is that even possible? Â*for comparison the speed of sound is over 3000mph so one way or the other its pretty fast :)

[ar0ck]

I dunno $150 is like one weeks paycheck, I dont think I can sacrafice that much. I wanted to buy my pro-5.0 today.

[foff667]

check out the other thread...brand new its $50 for a car fwiw trying to make it faster is another thing in itself :)

[Fasterthanyou]

50 x 28 = 1400....too hard for the ex-banker to figure out? :P

- Justin

is that even possible? for comparison the speed of sound is over 3000mph so one way or the other its pretty fast :)
Mach is speed of sound, 1 mach is ~740mph so 1400mph is mearly mach 2 :shock: .

I'm looking into building a miniture drag strip that uses a standard laptop. The tricky part is going to be having multiple inputs. 2 cars and a start/finish beam = 4 inputs. The software I can write in an evening, the hardware on the other hand.... I'm thinking about infrared, it's the cheapest circuit. Now how to bring it into the computer is the hard part.
Damn you Tim, you got me working on yet another project AAHHHHHH.

[foff667]

i dunno i just quickly looked it up on the net...guess thats what i get for trusting some obscure site :lol:

[NJSPEEDER]

so is anyoen else getting in on this?
everyone has 3 weeks to try to put together a competitive car if they are interested.
we are also gonna add a little side bet in for fun. justin adn i got a gram scale. anyoen interested put up $1, teh lightest car takes the pot. :twisted:

later
tim

[kamikaz]

You guys got me looking all over the net on these things already..found a site called xmodworld..they got some serious stuff for these things..if i do get one where is this stuff gonna go down at?and how often?

Later,

Santos

[matt98ls1]

I'm looking into building a miniture drag strip that uses a standard laptop. The tricky part is going to be having multiple inputs. 2 cars and a start/finish beam = 4 inputs. The software I can write in an evening, the hardware on the other hand.... I'm thinking about infrared, it's the cheapest circuit. Now how to bring it into the computer is the hard part.
Damn you Tim, you got me working on yet another project AAHHHHHH.


Sounds like an interesting project. A circuit that starts timing when the green light goes for both cars. Have it hooked up to a timer and a 7-segment display, displaying elapsed time for both cars, then when the car triggers the infrared beam at the finish, have it turn the timer off, and would subsequently display the ET on the display. Laptop interface might be to hard to implement, but im sure there's always a way. Either way, thats a pretty decent size project.


<---- Elect. Engineering dork

[NJSPEEDER]

I'm looking into building a miniture drag strip that uses a standard laptop. The tricky part is going to be having multiple inputs. 2 cars and a start/finish beam = 4 inputs. The software I can write in an evening, the hardware on the other hand.... I'm thinking about infrared, it's the cheapest circuit. Now how to bring it into the computer is the hard part.
Damn you Tim, you got me working on yet another project AAHHHHHH.

i have a friend of my brothers on the case too. he is an electrical engineer and has a few good ideas.
start and finish seems to be easy from what i am seeing around, getting a tree and foul lights involved seems to be the hardest part.
i was thinking about jsut looking into one of teh many speed trap set ups that are available for rc cars to do the traps. they are pretty cheap, just need one for each lane.

later
tim

[ProtekYoNutz]

:roll: YOU GUYS ARE OBSESSED!!! :lol:

[foff667]

got one of my tires to come off of the car tonight lol i gotta superglue those badboys on the rims it looks :lol: you guys are done :twisted:

[HardcoreZ28]

Don't count on it....I'm buying a car today and I've got my eyes on the Lithium Ion upgrade ASAP. After that a V2 board and a much larger motor.

[foff667]

Don't count on it....I'm buying a car today and I've got my eyes on the Lithium Ion upgrade ASAP. Â*After that a V2 board and a much larger motor.

thats fine...but as far as our little racing series goes no Lith-ion batts are allowed this month...probably next...fwiw your car will be damn near impossible to control with just the lith from what im understanding...mines almost impossible on carpet at this point.

[Fasterthanyou]

:roll: YOU GUYS ARE OBSESSED!!! :lol:
We're guys.... you're suprised about the obsessive behavior?
The only difference between men and boys are the size of their toys.
He who dies with the most toys wins!

[Fasterthanyou]

I'm looking into building a miniture drag strip that uses a standard laptop. The tricky part is going to be having multiple inputs. 2 cars and a start/finish beam = 4 inputs. The software I can write in an evening, the hardware on the other hand.... I'm thinking about infrared, it's the cheapest circuit. Now how to bring it into the computer is the hard part.
Damn you Tim, you got me working on yet another project AAHHHHHH.

i have a friend of my brothers on the case too. he is an electrical engineer and has a few good ideas.
start and finish seems to be easy from what i am seeing around, getting a tree and foul lights involved seems to be the hardest part.
i was thinking about jsut looking into one of teh many speed trap set ups that are available for rc cars to do the traps. they are pretty cheap, just need one for each lane.

later
tim
That's why I want to use a laptop. I can program in the lights EASY and the timing can be done, recorded, etc. It just makes things so much easier when you have the tree displayed on the laptop screen. I can also easily interface external LEDs through the parallel port.
The only thing I need to do is get an EE to design the ir beam circuitry and help me decide how to run the a/d into the laptop. From there I can control it. I don't care HOW the signal gets into the computer, I just need it to get in, lol.
I'm not good at designing circuits so I'm limited to whatever is on the net. If an EE could design an IR beam break circuit to a digital signal I could do the rest of the interfacing. Leave the programming up to me.

[HardcoreZ28]

That's ok I won't have those mods for atleast a month. By the way one of Justin's links has a place to get Stage 2 motors for about $1 a piece.

[foff667]

That's ok I won't have those mods for atleast a month. Â*By the way one of Justin's links has a place to get Stage 2 motors for about $1 a piece.

do they come w/ pinions? thats the most imprtant part they are all the same otherwise

[HardcoreZ28]

No...pinions are like $5 extra

[foff667]

No...pinions are like $5 extra

then its just a so so deal figure 6 bucks plus shipping...when you can buy 4 from radioshack with the pinions for 15.

[HardcoreZ28]

Why would you buy 4? Do they burn out quickly or do they all just have different pinions on them?

[foff667]

4 different pinions i believe...makes thing easier if you find one to be better suited...even if you only wanted 2 of the pinions...your way would probably cost 20ish for 2...buying 4 from radioshack would only cost 15 and youd have 2 extra if one of the others burned out.

[BigAls87Z28]

:roll: YOU GUYS ARE OBSESSED!!! Â* :lol:

Tell me you didnt this comming! I could be cardboard cut outs of cars, and we would still find a way to make lighter and faster.
Lets just hope that they leave it to cars, and not other things such as flight....

[foff667]

:roll: YOU GUYS ARE OBSESSED!!! Â* :lol:

Tell me you didnt this comming! Â*I could be cardboard cut outs of cars, and we would still find a way to make lighter and faster. Â*
Lets just hope that they leave it to cars, and not other things such as flight....

hmmm cardboard :idea: :lol:

[NJSPEEDER]

we are lookin at saturday the 29th here in my basement. figure around noon.
$5 to race and $1 for the weight contest. both are winner take all, so bring your A game. :twisted:

address is:
4 glen stewart dr
ewing, nj 08618

later
tim

[MyLittlePony]

See Karen, look what you done did. Â*:)


:banghead: someone should have warned me...

[NJSPEEDER]

:roll: YOU GUYS ARE OBSESSED!!! Â* :lol:

you say that like it's a bad thing. :twisted:


later
tim

[ProtekYoNutz]

:roll: YOU GUYS ARE OBSESSED!!! Â* :lol:
We're guys.... you're suprised about the obsessive behavior?
The only difference between men and boys are the size of their toys.
He who dies with the most toys wins!

so what ur saying is that you "MEN" have small toys!! :wink: cuz its JUST a remote control car!!!!!!!

[Fasterthanyou]

:roll: YOU GUYS ARE OBSESSED!!! :lol:
We're guys.... you're suprised about the obsessive behavior?
The only difference between men and boys are the size of their toys.
He who dies with the most toys wins!

so what ur saying is that you "MEN" have small toys!! :wink: cuz its JUST a remote control car!!!!!!!
I don't have one so HA. :P

[BigAls87Z28]

:roll: YOU GUYS ARE OBSESSED!!! Â* :lol:
We're guys.... you're suprised about the obsessive behavior?
The only difference between men and boys are the size of their toys.
He who dies with the most toys wins!

so what ur saying is that you "MEN" have small toys!! Â*:wink: Â*cuz its JUST a remote control car!!!!!!!
I don't have one so HA. Â*:P

Um....that could be taken in another way...

Whos gunna be the first with a CF body shell?

[foff667]

at $75 for teh shell I'll pass.

[Tru2Chevy]

See Karen, look what you done did. :)

:banghead: someone should have warned me...

:drive: :laugh: :fluffy:

- Justin

[HardcoreZ28]

"so what ur saying is that you "MEN" have small toys!! Â* Â*cuz its JUST a remote control car!!!!!!!"

I already have a BIG toy...

http://image30.webshots.com/30/2/82/25/238328225cAEpoY_fs.jpg

Now as far as my XMod....it's in progress. Â*67 Camaro body with a Stage 2 drag motor (red pinion). Â*Installed the AWD kit last night. Â*Lithium Ion batteries on order. Â*I want to paint the body yellow with black SS stripes. Â*Eventually I want to get the V2 board and a larger motor. Â*Also maybe the tight turn kit and some better bearings. Â*Damn money pit toys! Â*

[foff667]

im not telling my secrets 8)

[HardcoreZ28]

Hey Bill do you have a bearing kit yet? Â*I'm thinking I'm going to need one ASAP. Â*Apparently with Lithium Ion batteries the stock ones melt pretty quickly.

I want to do the steering upgrade soon too cause I think it should turn a lot tighter than it does.

[foff667]

Hey Bill do you have a bearing kit yet? Â*I'm thinking I'm going to need one ASAP. Â*Apparently with Lithium Ion batteries the stock ones melt pretty quickly.

I want to do the steering upgrade soon too cause I think it should turn a lot tighter than it does.

yah the steering sucks and with awd it seriously understeers at speed...i need to get another bearing kit at some point or at least transfer my bearings over from the std front end.

[HardcoreZ28]

The standard front bearings are the same right? You're just using them as a temporary fix?

[foff667]

naw i bought a bearing kit and installed it...but the awd comes with the plastic bearings...i never swapped them over to the awd front end when i was doing that swap...i want to have some extras anywayz just in case.

[HardcoreZ28]

Oh ok I gotcha now. So what bodystyle are you running anyway? And do you use the grease on your gears? I'm afraid I'll pick up too much debris and kill the plastic. :?

[foff667]

Oh ok I gotcha now. Â*So what bodystyle are you running anyway? Â*And do you use the grease on your gears? Â*I'm afraid I'll pick up too much debris and kill the plastic. Â*:?
yah your not supposed to grease them if your running outside or on rugs and stuff as too much dirt will get in there...corvette body...but once i go to lith I'll have to change...i think im gonna go to a civic body with some 20's all around :lol:

[HardcoreZ28]

You can't fit the lith batteries under the vette body? I haven't seen that anywhere yet. I like the Vette body kit. I almost regret not getting that instead of the Camaro, but I'm a sucker for first gens.

I'm gonna have to keep an eye on my stock bearings when I get my lithiums this week. Maybe I'll order the wide base bearings next week after I get paid.

[foff667]

You can't fit the lith batteries under the vette body? Â*I haven't seen that anywhere yet. Â*I like the Vette body kit. Â*I almost regret not getting that instead of the Camaro, but I'm a sucker for first gens.

I'm gonna have to keep an eye on my stock bearings when I get my lithiums this week. Â*Maybe I'll order the wide base bearings next week after I get paid.

some of the kits you can but i plan on just getting the quick kit...as its easier and idiot proof so it should work well for me...i plan on getting the wide base ones as well.

[HardcoreZ28]

Hey here's a good question.....
I read that if you run lithium ion batteries with AWD it will eat up the plastic ball gear that comes with the AWD kit. What alternative is there to upgrade? I couldn't find an aluminum or billet gear. Did I miss it somewhere?

[foff667]

im not sure if there is one yet maybe at some point.

[HardcoreZ28]

Well that sucks. Makes me feel like I wasted my money on the AWD setup. Maybe if I run a gear for top speed instead of torque right now it won't chew itself up too quickly?

[foff667]

i would just all the other parts that are out there that have to do with moving parts so you dont chew them up and not worry about it too much.

[HardcoreZ28]

Hahah yeah cause I'm made of money right? I'm going to upgrade my bearings soon for sure. If they come out with a gear for the AWD I'll get it. I also like the billiet steering knuckles and aluminum steering cups for the front.

Damn you guys for getting me interested in this! :evil:

[Fasterthanyou]

Carbonfiber parts would be nice.

[GrandmasterCow]

http://img150.exs.cx/img150/5946/skyline0012oe.th.jpg (http://img150.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img150&image=skyline0012oe.jpg)
http://img150.exs.cx/img150/6608/skyline0029ix.th.jpg (http://img150.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img150&image=skyline0029ix.jpg)

w00t w00t

[foff667]

my carbon shafts came today :)

[Fasterthanyou]

They need to make CF chassis, suspension parts, bodyshell, and flextures to replace the springs. Those things could be SO light if I got a hold of one. Since a CF chassis would be crazy you could make one out of natures composite... wood. Balsa wood has been used in model aircrafts for weight and strength for years. Even the corvettes use Balsa wood in their construction :cool: .
A trick to lightening the plastic is to use a hotwire. A soldering iron with a paperclip in the end works well. A hotwire is a lot easier to control than a dremel.
Does HD or Lowes sell really small plastic screws :wink: .
Last tip for now; why do you need to have your windows rolled up :)

[foff667]

Last tip for now; why do you need to have your windows rolled up :)

:lol: sick just sick i think we might have to be more specific with these rules just so jon will stay out of it.

[Fasterthanyou]

Last tip for now; why do you need to have your windows rolled up :)

:lol: sick just sick i think we might have to be more specific with these rules just so jon will stay out of it.
I told you I was a rule maker :P

[foff667]

Last tip for now; why do you need to have your windows rolled up :)

:lol: sick just sick i think we might have to be more specific with these rules just so jon will stay out of it.
I told you I was a rule maker Â*:P

more like rule breaker :lol:

[Tru2Chevy]

No, rule maker would be correct.

He's the kind of person who finds loopholes, then has rules created to stop him :)

- Justin

[Fasterthanyou]

Last tip for now; why do you need to have your windows rolled up :)

:lol: sick just sick i think we might have to be more specific with these rules just so jon will stay out of it.
I told you I was a rule maker :P

more like rule breaker :lol:
"1. basically unmodified stock or aftermarket body kit"
I was using an unmodified stock body kit.... only the windows are down... Nobody ever said the windows had to be up ;) . You need to make a new rule.
"2. stock Battery setup any 4 AAA batterys allowed "
I've got some special AAA battery's, wanna be more specific. See, I'm being nice and tell you I was going to be sneaking so you can add a rule BEFORE I do something. Limit to 1.55v and 2200mah and I'd be happy.

[HardcoreZ28]

Rules are no fun....I say Run What You Brung! :twisted:

[NJSPEEDER]

Rules are no fun....I say Run What You Brung! Â*:twisted:

how bad do you wanna be beaten then :twisted:
i can kill you buy a car or half the track. which will it be? if anyone wants to go balls to teh wall i have no problem with it. the rules we came up with were jsut to stop someone from throwing $400 into a car right away.
for this race, we can follow these rules, next time the gloves come off. :)

later
tim

[HardcoreZ28]

Hey if you've got the money to blow on it like that go for it. But don't be shocked when guys with half as much invested start winning. I could see Prevo building the fastest car for under $200

[foff667]

so whats the latest guys? Whos still in and what body are you running? Ive got the vette body for now and am ready to go with spare parts on the side if needed :)

[BigAls87Z28]

you are all sick in the head....all of you.

[foff667]

you are all sick in the head....all of you.

why? because our 1:28 scale cars powered by 4 AAA batteries are currently faster then your 1:1 scale Camaro powered by a sb v8? :rofl:

[BigAls87Z28]

That and a few other things...

[NJSPEEDER]

looks like i won't be able to host anything here for a while. the "minor" rearrangement of teh basement has turned into a full blown refinishing job. i get to build walls, install a door, run electric......
no way it will be done in time or even have a large enough space clear to run.

sorry

later
tim

[HardcoreZ28]

I might be in if we find another place. My lithiums still haven't shown up so I'd still be legal for this month. Although I've been making custom body mods that are adding weight instead of reducing it....that can't be good for business. Also with my AWD and only the stock 4AAA's that will hurt my performance as well.

[foff667]

looks like i won't be able to host anything here for a while. the "minor" rearrangement of teh basement has turned into a full blown refinishing job. i get to build walls, install a door, run electric......
no way it will be done in time or even have a large enough space clear to run.

sorry

later
tim

that blows :(

[Tony Danza]

Are these things really that much fun? I'm deffinatly interested becuase of how you guys are nuts for em and after checkin out those xmod links.

So should i go out and buy these things, they worth it?

[HardcoreZ28]

Tony if you have a big enough space inside it's fun. I took mine out on my driveway last week and the asphalt is way too bumpy for these things. They are too small to handle much more than a smooth surface. Low shag carpet isn't bad either.

[NJSPEEDER]

too bad my basement is sooo torn up. the painted concrete hooks great nad there are just enough bumps to keep the driver honest :)

later
tim

[Tru2Chevy]

I got my parts from Atomicmods today! CF driveshaft, new slicks, wide bearings, wheel shims, and a new front axle.

Gotta work on the computer before the Xmod though :(

- Justin

[ProtekYoNutz]

STILL OBSESSED!!!!

[foff667]

I got my parts from Atomicmods today! Â*CF driveshaft, new slicks, wide bearings, wheel shims, and a new front axle.

Gotta work on the computer before the Xmod though Â*:(

- Justin

yah i got a couple of cf shafts, tires and awd kit...I'll probably hold out on the other stuff for a while.

[HardcoreZ28]

My Lithium Pro-Kit finally showed up yesterday. Got the car apart last night when I got home from work at 9:15 (damn 13 hour days). I'm hoping to drill the chassis over lunch and do the electronics work on it tonight.

Next on the list: Bearings, wheel spacers, tight turns mod.

[Tru2Chevy]

Next on the list: Â*Bearings, wheel spacers, tight turns mod.

I'm trying to figure out exactly how to do the tight turns mod....I have the resistors, but they are smaller than his pictures made them seem to be. Gonna have to find a soldering iron with a very fine point.

- Justin

[HardcoreZ28]

Did you order the kit from atomicmods or did you just pick up resistors from your local electronics store? I'm thinking resistors from the local store will be easier to install. I could care less if they look a little more crowded in there. It's all contained under the body anyway.

[Tru2Chevy]

Did you order the kit from atomicmods or did you just pick up resistors from your local electronics store? Â*I'm thinking resistors from the local store will be easier to install. Â*I could care less if they look a little more crowded in there. Â*It's all contained under the body anyway.

I paid the couple of bucks to get them from atomicmods because I couldn't make out from his pics or find elsewhere what resistors to use. I may just attach them to short lengths of wire and then solder the wire to the board.

- Justin

[HardcoreZ28]

Yeah those suckers are tiny. I'm gonna use regular resistors and just splice them into the wires that go directly into the servo. I also want to tighten up my tie rods but don't want to buy billet pieces. I think I'm going to try slipping wire insulation them to take up the slop.

[foff667]

your **** should really fly with those lith ion batteries...what motor are you running? What body do you have? Did you get the quick kit or the std kit? i cant imagine how fast it w ould be in comparison right now i can flip mine on a quick turn i cant imagine what you could do going ~10+ mph faster lol

[HardcoreZ28]

I have the 9 tooth S2 motor in it right now. I'm running the 67 Camaro body with the body kit add ons, a custom made front spoiler with fog lights, and the LED kit. I made the spoiler and fogs because I knew I wanted the LED's, but I also like the Ralley Sport front clip with the hide aways.

I haven't had my car running on a big enough flat floor yet to really see how fast it was on stock batteries. I'm looking forward to gettin the Lithium's in tonight and taking it to my girlfriends dorm this weekend. There are some nice long hallways for testing top speed.

[foff667]

i have industrial type carpet at my house which is pretty fast to race on...i cant imagine running on lenolium or something like that even with the stock batteries and the s2 motor i have in there now it would be nearly too fast to control...have fun trying to control that hehe

[HardcoreZ28]

Installed them last night......Holy Hell On Wheels! :twisted: