Soon to be a true drifter!

Right now I too have been workin on a sercret drifter project, you guys will see it when its done.

Those wheels look very sick though, and its not dirty, theres no mud on ti!

I actually just cleaned it about a week or two ago and had it spotless! My cosin (who had origanally owned it) never cleaned it, so i decided to and that thing was nasty!! i took off the rear end and there literally was at least 1/2 to a full centimeter of dirt and grease and grime I cudnt believe it!!!!!!

My future plans are to buy an acura nsx body and paint it black, along with a new reciever, spur gear, pinion gear, and hopefully really soon..... a vxl system!!

sk8r wrote:

I actually just cleaned it about a week or two ago and had it spotless! My cosin (who had origanally owned it) never cleaned it, so i decided to and that thing was nasty!! i took off the rear end and there literally was at least 1/2 to a full centimeter of dirt and grease and grime I cudnt believe it!!!!!!

My future plans are to buy an acura nsx body and paint it black, along with a new reciever, spur gear, pinion gear, and hopefully really soon..... a vxl system!!

ive heard sidewinder + vxl motor is a better combo

the lug

How much of a difference do you think it will make?

sk8r wrote:

How much of a difference do you think it will make?

i've head the VXL esc isn't so great and fails often, and the sidewinder/vxl motor setup is cheaper... and u can use castle link...

the lug

My cousin has been using the vxl system for a few weeks now and hasnt had any problems yet. But i may try the sidewinder/vxl setup, im not sure yet.

They wouldn't have named it sidewinder if it wasn't the best. :-)

lmao!!!

LOL!!!

Looks like your gona have a tough time chooseing your system. (id go sidewinder) manufacture esc's just dont seem to cut it these days...

i may try but i think im gonna stick with the full vxl system and if i ever have any problems with it, ill just look into buying the sidewinder. But yet again im not sure what im gonna do.

i also think the novak havoc would be a good one to look into to.... but thats just me...

the lug

ive looked into that one also, but im also looking for a system that i can really get some speed out of and a guy at my lhs said he has one(vxl) in his rustler with a 3s 4000mah lipo and its hittin 82mph! and just to let you know this system wont just be for drifting, but for touring and if i ever get another electric truck besides my t4 it may be in there a few runs too.

sk8r wrote:

ive looked into that one also, but im also looking for a system that i can really get some speed out of and a guy at my lhs said he has one(vxl) in his rustler with a 3s 4000mah lipo and its hittin 82mph! and just to let you know this system wont just be for drifting, but for touring and if i ever get another electric truck besides my t4 it may be in there a few runs too.

lol i bet thats a overstatement, a guy at a HS i went to bout an hour south of me, said the jato 2.5 could go over 65, traxxas only rated it at 55 and the new 33 doesn't even hit 65 acording to XRC but its close, and XRC did a rustler build kinda and they only got it up to like 64ish on a 3s LIPO 8000 but i think it was only 25c so i guess maybe a 35c 4k but i don't think so.... 84.... unless it was way over geared with like HPI terra pins...

the lug

He did say that he had some crazy gearing in it but im not sure what his gearing actually was. Ill have to ask him next time im up there a little more about it and if he could bring it in because i would love to see that thing go!

Im sorry, but i think that for your applications a sensored sytem will deffinatly be best.
You dont notice the difference untill you go from one to the other, then you really appreciate the sensored setup.
Id go havoc out of everything youv'e considered.

Also, as ive learned, speed does nothing except wow you for 15-30 seconds and then costs you money. Its cool and fun, but extremely unpractical to go 65mph in anything.
Most 1/8th buggys only go 35-45mph for a reason... Control. Theres no point in having a steering sytem if youve got so much power that you lift the tires every time to grab a 1/4 of throttle, and when you pull it to the max your drivetrain blows up. Its fun though, dont get me wrong, but its not fun to look at the bill when its all over after the 30 seconds of speed.

^^Very true! but after seeing how much of a difference the vxl system made in my cousins tt-01 for drifting, i fell in love and decided i had to go brushless. But my mom has been talking alot about the vxl system with me and it kinda sounds like she already got it for me for christmas, but if not then ill go with the havoc. BTW im hoping to get a quick vid of it drifting tomorrow sometime because a few guys on r7r want a vid so ill probably go ahead and post it here as well

Sweet!! Me want vid!

Lol i tested it out again today and i need to fix a few minor things before its ready to drift, but a little forwarning-

~~~You may not want to watch this vid because of common sideaffects including: eyes bleeding and/or gouging of the eyes due to lack of experience and really crappy drifting~~~

LOL! You may want to add to go to your doctor and ask for anti-nausia (sp) befor watching LOL!

JK, JK...

Im sure you wont be as bads as i am when i attempt to drift LOL!

BTW, have you ever thoght of getting a D-Box from HPI?

LOL ya never know lol

Ya ive thought about it but never really looked into it because I mainly am wanting to supe this beast up with a bl system, spektrum dx2.0 with servos, cuz the one ive got sux! and a nice lipo. So pretty much im working on replacing all the electronics before i look into something like that.

I have a JR Radio system that im puttig up in the Pharmacy now, check it out!

I know its been a while since ive messed with this thing but thats only because i had bought a new body for it and never got the paint.... until sunday!!! i got the body painted and roughly trimmed (still need to use the dremel on the wheel wells. so i snagged a few shots of it (also i finally found a place to put the "i love drifting" sticker!! i need to pick up a few more sushi drifting tires and also will be needing a new esc and possible servo. a far as the visual parts go, i need to buy another steering buckle because the right one cracked a while ago and also want to buy the rear cf shock tower and possibly a couple other things...

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Its pretty crappy but im sumwhat happy with it


let me know what you guys think!

sk8r

I think you need to learn how to cut a body out. lol


As for the paint, seal the edges down by running your finger nail (credit cards, etc work as well) along every edge of your cut line. Also spray in lighter coats, as that will help keep bleeding down. The first few coats should be very light and almost see through with some clear spots showing throught the paint, as that first few layers help seal the tape lines and helps the paint stick better. Then on the 3rd and 4th layers spray a little heavier (just enough paint to make a "wet" coat, but it shuold still dry somewhat fast. The 4th layer is if you want just a little more paint or if the first 3 didn't quite cover enuogh of the surfface.

i just used a normal box cutting knife to get roughly see what it wud look like lol and thanks for the tips bro!