Hardwired and 6 Celled and Night Light Video
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 4:00 pm
Here is some video of Bird, Hog, and me (SG219) out in the dark runnin' Xmods on a basketball court last night. It's called Night Lights.
http://www.sg219.com/Download.html
My Xmod went down first, do to having too much torque!!
I was over Bird's the other night and and wanted to do some soldering on my Xmod. Well, Bird said he wanted the practice so I supplied the training ground/victim. I wanted to hard wire the motor to eliminate the clips and then 6 cell it. He did an excellent job! Very clean and shrink wrapped. Thanks.
This was formerly known as the monster Xmod. So the car now has locked front and rear diffs=4WD, not AWD, 6 cells, hardwired motor, plus the other crap, like bearings and stuff. It added about an average of 4km on the speed checker. Now I need to get the monster wheels back on it.
Speed Tied on.
The two wires from the car are soldered to the motor wires, no clip.
The 6 cell wires are soldered directly to the holders crimped contacts, not the wires, no wires needed.
Well, after a few minutes on the court the screw came out of the front knuckle and the assembly was just hangin' there. Fixed this later at Hogs with some glue and another screw.
We recharged and went back out to a McD's parking lot that was a little wet and had plenty of oil spots and other shit lyin' around.
Hog's car went down, don't remember why, but I think his speed sticker fell off or got scratched.
Then my car got weird, the cone gears weren't engaging. Upon closer investigation, when I got home, all 4 cup things were cracked, from the torque. Some worse than others.
I will say this, the 6 cell is fun, but you have to make sure everything is glued, or held together tightly!! There has to be someway to keep the cups and the wheel arms together without glueing them in each other, in order to keep the suspension.
Bird's car kept on runnin', but his ride has barely been messed with, so that just shows that if you get all MOD crazy with your car, the odds of it fuckin' up are increased severely!!
http://www.sg219.com/Download.html
My Xmod went down first, do to having too much torque!!
I was over Bird's the other night and and wanted to do some soldering on my Xmod. Well, Bird said he wanted the practice so I supplied the training ground/victim. I wanted to hard wire the motor to eliminate the clips and then 6 cell it. He did an excellent job! Very clean and shrink wrapped. Thanks.
This was formerly known as the monster Xmod. So the car now has locked front and rear diffs=4WD, not AWD, 6 cells, hardwired motor, plus the other crap, like bearings and stuff. It added about an average of 4km on the speed checker. Now I need to get the monster wheels back on it.
Speed Tied on.
The two wires from the car are soldered to the motor wires, no clip.
The 6 cell wires are soldered directly to the holders crimped contacts, not the wires, no wires needed.
Well, after a few minutes on the court the screw came out of the front knuckle and the assembly was just hangin' there. Fixed this later at Hogs with some glue and another screw.
We recharged and went back out to a McD's parking lot that was a little wet and had plenty of oil spots and other shit lyin' around.
Hog's car went down, don't remember why, but I think his speed sticker fell off or got scratched.
Then my car got weird, the cone gears weren't engaging. Upon closer investigation, when I got home, all 4 cup things were cracked, from the torque. Some worse than others.
I will say this, the 6 cell is fun, but you have to make sure everything is glued, or held together tightly!! There has to be someway to keep the cups and the wheel arms together without glueing them in each other, in order to keep the suspension.
Bird's car kept on runnin', but his ride has barely been messed with, so that just shows that if you get all MOD crazy with your car, the odds of it fuckin' up are increased severely!!
