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Well after seeing those crazy germans and their xmods i knew i had to try something myself. Here is one that really inspired me.

http://549.rapidforum.com/topic=102180190936



Onto the project


So, after seeing the new iw02's that are coming out soon and seeing that they have removable servos that got me thinking.

I used a cll light kit port from a old xmod board soldered it all on and got it to screw on. If i do say so myself it looks very clean.






Heres what the basic setup should look like when done but all cleaned up and seated properly of course.

As you can see i have changed to a lithium setup, i plan on running 2 cells in parallel so i keep it around 3.6 volts but still keep a good amount of torque and power.




Bottom of chassis ooo, ahhh This lighting doesnt do it justice though........




Body shots








Sorry for the somewhat crappy pics i know they arent up to my usual par lol, I just got home and am very tired. (long day) Didnt feel like setting up the whole photobooth thing and the light over my workspace is out

The basic cutout of the chassis was made by a friend. He was very generous and donated it to me. Its my job to put it to work and get it working properly with AWD etc. And i can say its coming along very well.

So far the specs are

Mini-z convert body

Cf decks

Custom chassis with crazy C.O.G.

Bearings

Awd

Ball diff.'s

Iw-04 board

custom wired hs-55

2 Lithium cells wired in parallel

Nylok nuts

Custom exhaust

X-speed motor




But i want your guys's comments go ahead post pimps!

I think thats a post i can end my night on.

that thing looks nice
Any vids ..keep up updated

Now that looks real nice man, great work. I'm suprised it is narrow enough to fit under the body.

Crusty: will do on the updates. And you most likely can expect a vid as well but i have to get a decent converting program and the car running first


Zenith: That is the beauty of mini-z bodys, tons of room.

Tuner1989 wrote: Bottom of chassis ooo, ahhh This lighting doesnt do it justice though........

very cool


somehow that's strangely familar.

Hows that chassis working? from the nubs around the steering arm, i think that was attempt #1. I see you added the shock mounts.

Clint wrote:

Tuner1989 wrote: Bottom of chassis ooo, ahhh This lighting doesnt do it justice though........

very cool


somehow that's strangely familar.

Hows that chassis working? from the nubs around the steering arm, i think that was attempt #1. I see you added the shock mounts.

Familar? nah

So far so good, knock on wood.

Yep i got the AWD diff. space dremeled out and got the suspension mounts dremeled out and working. Still need to shave down the knubs a little bit to get a better turning radius.

But besides that it seems to be working great, Theres no drivetrain issues whatsoever from what i can see.

Thanks again clint

UPDATE FINALLY!!

Lots of suprises!


Guts Are done! Mini-z Mr-01 board, xmod servo, Nelly Deluxe!







Chassis is cleaned and polished! (Btw did anyone else have this problem? I had to shave down the head of the gpm front awd axle to stop binding during turning inside movement.)







And i had to throw in a body pic of this awesome painted kyosho nsx! Painted + originally owned by betty k.







I'm going to be running 2S lithium ion's for the moment i'll upgrade to li-poly sooner or later i have to earn some cash first.

I plan to race this on very large tracks, most likely a 1/10 track locally.


More updates soon!

Poo, my IW board is all gone to shit, and now you're gunna get done before me. Nice job tho, should be a nice clean install.

Maxx

looks like the old girl's in good hands!

keep us posted.

Well uh, i had er running, then 5 min into it she drastically slows down, then eventually stops.

I take the motor apart to find a part of the comm bent and a brush that broke off during dissasembley.

Not sure what happened, i'll get some carnage pics soon...................

Btw the nelly handled it all like a champ!

was it the s03? definately wanna see the carnage!

betty.k wrote:was it the s03? definately wanna see the carnage!

Yeah it was the S03 still not sure how it happened, wasnt pushing it hard at all.

Chassis pics!






Fits like a glove!



Carnage pics of the S03 motor






Out with the old in with the new!
Plasmatomic (Neo version) that will be replacing the S03's place

wow, never seen a motor do that..... cool!

betty.k wrote:wow, never seen a motor do that..... cool!

Lol, you have now!

Looks like i'll have to replace the comm.

Plasmatomic will most likely be too fast!