Motor works dual celled 350z

HACHI-RYOKU · Post by **HACHI-RYOKU** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 9:56 pm

Just thought I would throw this out there. I didn't do any body work, but I hooked up the inards. Dual cell and fets, with CAT 5 antenna. Probably change the antenna to a thin guitar string soon as the reception sucks. It's using the 200mah nimh batts and it also has an on/off switch on the bottom (not shown in the pics). I'm more just puting it out there cause I haven't seen anybody doing anything with these. Controls okay after puting rubber cement on the back tires. I'll probably switch it to black silicon later though. The fet job was pretty simple. It uses the Y1 and Y2 resisters comen to bits. Since it's dual celled I just switched the Y2's with npn fets and the Y1's with pnp fets (8 fets total).

On the pic below, notice the black cyclinder (can't remember what the hell there called right now. Need sleep.). I removed this from the PCB and reatached it with wires so it would be more flexible when trying to fit the PCB back on. Otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get the body back on cause it stuck straight out from the PCB.

SuperFly · Post by **SuperFly** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 10:27 pm

Wow! That fucking rocks, HR! Is the body die-cast? How does it drive?

Your chassis is beautiful, looks like it's built for speed.

ph2t · Post by **ph2t** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 10:46 pm

very nice man! the black thing is called an electrolytic capacitor.

is the steering propo on those things? looks like there's a motor use in the steering assembly???

payaso · Post by **payaso** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 11:48 pm

Yeah, that thing is awesome. All the motor works cars around here are shit., and bit sized at that. Not saying bit size is bad, cause I like it, just that they are different than the cars sold at my wally world.

Tires also look a bit wider than ZZ tires. Are they?

silla

micro_man · Post by **micro_man** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 8:10 am

damn , thats sweet . were did you find a motor works like that , my walmart only has the bit sized ones .

Sdog · Post by **Sdog** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 9:03 am

Are those 1:43 scale?

crazydave · Post by **crazydave** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 10:27 am

I'm wondering, is that a Motorworks car, or a Muscle Machines Import Tuner?

I've never seen a Motorworks car like that except the NASCAR ones, and my understanding was that those were already dual cell, but my Walmart does have Muscle Machines RCs that look exactly like that.

Someone help me out here, I'm confused.

Bird · Post by **Bird** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 3:02 pm

crazydave wrote:I'm wondering, is that a Motorworks car, or a Muscle Machines Import Tuner?

I'm right there with ya, Dave... I have a Muscle Machines Supra that is just like that... same EXACT chassis and wheels... same motorized steering and everything.

@SuperFly... if that is the same as the one I have... the shell is plastic, but looks like a die-cast... kinda decieving, because the thing is light as a feather... I can only imagine what EIGHT SIXs modded one is like, because it is kinda peppy stock... Those wide ass tires are kinda hard, though, and traction is shitty stock... I've been meaning to check and see if pullback tires will work on those rims, because if I could get mine to hook up, I'd want to mod it out like that, too...

HACHI-RYOKU · Post by **HACHI-RYOKU** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 5:22 pm

UH..........I'm pretty sure Motorworks makes the muscle machine import tuners. I might be going batty but I remember "motorworks" written on the box somewhere. In fact, I think motorworks makes the diecast 1:64 scale cars, as well as many other designs in many other scales. Anyways, sorry about the mixup if I'm wrong. (Just curious, am I like the absent minded motherfucking professor?)

Yes, it's a muscle machine import tuner. It's 1:64, plastic, but it's longer than a bit. It's the same size as a ZZ, just better looking IMO, and lower to the ground. No, it's not propo, but it's already got the mechanics to use a propo servo. Might be hard to fit though. The wheels are wider than a ZZ and smaller. The rubber cement has come off the back wheels, but while it was on it rocked. I'll put some silicon on next, as the other car I recently tried the silicon on is performing very well. Without silicon or rubber cement the wheels are hard and too slick, making it spin out all over the place. In fact with the dual cell and fet modding, it wont even go straight. But with the rubber cement on the back wheels, it didn't spin out and the turning radius was very good.

Two things I gotta give the company props on;

1. The steering; it may not be propo, but it uses a motor and gears. Very consistant functionality. Also, since there is no magnet, it doesn't pick up metal shards off the floor and it has no magnet to try and keep centered. Also no clumsy bar action in the steering compartment. Well designed IMO. The down side is that the whole steering system takes up more room.

2. The charging system; It uses a small plug like a walkman's earpiece plug. There is absolutely never any problem getting good contact with the charging terminals. I don't have to worry about the car loosing contact if I bump the table too hard, and I'm pretty sure better contact = a better charge. The down side, once again, is size. The plug is smaller than a walkman's earpiece plug, but I know they could have gotten even smaller ones. Like for example...........
http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/c ... type=store

Using a smaller steering motor (like a digi-q motor) and a smaller plug would reduce weight and give you a little more space.

Thanx PH2T. I knew somebody here would know what the name of that was.

Oh, I almost forgot, it's fucking fast maing!

HACHI-RYOKU · Post by **HACHI-RYOKU** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 5:45 pm

Here's a pic for scale

And, they're at Wally World. Although, there are three or four Wall Marts here in Virginia Beach and I've noticed thier stock is very inconsistant. Some Wallmarts have them, some don't.

The tires fit different than a bit's tires. Bit tires wouldn't fit very well.

Sdog · Post by **Sdog** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 6:51 pm

Sounds like I need to get one.

chrome · Post by **chrome** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 8:24 pm

Any way you could get a similar comparison shot with a zipzap? I'd love to put a Savannah body on that chassis. It's either that or a stretched bit chassis. But, I like motorized steering real well.

Later,
Chrome...

HACHI-RYOKU · Post by **HACHI-RYOKU** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 7:04 am

Sure, I'll try to get one tonight.

Here you are.

Finks · Post by **Finks** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 9:39 am

hmmm.... I like how it sits. Seems lower, especially on the wheel wells.

stagg · Post by **stagg** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 12:27 pm

thats a sweet car, i need to see if i can pick one of them up, nice job.