Bond, James Bond...DB5...

Cheesehead · Post by **Cheesehead** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:24 pm

Where did you get those foam wheels?

Sporttracguy · Post by **Sporttracguy** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:27 pm

I picked up the wheels and tires at my local hoby shop. THey are made for slot cars.

STG

MafiaS · Post by **MafiaS** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:41 pm

Are they AFX HO slot cars. I have seen a couple at my hobby shop but I didnt know if they would actually fit right on the chassis. Is the axel that the HO wheels come with compatible with the Bit/Zip chassis? I could grab a pair of rears for 8 bucks, think i might do it. I'm not sure if they are foam might be rubber or w.e. Foam better than pullback wheels?

Sporttracguy · Post by **Sporttracguy** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:59 pm

The ones i used are tyco 4-40 rear tires and wheels, they dont come with an axle so you have to retrofit them to a bit or zipzap axle (some drilling is required) #XP 103. They were $2.65 for a set of two at hobbytown.

Hope that helps

STG

SuperFly · Post by **SuperFly** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:01 pm

MafiaS wrote:Are they AFX HO slot cars. I have seen a couple at my hobby shop but I didnt know if they would actually fit right on the chassis. Is the axel that the HO wheels come with compatible with the Bit/Zip chassis? I could grab a pair of rears for 8 bucks, think i might do it. I'm not sure if they are foam might be rubber or w.e. Foam better than pullback wheels?

They usually come in a little package with just the wheels and tires. Just get a ZZ/bit axle and gear and mount the slot car wheels on that axle. Use a stock zz/bit axle as a guide for spacing. That's the easiest and cheapest method. They tend to be a smaller diameter and about twice as wide as a normal bit wheel/tire. Because of the small diameter, you should consider using a teal gear if you want normal speed out of it.

MafiaS · Post by **MafiaS** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:05 pm

Thanks alot guys...I noticed though smaller wheels in diameter help the car to perform better. Handling wise. The lambo set has smaller wheels than a normal bit and I'm assuming it helped my traction alot more, plus i switched the gear to teal and it has some nice torque out of the turns compared to a stock gear.

Sporttracguy · Post by **Sporttracguy** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:58 pm

Here is a little update with some shots under the body. Ive added the superslick 30K blue motor, a 3rd cell, charger plug, 3 capacitors and painted the wheels to match the trim.

Enjoy,

STG

MafiaS · Post by **MafiaS** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 8:15 pm

Love it...

Cheesehead · Post by **Cheesehead** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 8:30 pm

Darn, I need to find me some of those.
That thing looks SWEET.

For the record, Krylon sells "aluminum" colored fully-metallic spraypaint. You'll need to put on a base coat of "plastic-safe" white spraypaint first, but a few quick layers of that stuff will give you a lovely reflective shine. I just used a whole can on my haloween costume.

Maxximum Attack · Post by **Maxximum Attack** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 8:57 pm

Cheesehead wrote: I just used a whole can on my haloween costume.

What are you, a UFO?

STG: those foamies are sweet! That's porbably the first bit I've ever seen with them plus the size fits the scale perfectly, they dont look like 18" rims on a classic. Just classic

PM'd you off topic

Maxx

civicsr2cool · Post by **civicsr2cool** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:40 pm

man ive been wonderin what the foams would look like chopped up up front, gonna go take some away from mine right now. did u take rim from the outside off or from the inside. i like the deep deep dish look.
now is there a pimp enough homie for that ride?

Cheesehead · Post by **Cheesehead** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:40 pm

Maxximum Attack wrote:
Cheesehead wrote: I just used a whole can on my haloween costume.
What are you, a UFO?

STG: those foamies are sweet! That's porbably the first bit I've ever seen with them plus the size fits the scale perfectly, they dont look like 18" rims on a classic. Just classic

PM'd you off topic

Maxx

Actually, a robot. I've got LEDs that blink back and forth across the "eye", and a funny spinning thingamajig (actually a hacked PC fan running on nine volts) on the top.
The arms and legs are made out of dryer vent hose and stovepipe fittings.

Hmm...I wonder where I could snag some of those? I can't find them online.

Sporttracguy · Post by **Sporttracguy** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 10:03 pm

up front i took a dremel to the outside of the rims while they were on the car, the wheels would spin super fast and i got a very even cut. I then took the foam and slid it further towards the center of the car, i didnt take much of anything off of the width of the foam, just the rim,

STG

Nasphere · Post by **Nasphere** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 2:58 am

Dude!! props to you man, thats a killer ride!! But, hehe, you're gonna burn up those SE cells like that. 120mA seriesed with 70mA doesn't work too well...

And have you considered codesuide's DC mod for the SE? It gives 100% at full throttle incase you haven't read.

crazydave · Post by **crazydave** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:25 am

Nasphere wrote: And have you considered codesuide's DC mod for the SE? It gives 100% at full throttle incase you haven't read.

Shit man, while you're on the subject, dude, needs to try some FETs mods, first. Extra cells, bigger motors, that's all great, but it makes more sense to make the circuit more efficient so it allows more current to flow, rather than force more juice through the circuit with a higher voltage and a higher current draw. FETs are cheap, about $0.50 a piece, you should order some up and practice installing them. I'm confident, with the mods I've seen you do, STG, that you could pull it off.

I wish I could meet up and race you in person, 'cause I'm really curious, I'd be willing to bet that my FET modded Vette, w/ a 3.4 NX motor and red gears would beat that car, because the FETs give that motor plenty torque to turn those gears. You take a faster motor and turn a faster gear ratio its gotta go faster, huh? Of course that 3rd cell could even everything out, that's why I'm curious, but I know for a fact my DC modded SE will easily dust a tricell SE, because its letting the full 2.4v through. Even at 3.6v a current generation SE will only allow about 1.8v of that through.