I've just joined the YXL club
 

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I've order up a few upgrade parts like HR F&R sway bars, HR steering rack, GPM rear drive shaft and a few other parts

Electrics wise, I'm going to run a HW XR8 Plus, a HW 4074 2250kv G2 motor, plus a Protek 170t servo "thumbsup"

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Happy early Christmas :)

Keep us posted on progress. Interested to hear what you think after your first run.

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Welcome to the fun.

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No problems so far, built as per the box except for the 3rd bearing mod

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Been playing with the shocks and got them pretty much how I want, I've stuck the front helper springs on the rear and upped the oil to 30wt, the fronts now have Baja medium helpers and 45wt oil

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pretty sure your bumper plate is backwards, not that you cant run it that way

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I never noticed :lol:

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Welcome mate
Plenty of top tips on here.

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I have the same ESC and motor for my YXL. You're going to love it. Super smooth crawling and can wheelie the thing down the road. Remember to set it to full sensored mode.

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Sweet, it's a bad ass combo, I ran it in my 8ight all summer and it was great "thumbsup"

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Painted the panels today

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Started on the interior

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Cheers

Had a set of Desperado's turn up today, still waiting on my CI foams to up turn though

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Do you happen to know part # for Baja front helper Springs? Tia

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These are the springs

HPI 86762 Rear Shock Spring Set

But I got clone versions from some random seller on eBay at 1/3rd the price

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Finished up the wiring this afternoon

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What batteries are you using?

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I'm going to run 4s, Black Magic 7600mah 2s x2

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First round of hop ups arrived today......

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:)

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A few more bits arrived today.....

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Just waiting on the CI foams to turn up and she will be a runner :)

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That bellcrank makes a huge difference in just how it feels compared to stock. Good luck it's a nice build


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Cheers buddy

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Are you posting video somewhere of your first run?


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Any reason you installed the hr rear sway bar being the kit comes with one? Is it better?

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It's the front sway bar.

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I've fitted the rear sway bar kit because a friend had the axial one and he broke the drop links the first time he ran it, so though I would get it upgraded before I broke it

I will get some kind of vid if the first run, I'm not really into video editing or this YouTube nonsense tho :lol:

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Sweet

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That's the first time I've heard of the rear sway bar breaking. I do like the looks of the hot racing one though.

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I've pulled a stabilizer link apart once.. 5$ HR limiting straps take care of this and also protect your shocks & control links

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I'll check them out "thumbsup"

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Cheers dude 8)

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Tyres all glued up ready for a run tomorrow, it's going to be a muddy one, we've had rain for the last few days over here in the U.K.

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Does your HR front sway bar hit the front dog bones when you compress the suspension on both wheels?

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Just looked and it's very close at full compression, but they just clear

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Hmm mine hit the bar. Just curious to see how yours is I guess I need to look it over

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I'm running Baja helper springs on the front, so they limit the up travel of the shock a bit

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Check out your front knuckles...I've gotten them mixed up before as well as 2nd hand ones that I've perchanced.. Its easily overlooked when you have the carriers right...

Once again... I really appreciate your patience with the HD mod ! I'm sorry it took me so long to get it back to you and a few others! :sad: You were way more patient and understanding than I would've been "thumbsup"Thank you

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[QUOTE=Curb Crawler;5602387]I'm running Baja helper springs on the front, so they limit the up travel of the shock a bit[/Qtrave
IMO the XL has too much up travel. In the designing stages it would been nice to Axial split the difference a little closer to center line.