MST CFX-W arrival

[MUF DVR]

I almost picked one of these up for my first scale truck. I went with the V2 Axial due to local support. This will be my second rig purchase. Keep up the wonderful build! I really like the beefy portal axels.

[NoRCoRyX]

Nice i like it

[jrkilburn]

Home stretch!

Axles ready to go on the chassis



Driveshafts

What's interesting here is they sent short and long center shafts. So spare shorts and four additional longs as it's assembled using the shorts. There is no mention about making this a longer wheelbase but the chassis has extra holes stamped in to do so.

Sliders and battery mount



As it sits on its wheels and tires provided.


I may have a small collection of bodies "in stock" to set on for scale of the chassis. I'll let you all tell me what looks best.

RC4WD Blazer


Tamiya Toyota


Tamiya Clod


RC4WD D90


China something Hummer H3T


I hope you all enjoyed the build. Time to get some electronics to make this thing a driver and to pick a body.....






Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

[fr8cture]

Blazer if you adjust those links.

[jrkilburn]

Originally Posted by eric113

Can you get pics of the tangs of the mst cvd's and scx10.2 universals tangs?

So I looked into this quite a bit this morning, which involved tearing down my scx10ii.

Without some serious machining, the parts are just enough different to not allow a hybrid of these axles together. You would also have to work out a CMS solution if you did.

Here are some photos from my findings-
Side by side


Differential side by side


With machining of the tang to fit the scx10ii spool, there is enough depth.


What the MST would look like on the scx10ii just for kicks


If you wanted portals on your scx10ii or ascender chassis, just buy the MadMoose and be done with it. They already have CMS worked out, they will be offering a leaf spring seat with the production version and it has a larger, what I would call, "window of clearance" over all. The MM axle has about 140ish mm of square clearance between the portal boxes all the way up to the axle tubes. The MST is tapered due to the Chub design from 140ish to 115 at the tube.

Hopefully all this work and comparisons let you each "make smart choices" based on your individual needs.




Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

[CyberFox]

Tamiya Toyota is the one I prefer between bodies you show

[hotwheels000]

Can you tell me the ring and pinion count on both the mst and scx.2

[hotwheels000]

^^^^^^^^^^ tooth count ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[doodahoops]

Fantastic build thread. Thanks.

Mine arrives this week and as a relative newbie very much looking forward to it. I have bought a Jeep Nukizer body which is 313mm wheel base. Initially have just bought some 6/7mm spacers and longer grub screws to lengthen the links. From what you have just said the shock towers would need to be moved further apart and may need to use the long center shafts. Not precise but will that be good enough?

+1 for the Tamiya Toyota

[jrkilburn]

Originally Posted by doodahoops

Fantastic build thread. Thanks.

Mine arrives this week and as a relative newbie very much looking forward to it. I have bought a Jeep Nukizer body which is 313mm wheel base. Initially have just bought some 6/7mm spacers and longer grub screws to lengthen the links. From what you have just said the shock towers would need to be moved further apart and may need to use the long center shafts. Not precise but will that be good enough?

+1 for the Tamiya Toyota

The shock hoops can be moved and they have three positions to choose from. It sounds like you will be good to go with your plan.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

[jrkilburn]

Originally Posted by hotwheels000

Can you tell me the ring and pinion count on both the mst and scx.2

As shown in the manuals-
MST is 36/15
Scx10ii is 30/8


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

[jrkilburn]

Originally Posted by jrkilburn

The shock hoops can be moved and they have three positions to choose from. It sounds like you will be good to go with your plan.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Definitely adjustable but would require a 10-12mm spacer for the lower links and the grub screws as mentioned.



Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

[doodahoops]

Thanks. Not having done this before, 10mm spacing on both sides = 20mm total. Standard wheelbase is 300mm so is would this +20mm be too much to get to 313mm?

[BigSki]

I kinda like the H3T body.

[CyberFox]

10-12 mm is the total you have to add, it's only 3 mm on each side of each link
If I take this chassis, I would like to put on it Axial Cherokee body, and it's the same, 313 mm wheelbase

[jrkilburn]

Originally Posted by CyberFox

10-12 mm is the total you have to add, it's only 3 mm on each side of each link
If I take this chassis, I would like to put on it Axial Cherokee body, and it's the same, 313 mm wheelbase

I happen to have one of them here too, forgot about it.




Dead on


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

[jrkilburn]

Originally Posted by BigSki

I kinda like the H3T body.

I do too, since I had a H3T it kinda feels right, lol.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

[doodahoops]

[jrkilburn]

Hmmm....





Nahhhh, lol


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

[denty444]

fantastic build up and great with the info, has answered some questions for sure thanks.