Turtle's Modified XV-01

[TURTLE]

Grabbed some photos of the 5th event of the 2015 CRC series. Tons of fun with changing conditions all day long.
















At the end of the day.


And my front wheel drive XV-01.

[tokdl]

Kick ass!

[Stormin2u]

Ty that looks like s blast and a half I'm intrigued.

[TURTLE]

It was tons of fun!

Messed around with the car a little bit.

I have been using the same rally blocks as last season and they are getting a little worn, so I am going to designate them practice tires and cut up a new set today.

Got a nice little pile of cut off rubber.


And with our next race being in January and on a frozen lake I finally glued up my ice tires. Hope they work, if nothing else they look cool.



And with all the water coming up I decided it was time to finally waterproof these electronics. First I had to pull the receiver out of the case and it was packed full of dirt!


Sprayed them down with some silicone and time to dry.


Went for a test fit of the ice tires, they are narrow and small.

[CamoCrouch]

Constant inspiration, thanks Turtle!

Ever thought of jamming thumb tacks through from inside the tyre to create tyre spikes for ice???

Cheers,
Crouch

[TURTLE]

Originally Posted by CamoCrouch

Constant inspiration, thanks Turtle!

Ever thought of jamming thumb tacks through from inside the tyre to create tyre spikes for ice???

Cheers,
Crouch

I have actually done that before. But for this race we are not allowing any metal or plastics spikes. It is rubber tires only to keep our impact to a minimum.

[Trixxx]

My favorite thread ever. Thanks again for great updates and inspiration. After having the XV01 now for so long... I'm guessing you love it, but any thoughts of what the next big rally rc car will be (at scale)? They have brought out so many in the last 2 years but they all seem to be odd sizes.


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[michik4]

Could this damper fits with the long damper specc?

Tamiya Buggy Big Bore Damper Front - Aeration Type (2pcs), ,(54504)

[Raman]

Getting mine ready for snow.. Took time to fillin holes in chassis bottom. I first taped the holes on chassis bottom. Then from the top side I used shoegoo. It dawned on me afterward that the shoegoo may not stick to chassis too well. So once it set, I removed tape in chassis bottom and filled remainder with epoxy.

[tokdl]

Okay so I'm 90% done with the kit assembly, and I've noticed the front tie rods make slight contact with the frame with the suspension fully unloaded. Once the susp. geometry angle changes, I no longer have this interference. Is this an issue any of you have had before? I can see that removing a small cut out in the chassis tub will eliminate this, but I'd rather not alter anything if I don't have to. Kit was easier to build than I thought. Thanks for your help in advance!

[TURTLE]

Originally Posted by tokdl

Okay so I'm 90% done with the kit assembly, and I've noticed the front tie rods make slight contact with the frame with the suspension fully unloaded. Once the susp. geometry angle changes, I no longer have this interference. Is this an issue any of you have had before? I can see that removing a small cut out in the chassis tub will eliminate this, but I'd rather not alter anything if I don't have to. Kit was easier to build than I thought. Thanks for your help in advance!

Im pretty sure I touched on this in this thread. But I shaved down the chassis and the rod ends so they would slide over the chassis and not bind when the suspension is unloaded. I also put both of the adjusters that are on the steering tie rods to the inside to help eliminate binding.

[tokdl]

Originally Posted by TURTLE

Im pretty sure I touched on this in this thread. But I shaved down the chassis and the rod ends so they would slide over the chassis and not bind when the suspension is unloaded. I also put both of the adjusters that are on the steering tie rods to the inside to help eliminate binding.

Excellent, much appreciated.

[mjderstine]

where'd you find those tires Ty? i want some! did you cut them to fit a TC wheels?

[TURTLE]

Originally Posted by mjderstine

where'd you find those tires Ty? i want some! did you cut them to fit a TC wheels?

I think asiatees. I posted a photo of them in this thread when I got them about a year ago. They are made for 1.9 wheels and found them in the 14th scale buggy section on their website. They have that particular profile because of the 24mm wheels they are on and because I pushed both beads to the middle of the wheel.

[mjderstine]

Originally Posted by TURTLE

I think asiatees. I posted a photo of them in this thread when I got them about a year ago. They are made for 1.9 wheels and found them in the 14th scale buggy section on their website. They have that particular profile because of the 24mm wheels they are on and because I pushed both beads to the middle of the wheel.

yeah i thought i remembered seeing these earlier in the thread somewhere. i see a couple others on ebay.

Imex Front Pin Spike Tire 1 9" RC10 Cat Vintage RC Part | eBay

so you squeezed them over some bigger wheels to make them skinny huh?

[TURTLE]

Originally Posted by mjderstine

yeah i thought i remembered seeing these earlier in the thread somewhere. i see a couple others on ebay.

Imex Front Pin Spike Tire 1 9" RC10 Cat Vintage RC Part | eBay

so you squeezed them over some bigger wheels to make them skinny huh?

No no, standard touring car wheels are 1.9. The 24mm part refers the width of the wheels. So standard rally wheels that are just narrower. The beads of the tires are in the middle of the wheels.

[KauseKaos]

Originally Posted by TURTLE

I've been searching for that body in the back ground. Love me some 22b. Found one from a company in Japan. Comes with light buckets and all. I know hpi makes it too but no buckets.

[TURTLE]

Originally Posted by KauseKaos

I've been searching for that body in the back ground. Love me some 22b. Found one from a company in Japan. Comes with light buckets and all. I know hpi makes it too but no buckets.

And the detail on the hpi isn't even close to this one. That one is a long since disco'd tamiya. I have more photos of the body in the non crawler section.

[jeepgeek2002]

Ty.. can you snap a picture of your rear shocks with weight of vehicle on it and with out the weight showing how many clips you use to tension it?

[TURTLE]

Originally Posted by jeepgeek2002

Ty.. can you snap a picture of your rear shocks with weight of vehicle on it and with out the weight showing how many clips you use to tension it?

I have not run the stock shocks and springs in over two years. There is probably a photo of the first or second page of this thread though.

This is what I have currently. One page back has all the details on these.