Wschnitz's XV-01 Basher

[Wschnitz]

Got super excited when the box with japanese letters came, this was inside:

Thats a lot of parts....

Pretty detailed manuals:

Tiny diff is tiny:

Diffs done!

Boom front gearbox!

Fresh white painted body:

Wish E30 suspension was this well designed:

Stickers anyone?

Ready to rock! Not really, missing all the go fast parts.

Installed these parts:
Castle Creations Sidewinder SV3 and 6700kv Motor (overkill as ****)
Savox 1251MG low pro .10 servo (also overkill)
Spektrum SR410 and DX3C controller
5000mah turnigy 2S Lipo
Looking dusty after first run:

Rally

Drilled more vent holes cause it was overheating.

Made a little vent for the ESC and Transmitter

Made some mud flaps out of a roll out piece of rubber:

Rip stock pinion and spur:

How it looks now:
IMG_0655 by Wschnitz, on Flickr
Tires are going bald, and you can see my Losi Mini 8ight shocks here, full anodized aluminum and coated strut shafts, better then bilstien?:
IMG_0658 by Wschnitz, on Flickr
IMG_0660 by Wschnitz, on Flickr




I seem to break everything that isnt something that should break.

Anyone know of a steering arm/horn for the savox i could use vs the crappy plastic tamiya one? The tamiya one flips back and forth making steering off by like 5-10* each way.

Also need to grab another set of wheels and tires for this thing, the originals are nearly gone from the power sliding.

[TURTLE]

All the answers you are looking for are in this thread.

Turtle's Modified XV-01

[bvrc]

Any decent AL 25t servo horn should work. I've not used an AL horn on my xv-01, I just have lots of spares and use replacement stock plastic stuff...

Looks like you've been having fun with that car! totally awesome!

[Wschnitz]

I ended up using some JB weld on the steering servo horn to stop the swaying in each direction, no more getting stuck 10* off each way.

The losi shocks are the bomb, way better then stock, I do need to get the longer travel shock mounts soon however.

Car is currently going to be out of use as im a broke college kid. But thinking about picking up a much slower front gearing for my birthday, along with some tires, wheels, and a new body. Im leaning towards a bugeye subie, but there are so many choices.

also need to pick up a new motor plate, still dont know how I stripped the threads on that one, im thinking something got in the threads and was binding.

[Hfrajuncajun]

Very nice XV-01.
Like the little ESC tent.

I have an odd question though. Did you do anything different to get your DX3c to pair with the sr410?

I can't seem to get mine to bind. I read it was because of the dsmr in the receiver that they won't communicate. Anyways, just interested how you got it to work.

[Wschnitz]

Originally Posted by Hfrajuncajun

Very nice XV-01.
Like the little ESC tent.

I have an odd question though. Did you do anything different to get your DX3c to pair with the sr410?

I can't seem to get mine to bind. I read it was because of the dsmr in the receiver that they won't communicate. Anyways, just interested how you got it to work.

It took me a couple tried but I eventually got it to bind, Ill have to check later but I think my problem was the ESC was not powering it on or something.

[Wschnitz]

Ordered a 34T pinion and 77T spur. After tearing up 3 sets of gears I think its time to slow the speed down a bit.

Also got a busaru body and some bronze TE37s for maximum scene points.

[rally racer #75]

Why did you not use mesh for the grill? something like this