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03-24-2019, 10:01 AM | #1 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: North East
Posts: 64
| Finally satisfied with a rally car..
So I’ve been a RC rally (and real life) rally fan for many years. When it comes to RC rally I’ve always been disappointed with what’s on the market in terms of scale and performance. I’ve owned pretty much every rc rally out there (wr8, xv01, associated pro rally, converted tc3/4, Losi rally x, old school hpi rs4, new rs4’s converted, and a bunch of non rally vehicles that I converted (tekno 1/8 buggies etc).. Some had great scale while others had decent perormance but never could I find it all in one package... until now. The car I’m speaking of is none other than the traxxas 4Tec 2.0. Now, I haven’t owned many traxxas vehicles over the years as I’m not a basher and prefer kit builds (TLR, Mugen, etc etc). So I picked up a 4Tec 2.0 and did the dremel clearance mods found in this forum, tossed on a set of front and rear trackstar shocks and WOW... It’s fast, durable, handles amazing (realistic), does well both on and off road, and really just looks great in the process. For electronics I’m running a Hobbywing 120a sensored esc, trinity 6.5 mod sensored motor, and the stock traxxas servo. The 6.5 motor is overkill and I’ll eventually run something less intense but for now it’s what I had laying around. Just wanted to spread the word. Don’t immediately cancel it out because it’s a traxxas.. very happy with the platform and I invested very little money to do the conversion. Thank you traxxas! (Ps, I don’t work for them and am not affiliated with them in any way) lol |
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03-24-2019, 07:29 PM | #2 |
Newbie Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Detroit
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| Re: Finally satisfied with a rally car..
This is great to hear. I had converted a brushless Slash to a rally car in a past life and am looking to get back into it.
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03-24-2019, 07:53 PM | #3 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Fredericksburg, VA
Posts: 1,912
| Re: Finally satisfied with a rally car..
Interesting. I have been looking at the Traxxas 4Tec 2.0 trying to decide if I wanted to get into that segment of the hobby.
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03-27-2019, 10:51 PM | #4 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Boulder
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| Re: Finally satisfied with a rally car..
Are you running different offset wheels between the front and rear to compensate for the narrower rear width?
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03-28-2019, 01:16 PM | #5 |
Moderator Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: PA
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| Re: Finally satisfied with a rally car..
Photos? I had an XV01. It sucked. I have no idea how people liked that car. |
03-30-2019, 07:54 AM | #6 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: North East
Posts: 64
| Re: Finally satisfied with a rally car.. |
03-30-2019, 07:56 AM | #7 | |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: North East
Posts: 64
| Re: Finally satisfied with a rally car.. Quote:
Will get pics up when I get a chance. | |
03-31-2019, 12:36 PM | #8 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Austin
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| Re: Finally satisfied with a rally car..
Looking forward to seeing those pics, great to hear the 4-tec works well as a rally car! I'd much rather have a rally car than a touring car... |
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I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Corruptifornia
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Ya, had a touring car, sold it after couple months as it was kinda boring, Rally rocks! Love your Subaru body choice too. Edit: can easily make inner fenders to stop most junk from getting onto chasssis (and painted looks very realistic), I've used automotive 1:1 empty windshield washer fluid bottles with good success. They are cheap, flex during crashes and scuffed/cleaned and painted with lexan paint work well. Last edited by Natedog; 11-20-2019 at 02:20 PM. | ||||
04-07-2019, 05:20 PM | #10 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Austin
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I am thinking these 1.9" x 21mm wide wheels would make for a cool retro rally build: With these tires (Height: 93mm or 3.6 inch - Width: 24mm or 0.94 inch): | |
04-18-2019, 07:06 PM | #11 |
Newbie Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Tampa
Posts: 24
| Re: Finally satisfied with a rally car..
Hey there, I did a 2.0 4rrech rally as well. Agreed super fun! What shocks did you use and do your dog bones pop out once in a while? Mime do I got gpm cvd's but still happens. Stupid fun car!
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05-08-2019, 02:29 PM | #12 |
Newbie Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Sweden
Posts: 2
| Re: Finally satisfied with a rally car..
Hi, Should i go for a tekno Sct410.3 or make your 4tec 2.0 conversion? Both you can make like rally cars... |
05-08-2019, 03:26 PM | #13 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: san diego
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| Re: Finally satisfied with a rally car..
also thinking about doing a rally conversion to an old associated TC3. 4tech seems like a natural modern choice though. awesome! i will have to check out those shocks you suggested. |
07-20-2019, 10:50 AM | #14 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Kristiansand
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07-20-2019, 04:04 PM | #15 |
Newbie Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: FR
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| Re: Finally satisfied with a rally car..
I'm building a XV-01, I'll see if it is a good car Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk |
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