![]() Somewhere around the same time, I got sick of the stock tires. The shocks were rebuilt with Hot Racing aluminum bodies, which have screw-on lower caps so I could really cinch-down the O-rings to prevent leaks, Traxxas stanchions coated with TiN to reduce wear (the stock stanchions were already showing some polishing by the time I got around to rebuilding the shocks), blue-stripe springs and 2000wt oil in the front, and pink-stripe springs and 3000wt oil in the rear. The shocks were a problem, as everyone knows, so I rebuilt those too as soon as I decided on suitable parts. TheToyz was selling reinforcing beams that bolt to the upper shock mounts, so I decided to install a couple of those as an insurance policy. I also read horror stories about the chassis breaking where the differential cases attach, and as complex as this vehicle is, I didn't want to have to take absolutely everything apart so I could replace the chassis. It was $50 I would've rather not spent, but oh well, at least it works well. A quick trip to my local hobby shop netted a Dynamite brushed ESC originally intended for the 1/10 ECX Ruckus, and conveniently the color of the heatsink matched other parts on the vehicle. There was one snag when installing my Spektrum radio, though it absolutely refused to communicate with the Traxxas brushed ESC. The Team Orion brushed motor makes such a cool sound, I love it. The stock copper brushes in the motor were replaced with LRP silver brushes, soldered directly to the tabs on the endbell for maximum efficiency. Oh, and I installed bearings in the rocker-arms for the shocks and the center pivot of the steering assembly before the vehicle ever moved under its own power, because it was such a simple mod there was no reason to postpone it.īecause I wasn't looking for a vehicle that can do backflips all day long (for that I have a HPI Savage XS), I also replaced the transmission output gear with a center diff filled with 100,000wt oil, and I installed a 540 brushed mod motor with 12x2 windings. Most of the horror stories I read centered around the drivetrain, so straightaway I replaced almost all the drivetrain parts - out came all of the stock gears and driveshafts, and in went Hot Racing hardened-steel transmission gears, Hot Racing hardened-steel diffs, and Traxxas axle and center-driveshaft CVDs. A year and a half later, and after lots of evenings spent reading, I finally felt ready to take on the challenge of building a MERV that wouldn't suck. However, after reading horror story after horror story about the MERV, I decided to get something else - a Losi Mini Desert Truck - instead. There's something about the "monster-truggy" layout that looks perfectly optimized for hard corners at high speeds, while still having enough suspension clearance to avoid smashing to bits when it runs over a crack in the pavement. In retrospect, years before when I was just reading RC magazines but wasn't rich enough to buy anything, the full-size E-Revo looked cool to me back then too. They never last long.When I first got into RC and I was researching my first vehicle purchase, the Mini E-Revo was one of the vehicles that appealed most to me. I say give it a try, and gear accordingly.ĭon't be suprised if your ESC blows up though, they say they are suitable for 3S but in reality they are not. They say for 3S and dual 6 cell nimh you should put on a smaller pinion to reduce load on the motor, and with the wheels/tyres you want there will be more rolling resistance so you will want to gear down most likely. If it's getting hotter then you're either undergeared, or very overgeared.īest thing for gearing is to just experiment, as especially with the small cars temps will very with every individual case. If your motor is hovering around 60-70 then it's fine. Pushrods and turnbuckles the Traxxas red tubes are the best looking imo, they are certainly the strongest.ĭon't worry about FDR's, just get a temp gun and check your temps. The RPM ones being flexible have a tendancy for the pillow balls to pop out.Īnything is better than the stock knuckles though, the amount of play they have is just stupid. Knuckles wise I would go for alloy ones, as they are subject to alot of wear.
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