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11-01-2008, 06:51 AM
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The Xpress Mini Thread
I just thought that i'd start a thread for all us Xpress mini owners to discuss the car, setups etc, since there is a thread for the tamiya mini. 
I may as well start with mine. 
It's a xpress mini pro chassis, with 3000 kv year racing brushless system and 4200 ferral lipo batteries.
I'm running TRF short springs to get the ride height down to around 5mm.
Only other non standard parts are a set of 6mm alloy hex wheel drives and aluminium servo mounts from tamiya.
Running my used foams from my nitro cut down to 55mm atm.
first time out with a 44.83mm roll out at whalan, the car handled pretty well to start and was quite a bit quicker than i was expecting! 
Still, with a bit of fine tuning of the set up, i think that i will be able to get quuite a bit more lap speed out of her!
Also looks good with the old school Datsun 1200 on top! 
Here are some pics of my car to check out!
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Last edited by itchy b; 11-01-2008 at 07:03 AM.
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11-01-2008, 05:04 PM
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xpress mini
car looks great, i think a few guys from windsor run these.
hopefully there will be some interest in this class as i think it would be a
fairly cheap fun class to race in.
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11-01-2008, 05:24 PM
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looks good itchy  where can we buy the xpress and the gear you installed in it? (ie BL unit and speedy)
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11-01-2008, 05:31 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TomB
looks good itchy where can we buy the xpress and the gear you installed in it? (ie BL unit and speedy) |
Tom Tom what you see is what you get, no add on parts apart from 48p pinion and spur i think, comes pre built, see Mr fish for all your needs LOL
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11-02-2008, 04:01 AM
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Originally Posted by TomB
looks good itchy where can we buy the xpress and the gear you installed in it? (ie BL unit and speedy) |
As Rob said Tomas, Mr Fisher will hook you up with all that is needed!
I also finished fitting the connectors to car and batteries and found that the car is well balanced with the 4200 lipo and comes in at a Porky 1141g!  
A pocket rocket, but would only fit into cargo pants pockets! 
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11-02-2008, 04:03 AM
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Originally Posted by BROKIN 06
car looks great, i think a few guys from Windsor run these.
hopefully there will be some interest in this class as i think it would be a
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Will you be getting one of these too?
By the looks of your avatar pic, i would guess that you would go for the Datsun 1600 body!
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11-02-2008, 10:49 PM
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would love to get one, it depends on which clubs may have a class for them.
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11-03-2008, 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by BROKIN 06
would love to get one, it depends on which clubs may have a class for them.
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There will be one more xpress mini at our club at whalan in the next couple of weeks and if we 3-4 cars minimum we get our own heat!
Whalan is an awsome track to run these cars, so bring "em down!!!
Also, i believe that Windsor runs the Mini Xpress class when enough of them roll up.
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11-03-2008, 11:44 PM
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is it worth getting the junior kit? rather than the pro kit?
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11-04-2008, 12:50 AM
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is it worth getting the junior kit? rather than the pro kit?
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For an extra 80 dollars more than the $120 for the junior kit, on the pro you get aluminium everything including ball diffs and carbon top & bottom chassis plates etc, which don't need any hopp ups added!
The pro kit would be the best bet straight out of the box!
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11-04-2008, 01:14 AM
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Here are some pics of bodies i found in the ABC Genetic thread in the electric on road section.
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11-04-2008, 02:02 AM
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Originally Posted by lolleskates
is it worth getting the junior kit? rather than the pro kit?
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Nothing wrong with the junior kit. I have a few of both kits. I prefur the junior over the pro its got direct steering, you have to buy a belt tensioner for both kits. Both kits come with ball diffs.
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11-04-2008, 11:56 AM
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I suppose it depends on what you want, Junior-ZING, Pro-BLING and ZING
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11-04-2008, 02:27 PM
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mm with such a low cost chassis might aswell get both
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11-08-2008, 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Mugenville
I suppose it depends on what you want, Junior-ZING, Pro-BLING and ZING |
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11-08-2008, 12:43 AM
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Originally Posted by lolleskates
mm with such a low cost chassis might aswell get both |
With 2 of them, you can have the junior fitted with the datsun 1200 coupe body and the pro fitted with the datsun 1600 body!
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11-08-2008, 01:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Popeye
Nothing wrong with the junior kit. I have a few of both kits. I prefer the junior over the pro its got direct steering, you have to buy a belt tensioner for both kits. Both kits come with ball diffs.
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There is nothing wrong with the junior kit but it is the same design layout as the previous pro kit with the servo in the middle and vertically mounted.
As this review suggests, the new layout is a lot better balanced with the new servo location.
http://www.rc-xpress.com/download/MR...K_RRCi0308.pdf
With the double bell crank steering design, with such a small light weight car it works very well.
I might get a tensioner in the future but so far there has been no problems with the belts.
When its all said and done, i believe that if you were to race it, the best bet would be to go for the pro and save the money in the long run from upgrading the junior with the carbon chassis etc.
If you were to just run it around the tennis/netball courts for a bit of fun, the junior would be more than capable to have great fun driving!
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11-09-2008, 01:19 PM
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i've heard some guys have had to drive this chassis in their own class or touring because it's too fast. is this the case? sounds like a gun!
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11-09-2008, 01:42 PM
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Too fast to be raced with Tamiya M03 Mini's yes - it has normal touring car style gearing, so you can outpace M03's very easily.
Can't race it with touring cars, as it would be extremely difficult to get it up to the weight limit!
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11-10-2008, 01:44 AM
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Originally Posted by lolleskates
i've heard some guys have had to drive this chassis in their own class or touring because it's too fast. is this the case? sounds like a gun!
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Yes, with the tc low cg and great power to weight ratio, it is quite a bit quicker than the tamiya minis even using the same motor!
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11-10-2008, 02:49 AM
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Sweet car you can also get a 1200 ute as well .
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