167LikesTamiya XV-01
07-13-2015, 03:17 PM
#646
I am thinking about getting one of these for bashing. Every time I drive my belt drive TCs at the local school, I get pebbles in the gears. So I want something with a sealed drivetrain. TT-02 is close, but the stock steering and shocks are primitive. HPI RS4 Sport 3 looks like it would work, but I don't care to pay for RTR electronics I would throw away.
XV-01 seems like a great choice, but the stock FDR is so high! I want it to be fast with the various 21.5t motors I have from USGT, F1, & TCS Mini. So I want as low of an FDR as I can get.
From reading the various 64p gear combos in this thread, it looks like the biggest pinion that fits nicely is a 52t, and the smallest total teeth combo I see is 82t+46t which is 128t. So I should be able to fit 76t spur / 52t pinion. That would give me a 3.8 FDR, which is in the ballpark of what I run at our local asphalt track with a 170' straight.
Am I crazy?
XV-01 seems like a great choice, but the stock FDR is so high! I want it to be fast with the various 21.5t motors I have from USGT, F1, & TCS Mini. So I want as low of an FDR as I can get.
From reading the various 64p gear combos in this thread, it looks like the biggest pinion that fits nicely is a 52t, and the smallest total teeth combo I see is 82t+46t which is 128t. So I should be able to fit 76t spur / 52t pinion. That would give me a 3.8 FDR, which is in the ballpark of what I run at our local asphalt track with a 170' straight.
Am I crazy?
Last edited by funked1; 07-13-2015 at 11:36 PM.
07-13-2015, 04:51 PM
#648
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07-13-2015, 07:20 PM
#649
I am thinking about getting one of these for bashing. Every time I drive my belt drive TCs at the local school, I get pebbles in the gears. So I want something with a sealed drivetrain. TT-02 is close, but the stock steering and shocks are primitive. HPI RS4 Sport 3 looks like it would work, but I don't care to pay for RTR electronics I would throw away.
XV-01 seems like a great choice, but the stock FDR is so high! I want it to be fast with the various 21.5t motors I have from USGT, F1, & TCS Mini. So I want as low of an FDR as I can get.
From reading the various 64p gear combos in this thread, it looks like the biggest pinion that fits nicely is a 64p, and the smallest total teeth combo I see is 82t+46t which is 128t. So I should be able to fit 76t spur / 52t pinion. That would give me a 3.8 FDR, which is in the ballpark of what I run at our local asphalt track with a 170' straight.
Am I crazy?
XV-01 seems like a great choice, but the stock FDR is so high! I want it to be fast with the various 21.5t motors I have from USGT, F1, & TCS Mini. So I want as low of an FDR as I can get.
From reading the various 64p gear combos in this thread, it looks like the biggest pinion that fits nicely is a 64p, and the smallest total teeth combo I see is 82t+46t which is 128t. So I should be able to fit 76t spur / 52t pinion. That would give me a 3.8 FDR, which is in the ballpark of what I run at our local asphalt track with a 170' straight.
Am I crazy?
07-14-2015, 02:43 AM
#652
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You need two of this. It worked for me.
http://www.tqrcracing.com/shop/produ....asp?p_id=3434
08-14-2015, 05:00 AM
#653
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An update on my build. I got the new Jimny MF01X to go along with the XV-01 and the MX01 runs circles around the XV-01 on rough terrain. This is due to the much higher ground clearance. I can see the XV-01 being a great competitive rally car on a groomed track, but we don't have any rally racing in our area. Therefore I wanted to set up the XV-01 for rough terrain driving.
Looking at the suspension I could see the CVA MINI shocks that came with the kit are limiting the downtravel of the a-arms in the front and rear. I replaced those shocks with Tamiya shocks that I had lying around are a few millimeters longer. I don't have the damper package to know the number, but they may also be called MINI CVA. ( I mistakenly bought them for a M05 and they were too long.)
With the longer shocks, the ground clearance can be set up very similar to the MF01X . This really transforms the car to use on rugged terrain.
Looking at the suspension I could see the CVA MINI shocks that came with the kit are limiting the downtravel of the a-arms in the front and rear. I replaced those shocks with Tamiya shocks that I had lying around are a few millimeters longer. I don't have the damper package to know the number, but they may also be called MINI CVA. ( I mistakenly bought them for a M05 and they were too long.)
With the longer shocks, the ground clearance can be set up very similar to the MF01X . This really transforms the car to use on rugged terrain.
08-15-2015, 01:28 PM
#654
Tech Regular
If you want even more ground clearance, you can remove downstops and make little mod to front arms - I was able to get almost 30mm with XV01 front arms
08-16-2015, 03:18 PM
#655
Tech Regular
Those which came with XV-01 are CVA MICRO - they come also with TB0x and TA0x... Those you mentioned are CVA MINI - XV01 long damper spec included these - they are available under number 53619
If you want even more ground clearance, you can remove downstops and make little mod to front arms - I was able to get almost 30mm with XV01 front arms
If you want even more ground clearance, you can remove downstops and make little mod to front arms - I was able to get almost 30mm with XV01 front arms
08-20-2015, 06:29 PM
#656
I just bought the XV-01 Gazoo. How does this chassis differ from the rally XV-01's?
08-21-2015, 08:58 AM
#657
Tech Regular
I just looked at the PDF for the Gazoo on the Tamiya site and it looks identical to the XV Subaru kit I built. Realize some of the members here have the PRO kit which has aluminum parts upgrades.
08-23-2015, 08:50 PM
#659
I'm trying to determine which motor and ESC I want for this car. I'm really worried about heat because of the constant, wide open spinning of rally as well as the dirt. I have a new HobbyWing Xtreme Stock ESC and 13.5T Xerun sensored motor at home. Will this survive or should I go up to a 10.5T and slow it with gearing?
Last edited by JatoTheRipper; 08-24-2015 at 08:56 AM.
09-08-2015, 06:49 AM
#660
I was wrong. The Asterion is still available. It's not listed under the XV-01 section of Tamiya's site for some odd reason, but you can get it and at an awesome price of $168.75 shipped. http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/ite...oduct-id=58552
The more I build this XV the more I think "WTH were the Tamiya engineers thinking?!" Why are there so many unnecessary spacers, bushings, etc? The only thing I can think of is that this is a parts bin special and those items are needed to make parts fit. If not, it's a stupid design. Once everything is bolted together it's solid and stout, but it's over complicated. I'm sure some of the little, plastic spacers are going to go missing during maintenance or repairs.
Also, for the price of this kit, it should have more metal spacers and more aluminum.
I'm still trying to determine what motor and ESC I should go with.
The more I build this XV the more I think "WTH were the Tamiya engineers thinking?!" Why are there so many unnecessary spacers, bushings, etc? The only thing I can think of is that this is a parts bin special and those items are needed to make parts fit. If not, it's a stupid design. Once everything is bolted together it's solid and stout, but it's over complicated. I'm sure some of the little, plastic spacers are going to go missing during maintenance or repairs.
Also, for the price of this kit, it should have more metal spacers and more aluminum.
I'm still trying to determine what motor and ESC I should go with.