sonspit

what tooth pinion are u using? if u dont mind me asking.. m using a 34t and its very tight.... i think its actually decreasing the cars performance

sonspit

i have my esc in the opposite way with the motor leads on the outside... did i do it wrong? might seem like a silly question but this is my first kit.. i think we have the same esc also..sidewinder sv2.. does yours get hot quickly?

sonspit

pinion size--20t 48 pitch

sonspit

im running the stock spur.. with the castle creations 6600kv 4pole motor. what pinion should i use? i installed a 34t but its extremely tight ..so tight that the car doesnt move freely

thefan

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There should be a slight gap between the pinion and spur use a piece of paper to help set the gear mesh , too tight will overheat the motor and could possibly make it slow as you mentioned but the nimh batt could contribute to that as well, too loose and you'll strip spurs

MICHAEL LIM

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Sakura s zero is good kit and my first kit is sakura s zera now i use sakura x1 DH u oso can use the spur 64 pitch 80t I oso got race o timing I use viper esc

ericmaxman

Got mine just now.

Will get it assembled tonight.

matt*strike

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Had a great first day of racing. Only change I made was 4000 in the front diff. And loosened the belts a little.

I could only get a 34 tooth pinion on wish I could get a couple more outta this thing. It was a tight squeeze with the verticle motor mount ver 2.

ta04evah

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With a little bit of dremel work and fitting a smaller spur gear I've managed to squeeze a 43 tooth pinon on.

Cheers
Rob.

matt*strike

iTrader: (41)

Are you using the 3racing spurs.

tntracing

can you add ackerman to the zero,I am trying to get my car to turn in a little quicker ? it wants to push a little to much when entering a corner .thanks Tom

ta04evah

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No, I'm using Robinson Racing machined spur gears.
I also had to dremel off 2 of the 4 "lugs" on the alloy spur gear holder so I can use almost any brand of spur gear that doesn't have the extra holes.
This means I only have to use 2 screws to hold the spur gear assembly together.

Cheers
Rob.

jdeadman

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to change Ackerman you change the size of shim under the cap of the steering arm where the links attach to the center. there is an end screw. for more it's less shims. I'm running mine glued with 6mm of shim for as little ackerman as possible.

matt*strike

iTrader: (41)

Buy lugs do you mean the small raised sections on the holder. ?????

ta04evah

iTrader: (2)

Yes, the small raised sections, or you can drill extra holes into your spur gears.
I chose to dremel them off as I don't have a drill press, and don't trust myself hand drilling the spur gears.

With 2 lugs & 2 screws instead of 4 holding the spur gear I've run a 13.5 blinky in the car and it all hung together.

Cheers
Rob.