10LikesTLR TEN-SCTE 2.0 Kit Thread
01-30-2013, 03:38 PM
#211
Tech Initiate
So.... i have an scte with ALL OF THE CURRENT TLR PARTS... tune kit, shafts, shock bodies, hinge pins, tlr chassis, new dif cases, blah... blah..... can i buy the new chassis and shock towers then bolt my stuff on it to have a scte 2.0?
01-30-2013, 03:43 PM
#212
With the angle of the front-center drive shaft, there is a small amount of bone bind, which helps bleed a bit more power to the rear. When you are on power, more of the weight is transferred to the rear and the front end gets lighter. This makes it easier to spring the front tires or 'diff' them out. With the front-center bone bind bleeding power to the rear of the truck under acceleration, it increase forward drive out of the turn.
This design wasn't by accident
I have been running the new truck for quite a while, and it work very well. It really helps the truck have more steering while also making the rear end much more stable. Best part, is that you can race the truck as it comes out of the box. I haven't run any upgrades that the kit doesn't come with. You guys will love it!
This design wasn't by accident
I have been running the new truck for quite a while, and it work very well. It really helps the truck have more steering while also making the rear end much more stable. Best part, is that you can race the truck as it comes out of the box. I haven't run any upgrades that the kit doesn't come with. You guys will love it!
01-30-2013, 03:47 PM
#215
Tech Addict
Props to TLR
Awesome job guys.Just more proof why TLR is the Best. Such great employee to customer support.You cant beat it.Also 460.00 bucks for a legit throw down and race truck.Simply awesome.
01-30-2013, 04:26 PM
#219
Ryan or Frank,
Any worries about the first shipment running out if the demand is strong or will you have enough stock to supply everyone?
Any worries about the first shipment running out if the demand is strong or will you have enough stock to supply everyone?
01-30-2013, 04:35 PM
#220
I like it Now I have to sell a hoped up v1 to buy the 2.0
Now I have to sell a hoped up v1 to buy the 2.0
01-30-2013, 04:38 PM
#221
I mean, the parts are there. All they need to do is slap a bag around it and a price on it.
01-30-2013, 04:43 PM
#222
With the angle of the front-center drive shaft, there is a small amount of bone bind, which helps bleed a bit more power to the rear. When you are on power, more of the weight is transferred to the rear and the front end gets lighter. This makes it easier to spring the front tires or 'diff' them out. With the front-center bone bind bleeding power to the rear of the truck under acceleration, it increase forward drive out of the turn.
This design wasn't by accident
!
This design wasn't by accident
!
Countless hours of design and testing by experienced, professional engineers, team drivers, and product developers go into each of our products including this one. Features like this do not just happen on accident and we don't put things in random places without thought or reason.
Sorry you cannot buy or believe my explanation, but it is the truth from our experience and expertise at TLR, and I wouldn't share a different opinion other than that.
Sorry you cannot buy or believe my explanation, but it is the truth from our experience and expertise at TLR, and I wouldn't share a different opinion other than that.
I'm sorry, but I am shocked that TLR will design a part to intentionally BIND! Esp a part like a drive shaft!
If I'm reading it correctly, the drive shaft was designed to be crooked over like that so that it will bind and create a little drag. So when the drive shaft gets worn down and doesn't bind as much, we have to go buy a new drive shaft so that the truck will drive as it was designed? Really!?!
If a little drag on the front/center drive shaft was the idea, wouldn't putting in bearings reduce the effect? Or maybe the drive shaft should have been designed to be straight but put in a split brass sleeve with a screw on top so you can adjust the drag on the drive shaft. I would have bought into that idea instead of a severly crooked binding drive shaft.
I love my SCTE with TLR tuning kit/MIP/KH/etc upgrades. But there is nothing in the 2.0 kit that would make me sell what I'm driving and buy it. Only thing I might upgrade are the shock towers. Is there any overwhelming reason for me to switch taking into consideration what I already have?
Vincent
01-30-2013, 04:57 PM
#223
Okay, maybe I'm really blond but if all the parts are there, why not sell a bag containing the chassis, shocktowers, battery hold down mounts, torque rods, servo mounting hardware, for a little less than if you'd all buy it separately, and call it an upgrade kit ?
I mean, the parts are there. All they need to do is slap a bag around it and a price on it.
I mean, the parts are there. All they need to do is slap a bag around it and a price on it.
01-30-2013, 05:04 PM
#225
When I read the first explanation, I wrote it off as someone trying to make sense of a design but the second post made me sit up and take notice. That was when I saw that it was made by a TLR employee which made the 1st explanation a valid company statement.
I'm sorry, but I am shocked that TLR will design a part to intentionally BIND! Esp a part like a drive shaft!
If I'm reading it correctly, the drive shaft was designed to be crooked over like that so that it will bind and create a little drag. So when the drive shaft gets worn down and doesn't bind as much, we have to go buy a new drive shaft so that the truck will drive as it was designed? Really!?!
If a little drag on the front/center drive shaft was the idea, wouldn't putting in bearings reduce the effect? Or maybe the drive shaft should have been designed to be straight but put in a split brass sleeve with a screw on top so you can adjust the drag on the drive shaft. I would have bought into that idea instead of a severly crooked binding drive shaft.
I love my SCTE with TLR tuning kit/MIP/KH/etc upgrades. But there is nothing in the 2.0 kit that would make me sell what I'm driving and buy it. Only thing I might upgrade are the shock towers. Is there any overwhelming reason for me to switch taking into consideration what I already have?
Vincent
I'm sorry, but I am shocked that TLR will design a part to intentionally BIND! Esp a part like a drive shaft!
If I'm reading it correctly, the drive shaft was designed to be crooked over like that so that it will bind and create a little drag. So when the drive shaft gets worn down and doesn't bind as much, we have to go buy a new drive shaft so that the truck will drive as it was designed? Really!?!
If a little drag on the front/center drive shaft was the idea, wouldn't putting in bearings reduce the effect? Or maybe the drive shaft should have been designed to be straight but put in a split brass sleeve with a screw on top so you can adjust the drag on the drive shaft. I would have bought into that idea instead of a severly crooked binding drive shaft.
I love my SCTE with TLR tuning kit/MIP/KH/etc upgrades. But there is nothing in the 2.0 kit that would make me sell what I'm driving and buy it. Only thing I might upgrade are the shock towers. Is there any overwhelming reason for me to switch taking into consideration what I already have?
Vincent