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Old 10-19-2010, 12:46 PM
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Hi everyone.
With the Smoken-Fx chassis I had the same problem. In my the hole were not off-center than the original but the belt most shortened. I slightly loosened the belt and everything went well.
With the new chassis and Spec-R diff in my first indoor race in this season I take the final "A" and I ended up 5th in the overall standings.
Good result if we think that for the first time I raced with the new chassis and the new diff.

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I have the 416 WE..... as far as replacement OEM chassis, I have to stick with the original WE chassis or the 2.5 mm correct?
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Quote: Originally Posted by Raman Could someone kindly give me the link for the aftermarket gear diff for the 416. Thanks http://www.spec-r.com/specrr2/
Thanks! There was also someone that made covers for the ball diff out of carbon.. Did he ever end up selling them?
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Originally Posted by Raman
I have the 416 WE..... as far as replacement OEM chassis, I have to stick with the original WE chassis or the 2.5 mm correct?
No you good get any of the 416 chassis

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Originally Posted by Senna Racing
No you good get any of the 416 chassis

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Thank you Senna! I'm glad I asked.. I was under the impression that the 416X chassis had different hole spacing that would not match up with my WE components.
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Originally Posted by Mr_Orange
For those of you that run the smokem fx chassi make sure that the chassi isnt bent like a banana when assembled. We had two chassis that ended up like this and had to file the topdeck quite a bit on both ends and enlarge the front holes in the topdeck to line them up with the bulkhead holes. The chassi seems to be around 0.5mm shorter than stock tamiya one.
Yep same issue here, filed the top deck and everything is ok now
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Old 10-19-2010, 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by CraigM
Yep same issue here, filed the top deck and everything is ok now
So Craig, is it worth getting a Smokem FX chassis?
(yes, I've jumped to a Tamiya)
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Old 10-19-2010, 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by FK05 lover
So Craig, is it worth getting a Smokem FX chassis?
(yes, I've jumped to a Tamiya)
YES JIM SMOKEM IS DA S#$T it turns the car from awesome to mega awesome
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Originally Posted by Mr_Orange
For those of you that run the smokem fx chassi make sure that the chassi isnt bent like a banana when assembled. We had two chassis that ended up like this and had to file the topdeck quite a bit on both ends and enlarge the front holes in the topdeck to line them up with the bulkhead holes. The chassi seems to be around 0.5mm shorter than stock tamiya one.
Can you pls post some pics?

Is this a fitment issue with Smokem FX?

Im considering Smokem but after reading this I'm a lil doubtful...

Thanks!
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Originally Posted by =FLIP=
YES JIM SMOKEM IS DA S#$T it turns the car from awesome to mega awesome
Thanks Andrew.
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Originally Posted by =FLIP=
YES JIM SMOKEM IS DA S#$T it turns the car from awesome to mega awesome
Yep I agree, it makes a great car even better

I wrote a review here, it needs to be updated to include the stuff about the top deck needing to be filed
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Originally Posted by CraigM
Yep I agree, it makes a great car even better

I wrote a review here, it needs to be updated to include the stuff about the top deck needing to be filed
Thanks Craig..
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Originally Posted by CraigM
Yep I agree, it makes a great car even better

I wrote a review here, it needs to be updated to include the stuff about the top deck needing to be filed
will it affect if after filing and fitted back the normal chassis?
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Originally Posted by Arahawak
will it affect if after filing and fitted back the normal chassis?
no, you had to do the same on some of the original 416 top decks. I only needed to take a tiny bit off the ends to make mine fit nice

p.s. I've added a post on the tweak. It's pretty self explanatory but I'll try take some photos soon

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Does anyone know if there is a list somewhere which shows all the center to center distances on tamiya suspension blocks?.

If this isn't available maybe someone could be so kind to measure some of the blocks?.

I want to convert my T3 to a tamiya steering system and the tamiya suspension blocks.

I'm currently ordering all the Tamiya parts but first I need to know which blocks I need to get the same trackwidth as I'm currently using.

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