Mr.A Morris

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Yo mark LMK when you open the carpet track back up!! I'll run some laps with ya! I thougth about coming to the asphalt this weekend but it was a little warm and beers and boating sounded a little cooler LOL!!

See ya soon

Bishop

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Is anyone else noticing any increased tweak issues on the new EX?

I ask because in the whole time I ran my original Photon, don't think I ever noticed a serious tweak develop on it, but at my last meet I noticed a major chassis tweak on the EX from a incident at the previous meet.

What I found a little more perplexing was I backed off the top deck and reset it on a car stand, only to find it did nothing to fix it.
On the old car that alone always fixed any minor tweak I ever encountered, I'm now in the process of a full de-tweak backing off all chassis screws etc, hoping it will fix it, though still a little confused as to why it's as severe as it is.

Perhaps it was just a worse hit than I thought???

L.Fairtrace

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I have actually found this car to tweak wayyyy less than the old car.

MikeXray

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Typically with any car, if resetting the top deck has NO affect on the tweak, something is bent, and you have to hunt it down. Maybe a hingepin, or bulkhead.

hanulec

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Loosen all bulkheads and motor mount top and bottom. Then reapply.. should fix it. Watch out for the motor mount standoff ..

bkspeedo

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If your using the original shock collars that where loose you may have skipped a thread. Measure and make sure there the same on each side.

Bishop

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Just finished doing that, it looks ok now, or as close as it's going to get.
I did notice something putting the top deck back on though, and remembered it from the original build, holes were a little tight fitting the deck, so I ran a file though the holes, now it screws down a little easier.


I took off my loose collars after the first meet, was running the ones off my old Photon, new ones showed up from TOP Australia not that long ago, first meeting I was running those, perfect fit now.

scoyle

Hi all,

I have just joined T.O.P racing in the UK to run the Photon EX... as part of building up my car I put together a build review on my site - would be great if you guys had a look and gave me any pointers if I missed anything or if you are thinking of buying a Photon EX it is hopefully a good review to show the car going together.

My site; http://www.rcracingni.co.uk

Stephen

Dan

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Nice, like seeing build reviews.

jlfx car audio

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So for vta . I been running a newly built v2 photon with 6cell chassis for added flex for about 2yrs and its dialed never have any issues its always spot on .
I need to pick up another photon so me and my son to run . My questionis would there be any benifit to getting a ex over the v2 photon for running vta?

tha Beast

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hey guys I just recently acquired a top EX and noticed the diff leaks like crazy it leaks just sitting there I haven't even run the car yet! I heard of some kyosho o-rings working very well, I have gone back through the many pages on here but have had no luck finding the part number for the kyosho rings. can anyone help me out??

hanulec

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Gear diff-- use motor spray on the orings. Let them sit for a while to swell

Shocks-- use kyosho orings as mentioned in my wiki...

touringdriver

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Any rumors of a new car being released over winter time?

bpalmer

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i used the diff orings from my mugen mbx-6, has not leaked a drop in 3 months...

Professor

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another option you may want to consider, yokomo bd5 gear diffs fit straight into the photon's,have the same amount of teeth on them, & dont leak (not sure how good the supply of yok stuff is in the us) in aus its ok even better from hong kong