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Picked up a TKI3 and want to upgrade to TKI4 ? Here are all the updated parts:

Shocks

IF347-155 1.5X5 Pistons
IF471-01 Front Shock Body
IF470-01 Rear Shock Body
IF470-03BK Shock Adjust Dial
IFW154 Boots
IF346-05C Shock End Set

Wing

IF491BK Wing
IFW460B Wing Mount/Stay

Rear End

IFH006W Wheel
IF490 HUB
IF490-01 Hub Insert
IF492 Shock Pin
IF423HB Rear Arm
IF287 Hard Upper Rod Rear

Front End

IF489 Steering Rod Set
IF488 Knuckles
IF487H Front Arm
IFW458 Hard Lower Pin
IFW425 93MM CVD
IF286 Hard Upper Rod
IF486 Lower Susp Holder
IFW459 Servo Saver (Hard)
IF446B Ackerman Arm
IF426-64.5 Susp Shaft


Other

IF469B Filter
97035LW-13 Clutch Bell
IF453B Body Mount
IFW107GM Hexes
W300910 Washer
IF443B Center Diff Plate
IF444C Tank
IF479B Radio Box
96772 13x16x0.15mm Shim
IF481B Fuel Tank Stay
IFW336GM Wheelnut
IFB008 TKI4 Body
IFD403W TKI4 Decal

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Another option if you want TKI4 Durability but TKI3 geometry of the front arm is :

IF493 Front Arm (Updated MP9 front arms replaces IF427B as a direct fit. Left and right.)

They use the older TKI3 captured outer hinge pin and screw. But if you just reem out the the outer hole you can use TKI hinge-pin/nut (IFW458)
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Optional Updates / New Parts:

IFW469 IFW469 Aeration Cap Set(Threaded Big Shock/MP9)

IFW473 New Brake Pads (Sept 2017)

Optional Alu front hubs:
- IFW412 - 13 deg (like stock plastic ones)
- IFW436 - 16 deg
- IFW474 - 17.5 deg
- IFW461 - 19deg

M2C 1mm engine spacer: M2C9610

Body Options
New Bitty Force Body

Tebo's Build Videos

Video #1

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Original Kyosho MP9 TKI Thread
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Baseline setups from Joonas.




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Shock build with vented cap and compensator.

You have to use the HC diaphragms (if346-09,stock TKI3 and if not mistaken TKI4 too, yes the thin ones no one likes), aeration caps without the bleeder screw or mod the stock caps by drilling a 1.5 or 2mm hole on the top facing up or at an angle (doesn't matter the size or angle, it just for bleeding pressure behind the diaphragm and allow the foam compensator to breathe) and a 10mm width x 3.5mm height dome shaped foam compensator made from old open cell inserts or dishwasher sponge. The foam compensator has to be soft enough not to add rebound but allow the diaphragm to regain it's shape.

Setup Sheet and Tuning

The setup sheet is getting crowded with all options but don't worry once you get acquainted with the parts will make sense.
Run the car as is, more than probably you won't need anything else. Using my setup as an example:

Diff gear has two options, normal and LSD. LSD stands for limited slip differential and is like using thick oils because you can't tune coast from locked.

Shock setup is a bit more confusing, you have two shock body sizes (S and M and truggy sized rear shocks that only the first version had so forget this one), three types of pistons (flat holes and surfaces, flat holes tapered surface and tapered holes with tapered surface): tapered have most pack, then black(simple piston) and then white because length of the holes. Then you have different length springs to account for different shock sizes, for a standard wheelbase/no weights car a good combo is Light Blue front and Orange rear, if you extend the wheelbase then I expect the included Light Blue rear springs be money instead of Orange.

Ride height is self explanatory, start always with lower arms parallel because good suspension geometry will be far easier to achieve. Rebound is used as total shock length no idea why they call it rebound, either use total shock length or maximum exposed shock shaft length. Camber self explanatory, run more camber in the front than the rear to make the car oversteer and more rear than front to make it understeer(grossly oversimplified).

Toe same deal as camber(again grossly oversimplified) but this you have to run the least amount you can. I use around 2º-2.5º on my cars, never more as I can find traction by other means with way less impact on performance.

Wheelbase is a powerful setting, changes a lot of stuff. Let's just say that it can make the car behave neutral or not in that small range. Try for yourself. I like to use the longest setting and tune from there.

Shock position self explanatory, something most don't change and I don't play around with it. I do have a method but involves much work (with the car bottomed out, see which position places the shock 90º to the lower arm and then chose spring from a couple equations and bam done, I can do it easily so anyone interested just ask.

Rear upper arm position is again an important setting, you change both camber gain and roll centre. The rear roll centre should be higher than the front, that's why I use the middle hole inner row as a starting setup.

Suspension arm, self explanatory: there are two different length arms and each has a hard and a normal flex plastic.

Front suspension bushing is for upper arm alignment, also same deal as rear upper arm position changes both camber gain and roll centre.

Suspension holder is for kick up (pro dive is the correct naming). I believe tki4 9º of kick up to be better than 9º of kick up using the tki3 parts because you can run the car lower (26mm front ride height) and use the +2mm front shock tower if there's too much camber gain or it's stiff in roll. So use +2mm lowered roll centre to keep most stuff unchanged or use the bushings with the dot up to lower the roll centre a bit more, doesn't hurt anything.

Front hub carrier, self explanatory. I am trying to use the out hole on top of the carrier as it is better during braking and accelerating. Together with the higher front roll centre on the tki4 should provide enough camber gain during cornering if not then more caster will do.

Rear roll centre and anti squat(wrongly called skid angle). Again same thinking as the front, lower the car and keep roll centre in the same height as before(that will need a change in upper arm position which my setup does). Anti squat is changed only if the pitching motion causes too much camber to be gained by the rear tires on power, nothing more.

Front knuckle, apparently there's a difference in the Ackerman arm. Can't say anything about them as I don't know enough about both.

Rear hub carrier,there is one made of plastic (which doesn't have offset apparently so it's suited to long arm setting) and three aluminium versions. One similar to the plastic one, other with offset and a new one with offset and adjustable hub height.

Rear tread can be used as arm length and outboard toe(never seen it being used but the possibility is there). Longer is better most of the time (only on really low traction).

Chassis brace, wheel hub, sway bars and weight are self explanatory. No need to use weights nor other hubs. A couple of roll bars would be a nice addition. About the aluminium braces I am torn, I guess the car doesn't need flex with this setup but won't recommend the stiffer braces but the lower engine mount is very nice to deal with flex around the clutch.

Wing and wing stay are like the d81x had regarding height and position. The wing should be as low and have free airflow as possible.

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Sorry fellas been away the last few days and havnt been able to get a photo for use, its doing my head in. Pulled it apart and re done it a few times.
I know the towers push downwards on the gearbox ive built kyo kits before. But where the 2 halves meet the front was a good 2mm higher thean the back right where the bottom of the tower sits, was not possible to screw it in unless you wanted to cross thread it at a mad angle.
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WTF? A before picture might have helped us...Never had an issue in this area, and I've built a decent amount of MP9's ...
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WTF? A before picture might have helped us...Never had an issue in this area, and I've built a decent amount of MP9's ...

ive got a few hundred kyosho builds under my belt, every so often the ackerman plate comes close to bulkhead but never had one rub to the point of affecting steering rack / i also never use full droop in front

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To those that say this kit has NO binding, I want the batch of cars y'all are getting. I'm not sure what happened in the pic above. But, I have had to file or dremel a small amount on the diff case above the bearing/under the ackerman plate on 3 of 3. Maybe I'm anal, because it wasnt ever horrible but I could feel it dragging at full droop. I also used to dremel the arms where the steering knuckle would hit at full droop ( more so the nut that holds the turnbuckle) till my dad told me to run a button head screw from the bottom of the knuckle with a nut on top. That gives a few mm clearance as well. Maybe the guy dremeled a lot to much in the wrong area? Hard to say with the car apart in the pics.
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I recently built a new car and the Ackerman was very close to the bulk head but not rubbing. Seemed Definitely closer then normal but didn’t need to remove any material
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Thumbs up NEED CONVERSION HELP PLEASE

I need to know what 503gf/mm {Gram force/millimeter}, converts to kyosho in a a spring rate, 16mm big bore shock//that's where this big boy came from, it's hard as a rock!!!!I

Can't figure out what gf/mm converts to our KG/mm if kg/mm is how kyosho rates there spring strengths, if not I need to know formula please, thanks in advance!
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Kyosho has gf/cm,for example light blue rears are around 680g/cm. Your number is way up there,must be a mistake because it is approaching 1:1 car springs.
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Originally Posted by FallenAllDay
Sorry fellas been away the last few days and havnt been able to get a photo for use, its doing my head in. Pulled it apart and re done it a few times.
I know the towers push downwards on the gearbox ive built kyo kits before. But where the 2 halves meet the front was a good 2mm higher thean the back right where the bottom of the tower sits, was not possible to screw it in unless you wanted to cross thread it at a mad angle.

Is there supposed to be spacers?
(haven´t touched my tki3 for 6 months, don´t remember for sure,just trying to help).

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Iirc the bearings ride on the post that has a small lip. I don't think I've seen shims there in the manual.
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I have been waiting this! Wonder how much it will cost.

http://www.neobuggy.net/2018/02/14/k...n/#more-101714
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799?
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why kyosho ever stopped using that silver shock coating is beyond me, It looks 100x better and holds up 1000x better than the gunmetal or velvet stuff did
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Would be worth it for $799.00. Comes with the new hard coated shocks and many other items. I just wish they would include the hard anodized chassis. Funny thing is that you can't even get the dark brown non anodized version other than in the kit. When you order a replacement chassis you get the hard anodized version, same for the shock towers.
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Anyone going to DNC that may have a R/H steering knuckle I could buy? Just found mine stripped. I could over night a set but that's not cheap at all. Lol.
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Regarding the rubbing of ackermanplate. Test if it rubbs after you screw on the top plate;-)
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Originally Posted by 1fastPIRATE
Anyone going to DNC that may have a R/H steering knuckle I could buy? Just found mine stripped. I could over night a set but that's not cheap at all. Lol.
tki 4 or 3?

i have both but they would be sold in sets

btw .... any and all parts for mp9 are interchangeable ...

and i have more kyosho parts than one man would EVER need ....

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