Pull my 14T off the shelf after a few years of sitting ...
Servo not respond

Yet another one to diagnose!

The part number for this combo is FUR-2606.

It's not a direct drop in but it can be made to work. I had to remove the drive shaft cap and the heat shrink (maybe removing the heat shrink wasn't necessary) covering the motor wire/solder joints so I could bend the wires down enough to clear the body. But if the motor mount holes are opened up enough and you get 3mm screws (this motor has holes for both 2.5mm and 3mm screws) you can mount the motor with the wires laying more horizontal to the chassis so that the wires easily clear the body. Another option would be to re-solder the wires horizontally so they are not sticking straight up. And the stock AE 16t pinion has too small a bore so had to get one with an 1/8'' bore. The combo does include a 19t pinion but wanted to start with stock gearing. And the esc that it comes with is really compact so no problem getting it to fit.

As for the servo... I went with the Savox SH-1357. Not a direct fit at all. Awesome performing servo though. I had to shave off a good amount of material from the servo mount and loosen the servo case screws enough to slide the rubber piece (that the wires run through and is mounted to the servo case) out of the way, dremel a channel so the wires would fit through the mount and repair one of the screw holes I destroyed while filing the inside of the case. The servo is a little too tall too, so had to get some spacers to raise it up in order to get the mount to mount flush to the chassis. The part number for the spacers is ZC-S25A.

alright, new servo installed ... on to the next ...

Has anyone used the Spektrum Firma 6000kV 2-in-1 in this rig? I don't love the ESC relocated up front (puts too much weight forward and tendency to nosedive) and I'm not a fan of the stock "upper-deck" location ...

That's pretty wild to have the motor and esc all in one can. If it were me I'd buy it just to try it for the fun of it as long as the dimensions are within range of what fits this chassis.

edit: Wow I just looked up the specs and am shocked at how small it is. 2436; that's smaller than the Furitek I just installed. It's amazing they can get all that in such a small space.

right!? what a time to be alive! tech innovations in hobby grade RC are quite impressive.

I'll probably just go for it ... it can't be worse than the stock setup ... right??

I don't know much about the stock set-up other than people complaining the esc is non programmable.

The only thing I'd be worried about would be overheating with it being such high kv, small diameter and not rated for anything larger than 1/16 scale but plenty of people have been running cooling fans on this car.

Do you know guys, what is the limit to be able to post pictures here ? I have my aluminium chassi proto to share but I can't share images yet. It's so boring.

13-15 I think? You can find info in your profile somewhere, wish I could recall since I just had to the do the same thing. I replied to a bunch of for sale ads on cool stuff to give a “free bump” to meet the quota to post pix.

Thanks mate ;-)

Both are possible, you can use the original skeleton like on the Richard's carbon chassis, or updated / printed front/rear bulkheads. I have the 3D model for the structure too on with you can plug the original cover too. Can't wait to show you this when I will be able the upldoad pics.

I have never had an issue with my buggy except when I set the gear mesh too tight. Then the gears got chewed up. Otherwise mine has been great! I drive mine on a carpet off-road track and chase down the 1/10 2wd buggies.