5LikesSC10 4x4 Thread
07-27-2011 | 09:22 PM
#5371
Keep going on the installation process. eveything looks good. Mine looks exactly like yours. The knuckles will hit the steering stops before your servo horn hits the servo case. Thats part of the deal with the Associated..really does not travel all that far for as much steering as this truck has!
07-27-2011 | 09:33 PM
#5372
Tech Apprentice
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 92
Keep going on the installation process. eveything looks good. Mine looks exactly like yours. The knuckles will hit the steering stops before your servo horn hits the servo case. Thats part of the deal with the Associated..really does not travel all that far for as much steering as this truck has!
07-27-2011 | 09:34 PM
#5373
Tech Apprentice
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 91
Be careful when smashing down that slipper spring. By just snugging the nut down on the rear top shaft to where the spring was compressed on my truck was enough to bend the top shaft.
I decided to order some new HT pads with the light weight top shaft and MTK clutch basket. The light weight shaft and clutch basket felt as light or lighter than the stock top shaft. The new pads were different material. Much darker color than the ones i had in their before.
After a full day of racing i noticed no fade at all on my slipper and amazing punch out of the corners. Just cave in and get the clutch basket and stop wasting money on pads.
I decided to order some new HT pads with the light weight top shaft and MTK clutch basket. The light weight shaft and clutch basket felt as light or lighter than the stock top shaft. The new pads were different material. Much darker color than the ones i had in their before.
After a full day of racing i noticed no fade at all on my slipper and amazing punch out of the corners. Just cave in and get the clutch basket and stop wasting money on pads.
so the clutch basket doesn't weight that much at all? added rotational mass is what's holding me back from getting the basket. i have a more elegant and lighter basket design in mind if the original maker would like to make a version 2.0
(PM me for details)
07-27-2011 | 09:37 PM
#5374
i just wish this car had a center diff instead of this split slipper thing :/ ...
so the clutch basket doesn't weight that much at all? added rotational mass is what's holding me back from getting the basket. i have a more elegant and lighter basket design in mind if the original maker would like to make a version 2.0
(PM me for details)
so the clutch basket doesn't weight that much at all? added rotational mass is what's holding me back from getting the basket. i have a more elegant and lighter basket design in mind if the original maker would like to make a version 2.0
(PM me for details)
07-27-2011 | 11:22 PM
#5375
07-27-2011 | 11:45 PM
#5376
Tech Regular
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 363
From: Miami, Flooo-Rida
??It looks damn rear the same as the original shell
?? They (team Ae) are the most scale looking Short course truck shells on the market , imo
..MarqueeRc is just not intrigued b/c they are virtually the same asthetically..
07-27-2011 | 11:49 PM
#5377
Nothing special for vent cut outs. I don't know, just no wow factor like the other new bodies that have come out lately by Pro-line and J-concepts.
07-28-2011 | 12:36 AM
#5378
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 15,743
From: RIP 'Chopper', 4/18/13 miss you bud:(
Be careful when smashing down that slipper spring. By just snugging the nut down on the rear top shaft to where the spring was compressed on my truck was enough to bend the top shaft.
I decided to order some new HT pads with the light weight top shaft and MTK clutch basket. The light weight shaft and clutch basket felt as light or lighter than the stock top shaft. The new pads were different material. Much darker color than the ones i had in their before.
After a full day of racing i noticed no fade at all on my slipper and amazing punch out of the corners. Just cave in and get the clutch basket and stop wasting money on pads.
I decided to order some new HT pads with the light weight top shaft and MTK clutch basket. The light weight shaft and clutch basket felt as light or lighter than the stock top shaft. The new pads were different material. Much darker color than the ones i had in their before.
After a full day of racing i noticed no fade at all on my slipper and amazing punch out of the corners. Just cave in and get the clutch basket and stop wasting money on pads.
did this to mine too, No replacement available so mine is currently running a slightly bent top shaft with a clutch basket, no issues but I will replace the top shaft ASAP. Clutch basket is great!!!! I know Mac has had additional orders from my area based on my results....that's ok Mac no thanks needed...
....oh racer1812 says..
07-28-2011 | 03:16 AM
#5379
Tech Regular
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 347
I disagree. I've been soldering for years with a cheap Craftsman 45w iron. It's all about technique and preparation. A new iron tip needs to be tinned with solder, then tin the posts and wire and all should melt together without issue. I've even used my 45w iron on Turnigy 8awg wires.
That said, those Hakko setups look pretty sweet. But I wouldn't label them as "necessary".
That said, those Hakko setups look pretty sweet. But I wouldn't label them as "necessary".
My experience is that the RX8 is much harder to solder than other things I've done because the heat is dissipating so fast through to the heat sink.
07-28-2011 | 04:50 AM
#5380
did this to mine too, No replacement available so mine is currently running a slightly bent top shaft with a clutch basket, no issues but I will replace the top shaft ASAP. Clutch basket is great!!!! I know Mac has had additional orders from my area based on my results....that's ok Mac no thanks needed.......oh racer1812 says..
07-28-2011 | 07:15 AM
#5382
07-28-2011 | 07:29 AM
#5384
SC10 4x4 under tray
Thought I would share the new under tray with y'all. I'll be doing the vents this evening with some mesh behind it as well. Wish it would offer some motor cover because where I race it gets dusty....