Well,, I got the conversion upgrades done on both cars,, & am waiting on graphics from Callie graphics in NM.
The GT-1 was missing a bunch of graphics,, & also am replacing ones that were jacked up.
Am also having ones made to fill in the rear quarter billboards like how the real looking one in the pic is.
Have already detailed the wing posts black like the real ones,, plus the rear body corners black.
Also opened up the roof intake to make it functional,, & it also gives a bit of ram air cooling effect to the ESC & motors.
Steering servo's are 43g. digital mg's,, & I modded stuff & made mounts ect. for those to fit.
They turned out really good & solid on both cars,, & function real well & smooth also.
Once I got the brushed GT-1 60a. controller dialed in,, it frigg'n screams !!
Haven't tried it outside yet,, but it seems with the 2 - 370 Mabuchi brushed motors wired in parallel,, every bit of what my 1/12 & 1/10 scale hobby grade race cars used to be,, with them mostly having modded,, 540 brushed race motors,, but running Nicds,, or Nmh packs,, ''not'' the 3s - 1600ma 55c Lipo pack in this one.
Also modded & tightened up the steering components & shimmed the rear suspension pivot with nylon washers to get rid of the side to side slop.
It actually pivots a bit there also,, kind'a like the old ''pan/ glass //carbon style'' - 2WD chassis 1/10 & 1/12 Associated & HPI ect. ones used to,, for cornering.
The ''Pulp Fiction'' / Pawn shop 962C,, I didn't take pics of the build on that,, but the 2430 -5800kv ''brushless'' set up went in real slick.
Brass Pinion gear was a real bitch though to remove on the stock 370 Mabuchi motor ,, & I had to destroy the motor to knock the shaft completely out of it,, to press the gear off,, with doing so in a hobby vise using a stainless pin to drive the shaft out of the gear,, & a socket behind it for the shaft to move through.
Went on the brushless motor ''a lot '' better, & didn't ''F'' the gear up, fortunately.
Tried the 962 out in the driveway the other day,, but didn't get to open it up,, & barely just over 1/2 throttle for a split second @ a time,, doing laps in the driveway..
It handles really well, with doing my tricks,, in tightening things ect. on that one also.
Got 2 - 2s - 1500 60c ''ZEEE'' packs on the way for it,, as my test packs that were given to me,, are pretty much junk, & wore out.
Honestly don't know which one is going to be faster now,, as I'am really surprised how much gut's the GT-1 has now !
Theoretically,, the brushless 962 should leave the GT-1 in the dust.
We shall see,, when I get them out on a ''smooth'' deserted street or large parking lot,, once the salt & sand gets washed away ..
Might even get my Buddy Fred to shoot some vid. ..
Will post & put up more pics again once I get the graphics done.
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The GT-1 was missing a bunch of graphics,, & also am replacing ones that were jacked up.
Am also having ones made to fill in the rear quarter billboards like how the real looking one in the pic is.
Have already detailed the wing posts black like the real ones,, plus the rear body corners black.
Also opened up the roof intake to make it functional,, & it also gives a bit of ram air cooling effect to the ESC & motors.
Steering servo's are 43g. digital mg's,, & I modded stuff & made mounts ect. for those to fit.
They turned out really good & solid on both cars,, & function real well & smooth also.
Once I got the brushed GT-1 60a. controller dialed in,, it frigg'n screams !!
Haven't tried it outside yet,, but it seems with the 2 - 370 Mabuchi brushed motors wired in parallel,, every bit of what my 1/12 & 1/10 scale hobby grade race cars used to be,, with them mostly having modded,, 540 brushed race motors,, but running Nicds,, or Nmh packs,, ''not'' the 3s - 1600ma 55c Lipo pack in this one.
Also modded & tightened up the steering components & shimmed the rear suspension pivot with nylon washers to get rid of the side to side slop.
It actually pivots a bit there also,, kind'a like the old ''pan/ glass //carbon style'' - 2WD chassis 1/10 & 1/12 Associated & HPI ect. ones used to,, for cornering.
The ''Pulp Fiction'' / Pawn shop 962C,, I didn't take pics of the build on that,, but the 2430 -5800kv ''brushless'' set up went in real slick.
Brass Pinion gear was a real bitch though to remove on the stock 370 Mabuchi motor ,, & I had to destroy the motor to knock the shaft completely out of it,, to press the gear off,, with doing so in a hobby vise using a stainless pin to drive the shaft out of the gear,, & a socket behind it for the shaft to move through.
Went on the brushless motor ''a lot '' better, & didn't ''F'' the gear up, fortunately.
Tried the 962 out in the driveway the other day,, but didn't get to open it up,, & barely just over 1/2 throttle for a split second @ a time,, doing laps in the driveway..
It handles really well, with doing my tricks,, in tightening things ect. on that one also.
Got 2 - 2s - 1500 60c ''ZEEE'' packs on the way for it,, as my test packs that were given to me,, are pretty much junk, & wore out.
Honestly don't know which one is going to be faster now,, as I'am really surprised how much gut's the GT-1 has now !
Theoretically,, the brushless 962 should leave the GT-1 in the dust.
We shall see,, when I get them out on a ''smooth'' deserted street or large parking lot,, once the salt & sand gets washed away ..
Might even get my Buddy Fred to shoot some vid. ..
Will post & put up more pics again once I get the graphics done.
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