Remote Control Trans Am Build Thread (Vids/Pics)
07-07-2011, 10:08 PM
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Remote Control Trans Am Build Thread (Vids/Pics) I think I bought this car about 7 or 8 years ago, when HPI used to make New Bright type R/C Cars. Car was pretty fun, a little slow. Sucked that it didn't have digital steering (full right or full left). Car also had a 2-in-1 type mother board. The mother board was basically the ESC and the reciever in one.
I was driving it one day and it got into some water and fried. I tested the motor and it still worked. Tried to hook up the servo, but it wasn't compatible with my reciever, it melted the servo.
So I went on Craigslist and found a Traxxas XL5 ESC for $20 almost brand new, (they retail for $60). And also ordered a FlySky Receiver for $20 on hobbypartz.com. After thinking about it for a while I thought, why not put the Traxxas ESC and Fly Sky in my Duratrax Evader EXT2 and put the Evader's ESC and Receiver in this HPI car? The Receiver and ESC will be better than the stock Evader stuff. So I pulled the ESC and receiver from the Evader and put it in the HPI Car.
I had fab up a mount for my Hitec steering servo I had lying around and it worked great. I use a 8.4V battery (same I use for my Evader) to power the HPI car and man, I thought I'd want to upgrade the motor as well, but the stock one has got some ***** as you will see in the video below. It's good to have digital steering and as soon as the stock motor in it goes I'll upgrade that as well. Here are the pics...
Gutted...
Servo Mounted...
Electronic Speed Control Mounted...
Receiver Mounted...
All buttoned up...
Body Painted...
Video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRKfXasaHP8
I was driving it one day and it got into some water and fried. I tested the motor and it still worked. Tried to hook up the servo, but it wasn't compatible with my reciever, it melted the servo.
So I went on Craigslist and found a Traxxas XL5 ESC for $20 almost brand new, (they retail for $60). And also ordered a FlySky Receiver for $20 on hobbypartz.com. After thinking about it for a while I thought, why not put the Traxxas ESC and Fly Sky in my Duratrax Evader EXT2 and put the Evader's ESC and Receiver in this HPI car? The Receiver and ESC will be better than the stock Evader stuff. So I pulled the ESC and receiver from the Evader and put it in the HPI Car.
I had fab up a mount for my Hitec steering servo I had lying around and it worked great. I use a 8.4V battery (same I use for my Evader) to power the HPI car and man, I thought I'd want to upgrade the motor as well, but the stock one has got some ***** as you will see in the video below. It's good to have digital steering and as soon as the stock motor in it goes I'll upgrade that as well. Here are the pics...
Gutted...
Servo Mounted...
Electronic Speed Control Mounted...
Receiver Mounted...
All buttoned up...
Body Painted...
Video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRKfXasaHP8
07-08-2011, 02:43 AM
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Nice bro, I do likey. Here's mine with the same HPI body.
If your looking for one faster, grab an HPI EVO 3 or 4. I think mine's an EVO 4 but cant remember. Stock motor on this one is gone too lol and is making roughly 2whp with a 2speed transmission. AWD and a blast to drive but is a nitro car so gas is more expensive than electric
Looks like you took some time on the body though and looks a hell of better than mine. Once again, very nice bro
Mike
If your looking for one faster, grab an HPI EVO 3 or 4. I think mine's an EVO 4 but cant remember. Stock motor on this one is gone too lol and is making roughly 2whp with a 2speed transmission. AWD and a blast to drive but is a nitro car so gas is more expensive than electric
Looks like you took some time on the body though and looks a hell of better than mine. Once again, very nice bro
Mike
07-08-2011, 05:11 AM
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Nice bro, I do likey. Here's mine with the same HPI body.
If your looking for one faster, grab an HPI EVO 3 or 4. I think mine's an EVO 4 but cant remember. Stock motor on this one is gone too lol and is making roughly 2whp with a 2speed transmission. AWD and a blast to drive but is a nitro car so gas is more expensive than electric
Looks like you took some time on the body though and looks a hell of better than mine. Once again, very nice bro
Mike
If your looking for one faster, grab an HPI EVO 3 or 4. I think mine's an EVO 4 but cant remember. Stock motor on this one is gone too lol and is making roughly 2whp with a 2speed transmission. AWD and a blast to drive but is a nitro car so gas is more expensive than electric
Looks like you took some time on the body though and looks a hell of better than mine. Once again, very nice bro
Mike
buddy has a evo 4. its sick! a bunch of upgrades and it does 60-70 easy
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07-08-2011, 06:42 PM
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Sorry op, not trying to hi-jack but just answering nick122590's ?
I routed the exhaust from the right side to rapping behind the motor. I had to get a 90* coupler (believe it was a traxxis) and stock hanger to on top the battery box. Port matched the header while I was at it and put a rubber flange angling the exhaust down. So its rear exhaust lol.
I routed the exhaust from the right side to rapping behind the motor. I had to get a 90* coupler (believe it was a traxxis) and stock hanger to on top the battery box. Port matched the header while I was at it and put a rubber flange angling the exhaust down. So its rear exhaust lol.
07-10-2011, 12:52 AM
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Good to see some other RC hobbyists on here!
I don't have a street car yet but here are my Team Associated T4 electric and GT gas stadium trucks along with my HPI wheely king I converted into a rockcrawler.
I don't have a street car yet but here are my Team Associated T4 electric and GT gas stadium trucks along with my HPI wheely king I converted into a rockcrawler.
07-10-2011, 03:55 AM
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Sorry op, not trying to hi-jack but just answering nick122590's ?
I routed the exhaust from the right side to rapping behind the motor. I had to get a 90* coupler (believe it was a traxxis) and stock hanger to on top the battery box. Port matched the header while I was at it and put a rubber flange angling the exhaust down. So its rear exhaust lol.
I routed the exhaust from the right side to rapping behind the motor. I had to get a 90* coupler (believe it was a traxxis) and stock hanger to on top the battery box. Port matched the header while I was at it and put a rubber flange angling the exhaust down. So its rear exhaust lol.
