alloy xmod knuckles

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- November 8, 2004 at 2:51 am #12417
  betty.k
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  if you have an xmod you need to beg, borrow or steal for a set of these!:p with the eyelets in the chassis these are smooth as silk and indestructable. so much so that i broke a chassis at the knuckle hole! so i filed about 1mm off the bottom and countersunk the screws on the bottom. still enough suspension travel and no problems since.
  
  i also got some alloy rear cups but they re pretty boring to look at. but i can t see myself worrying about broken cups again:8ball:
- November 8, 2004 at 3:38 pm #56838
  MiniKing
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  very nice….:D:D
- November 10, 2004 at 5:44 pm #56910
  dgs73
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  nice… seen the r/c butler’s alloy parts for Xmod? Got the front bulkhead, looks pretty trick , just gotta get my hands on a matching rear one. You’re running your wheels backwards on all four corners, yes? Wider stance helping with stability at top speeds? Doing some research before i send my one to have surgery…
- November 10, 2004 at 8:16 pm #56913
  betty.k
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  if their alloy stuff is priced like their cf stuff then i’ll give it a miss! i’m sure it will be excellent quality though.
  
  yes, all 4 wheels are flipped and yes, brilliantly stable! the wheelbase is now 73mm wide (i forget what i was stock, about 5mm less). it’s the same sorta thing as going from narrow z rims to wide offset. you may need to shave some plastic from the outside so it won’t rub on the knuckles/swingarm and you will need to add a washer or 2.:8ball:
- November 10, 2004 at 8:40 pm #56916
  dgs73
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  sweet.. will give this a whirl when I get home… the dremel gets a dust off!!! Does the turning circle decrease/increase with this setup?
- November 11, 2004 at 2:00 am #56917
  betty.k
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  i’m not sure but i’m having no issues with my modified steering:8ball:
- November 11, 2004 at 2:12 am #56918
  jamiekulhanek
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  Just to be a smartass, wheelbase is the distance between the axles front to back.
  
  Track is the distance from whel centre to wheel centre left to right.
- November 11, 2004 at 2:06 pm #56922
  dgs73
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  we sit corrected…:smiley2::clown: Like the way the rims sit right out… might have to bog up my sleeper shell and give it fat-as wheel arches…
- March 17, 2005 at 4:43 am #58981
  ph2t
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  you gonna tell ’em about those matching alloy rims you got now?
  
  lol..
  
  ph2t.
- March 17, 2005 at 8:56 pm #58998
  betty.k
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  😀
  
  just waiting on the real camera:smiley2::8ball:
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