that s it, I m so totally sold……

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    • October 18, 2004 at 7:11 am #12384
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      That s it, I gotta say, you re now looking at a 100% xmod convert here….

      Yesterday I finally popped a nelly 1.3 in to my xmod. Previous to this I was running my plasma/atomic can combo on stock fets and the 8t pinion. Top speed was good, torque was crap.

      Once I put nelly in though, damn! What a difference. Now it only takes a minute of driving to unlock my ball diff. The take off is great now, and top speed has increased dramatically. ON stock fets the ball diff never loosened up. I had it setup pretty tight too.

      What is interesting is that the XMOD on the tammy speed checker clocked in at 24kph with the above setup on stock fets. Once I put nelly in it hit 27kph. This doesn t sound like much, but day-am! Put the bugger on the ground and you can clearly see the increase in performance.

      It just goes to show you how the XMOD suffers greatly from the in-efficiencies of it s AWD drivetrain. So basically whenever you can get any extra torque you should try, it makes the biggest difference!

      I ll post some pics of the setup when I get the chance. The install wasn t too bad actually, considering the turkey the xmod is when building/stripping…..

      ph2t.

      Edited by – ph2t on 18 October 2004 03:14:00

    • October 18, 2004 at 8:23 am #56203
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      yess! finally, i like it already. next step, alloy cups? well the heat shrink should hold up as long as the diff isnt locked.

      a bit of silly putty in a gear diff helps make its handling

    • October 18, 2004 at 10:01 am #56207
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      yeah, I’m gonna stay with the ball diff for now…. Next thing is to get the motor upgrade set for those bigger pinions….

      ph2t.

    • October 18, 2004 at 3:23 pm #56211
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      me too, what he said. totally sold!:D:8ball:

    • October 18, 2004 at 4:43 pm #56215
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      damn makes me regret selling mine to Leon!

    • October 18, 2004 at 4:47 pm #56216
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      wow we are seeing the melbourne lemming syndrome here .. betty gets a xmod.. ph2t gets one soon every one will have one

    • October 18, 2004 at 5:28 pm #56217
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      cool. maybe this time u guys wont spin out as much(like tha melbourn race u guys had a while bak). and if u guys are solid on ur electronic setup then it u want either hot glue or epoxy ur curcuit boards. makes them rain proof. its so much fun kickin up water , goin through puddles at full speed or drifting with hard slicks in water across a smooth parking lot.

      sumtimes i wish i wus in aus. seems like u guys have more 1/28 races than they do out here. all my races consist of mainly 1/18s. and every one else with xmods are too slow. no one around my area knows to much about fets and motors. i would kuv to race wid yall. 4cell ofcorse i ol use the six to keep up with xrays and micros

      Edited by – chino on 18 October 2004 15:58:14

    • October 18, 2004 at 6:24 pm #56222
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      Hehehe, is this an ad break or what….
      nice work Ph2t.

    • October 18, 2004 at 9:15 pm #56229
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      lol, good to see you around still mate…it never stops, :smiley2:…


      @chino      , we’re just lucky here chino. so many like minded idiots way too close to each other…

      ph2t.

    • October 18, 2004 at 9:23 pm #56230
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      Same as us Sydney bastards:dead:

    • October 18, 2004 at 9:25 pm #56231
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      damn makes me regret selling mine to Leon!

      don’t worry, it’s in good hands.:smiley2:

    • October 19, 2004 at 5:17 am #56236
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      damn makes me regret selling mine to Leon!

      don’t worry, it’s in good hands.:smiley2:

      not for long, we invented a new game, xmod tag!:evil::8ball:

    • October 19, 2004 at 8:45 am #56242
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      hey, rig a metal bumper on that rsx. cop car style, and maybe 2 xacto blades pointed fwds

    • October 19, 2004 at 1:26 pm #56249
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      well, I just went and spent more $$$$…

      I’m gonna do two rigs. One 4 cell, and one li-ion, just for the templestowe track….

      cool!

      ph2t.

    • October 19, 2004 at 4:56 pm #56255
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      why not li-pos? from wut i herd li-ion kinda suck at keeping steady current at pushing low turn motors, start to studder. but ionnoe, i still need to save like 20bux to do sum expermentation with with lithiums my self. in car that is, besides my truck or my rs4

    • October 20, 2004 at 4:25 am #56265
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      li-ion looks like the easier setup, If I can I would rather to lipo for sure…… It’s just a case of sitting down and nutting out the orientation of the cells. The last thing I want is cells mounted high on the chassis. The handling will goto shit……

      but yes chino, lipo’s put out a greater punch than li-ions as standard. You can also get high discharge lipo’s that are capable of delivering over 8A!!!! damn!!! goodbye mr 130 sized motor….

      ph2t.

    • October 21, 2004 at 12:21 am #56279
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      yeah i have a friend thas been frying 130s like crazy. sumwut of a voltage slash current freak. aways running at least 3 Li-ions. most of the time 4. hes more into high speed and draging. im pretty happy with my 4 and 6 cell. i luv my 4 more. i jus had to do a six to be part of the race with my frens. they all hav 1/18s. me, no money. stuck with returned xmods(cheaper). i still would like to buy one new. i noticed all the new series xmods run better. i guess they fixed most of the prolems the older first batch had.

      nwer ones
      -blk r34
      -350z
      -nsx
      -camaro
      -mustang
      -c5 corvette

    • October 21, 2004 at 12:31 am #56280
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      cool, I’ve got a 350z in the mail as we speak! and you don’t wanna see the dinball order that’s going in tonight! $$$ :dead:

      no retreat, no surrender!

      ph2t.

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