So this year I have been bitten by the 1/10 on-road bug and now decided to build a tekno on-road car. I have been looking at different 1/8 GT cars and decided that since they are almost all based off of a buggy counter part it could probably be possible to make it happen with a Tekno.
For now I am building it mostly as a stock EB48SL with the exception of carbon towers, .4 steering geometry w/carbon ackerman plate, aluminum center diff mount, bearing sleeves (on F,C and R diffs). I have front towers in both front and rear. The rear has front shock bodies built with rear shock shafts so I can get the down travel needed. I am not worried about the longer shafts since this thing will never see a jump, plus the chassis definitely bottoms out still before the shocks even come close to being fully compressed.
What makes this go;
ESC-Hobbywing XR8 plus
Motor-Hobbywing 4268 2600kv
What makes this turn;
Servo- Protek 130 t
It's all powered by 4s lipo. I will be starting off with a 16t pinion. I am not trying to make a speed runner (although it could end up as one, one day). I really don't have an 1/8 on-road track around me but figured this could be my street basher! I do have a 1/10 scale on-road track that I will definitely try this thing on but it may be too small to get the real feel of what 1/8 on road is really like!
Running some GRP tires/wheels and may end up getting some foams too, but these will get me rolling. Running the SL 17mm extended hubs. Let me tell you these things were insanely out of balanced when I first put them on, but after some balancing I got them to spin pretty nicely in the end.
I will end up trying to find someone/somewhere to fab me up a custom chassis, a carbon fiber or an aluminum one, without the kick up in the front. For now I will run it like it is using the pills to reduce the kick up as much as possible for now. I also will be figuring out some custom shock towers in the near future, so I can run some other manufacturers shocks that are more appropriate for a lower CG, and will figure out a bumper mount eventually.
Stay tuned for the future updates and the body reveal!
For now I am building it mostly as a stock EB48SL with the exception of carbon towers, .4 steering geometry w/carbon ackerman plate, aluminum center diff mount, bearing sleeves (on F,C and R diffs). I have front towers in both front and rear. The rear has front shock bodies built with rear shock shafts so I can get the down travel needed. I am not worried about the longer shafts since this thing will never see a jump, plus the chassis definitely bottoms out still before the shocks even come close to being fully compressed.
What makes this go;
ESC-Hobbywing XR8 plus
Motor-Hobbywing 4268 2600kv
What makes this turn;
Servo- Protek 130 t
It's all powered by 4s lipo. I will be starting off with a 16t pinion. I am not trying to make a speed runner (although it could end up as one, one day). I really don't have an 1/8 on-road track around me but figured this could be my street basher! I do have a 1/10 scale on-road track that I will definitely try this thing on but it may be too small to get the real feel of what 1/8 on road is really like!
Running some GRP tires/wheels and may end up getting some foams too, but these will get me rolling. Running the SL 17mm extended hubs. Let me tell you these things were insanely out of balanced when I first put them on, but after some balancing I got them to spin pretty nicely in the end.
I will end up trying to find someone/somewhere to fab me up a custom chassis, a carbon fiber or an aluminum one, without the kick up in the front. For now I will run it like it is using the pills to reduce the kick up as much as possible for now. I also will be figuring out some custom shock towers in the near future, so I can run some other manufacturers shocks that are more appropriate for a lower CG, and will figure out a bumper mount eventually.
Stay tuned for the future updates and the body reveal!
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