t9dragon

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I received my Bulletproof gears today. The Bevel gear has 29t and is nice and thick. The Bevel gear is 29t and the pinion is 9t. It comes with a bevel gear, pinion gear, heavy duty grease, thread lock, 6 shims, 4 screws, bearing and washer.

FE_Chris

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Good deal, people are getting the diffs, now lets beat the crap out of them and see what they can take!

I have not recieved mine yet, but I am sure they are on the way.... Maybe it's best cause this weekend I have a lot of work to catch up on....and it's going to rain tonight and tomorrow.

EDIT: Went back to take a look at the gears and I have a question. It's been a while since I have delt with gear ratio and I forgot how to figure it, so whats the new tooth count going to do to our gear ratio? 29t/9t Vs. Stock? We going to have some more low end or high end?

black mamba

The ratio of the new gears is 3.22. What's the stock gear count? Take the ring and divide it by the pinion to get the ratio. If it is larger than 3.22, it means less low end with the new gears. If it's smaller than 3.22, it means more low end with the new gears. If they are the same ratio, nothing changes.

t9dragon

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The stock Bevel gear is 43t and the Pinion is 13t. Which comes out to a 3.30 ratio.

Freezetron

Just me and my friend this weekend screwing around with our trucks. Peeps have been clamering to see "Frostbyte" in action since I revealed it, so here ya go

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooxXWK8FbTA[/youtube]

generis

interesting. 'binary' is 'icewindus' re-incarnated on a new account. Didn't think that was allowed.
Cool video.

Freezetron

I closed it, Idon't use that name anymore

bigwaltc

Nice video but I miss the Nitro engine sound [sm=shades_smile.gif]

black mamba

You can change your name....just takes the mods to approve it.

black mamba

This means the new gears (3.22) give more top end and less low end. It's not that drastic of a ratio change, but nonetheless, it will change the performance a little.

generis

the performance change is quite nice, actually. I like the new gearing alot. Only noticeable change was the top end. I can knife edge the badlands on flat ground simply from the excessive speed now. It was more relaxed with the other gearing. I like this better.

FE_Chris

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Nice, I look forward to checking it out this weekend once I get my new gears installed!

black mamba

Just got a box from HPI today. Opened it up and there are my new gears...but only half a set!! It's a big no-no to run two different gear ratios in a 4WD platform, so I guess I'm calling HPI on Tuesday to get the other set sent so my truck matches front to rear. [&:]

t9dragon

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I was told you can cause problems by running it with two different gear ratios.

Freezetron

Got my free bulletproof diff upgrades from HPI yesterday and finally had the energy to install them today. I shouldn't havn't worry about the diffs for quit awhile now. The difference is quite impressive, anxious to drive it now and see the difference

black mamba

For sure....something will eventually break in the driveline with the two different diff ratios "fighting" each other. That's why I'm going to hold off running the truck until I get a set of gears for the front.

wipeout2097

Hi guys, I've been running my new Savage Flux and noticed that the shocks leak pretty much.
I have the aluminum ones as well as the stock plastic shocks. It seems odd to leak that much, let's say that I could use teflon tape on the top cap thread and solve that part but I'm not really sure what to do with the bottom caps from the aluminum shocks, those caps look like they can't be opened up to mess with the O-rings.

Anyone of you guys had similar issues with the shocks ?

Freezetron

Not had any leaking issues with the stock plastic ones. I'd call HPI and see if they would send you some new seals and o-rings. No experience with the aluminum big bores, too expensive for me.

wipeout2097

Thanks for the info man, but since I'm living in Romania, calling HPI won't be of much help apart from getting some piece of advice, their support network isn't reaching this far so I can't ask for parts, I have to buy them.
The plastic shocks give access to the o-rings so I could fix the issue there but I'll let them work a little more, maybe they have to settle in.
For the aluminum ones I'll have to see how to get into the bottom caps if possible at all.

Cheers.

Freezetron

Why'd you swap to the aluminum in the first place?

wipeout2097

From my previous experience with the HPI Firestorm 10T, the aluminum shocks provided a smoother, more consistent operation.
This seems to be the case but to a lower degree because the weight of the car gives much more inertia to counter the friction in the shock.
I didn't expect the shocks to leak though, neither the aluminum nor the stock ones.

black mamba

Yes. When my truck was new, they leaked all the time. As time wore on, they stopped leaking. My guess is that they were overfilled or the seals needed extra time to seat themselves.

Freezetron

Some better outside and action pics. I"ll have a big video up later tonight of our recent bash session. New diffs work awesome and even sound "beefier"

black mamba

I think I just saw this truck in a RC mag.

t9dragon

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It is in the December issue of RC Car Action.