RE: Official HPI E-10 Thread
Greetings E10 owners! I have recently purchased the Ford GT LM RTR - with no other purpose but to see how well I can make a really cheap entry level RTR into a stout performer by adding every part under the sun and then some!!!
So far I have installed and/or ordered:
- Yeah racing short shaft and main shaft
- Yeah racing R/R upper/lower arms
- YR F/R knuckles
- YR steering
- Hot racing brake hexes
- Hot Racing shock towers
- HPI shocks
- Custom front to rear brace to get rid of the flex
- Added the 3 bearings in each diff (** Still need to shim the rear diff - 12x14mm shims on order)
- HPI rear spool
- HPI front one-way diff
- HPI steel CVD's
- HPI Motor mount
- HPI 2.4 radio (RF-40 in waterproof box)
- Traxxas 3500 BL motor
- HPI vapor waterproof ESC
- 5000mah 2S lipo
- SF-10W waterproof servo
- AAANDDDD - Hot Racing aluminum spur gear ( I KNEW this was going to be JUNK ) which failed miserably after 3/4 of a battery pack even after the most careful setup and ensuring the motor did not move any - I only purchased it so that I could devise a way to use the alloy hub and mount a proper plastic spur - WHICH I HAVE ACCOMPLISHED and it is the single best mod I have done to the car.
My next mods will include:
- Tamiya cockpit / chassis cover
- Aluminum or graphite / FRP custom chassis
- I may try the preload springs to make the stock rear diff LSD
I have now spent more on this car than I would have to get a wicked tricked out TT-01 or TC4, I also have a mostly stock TC4 rally car, so we shall see how it turns out.
Observations so far are that the car is actually a great deal better now that I have some of the upgrades on it - it does respond well to them vs. some other projects where no matter what they seem to be junk -