1/24TH DRFITER
 

The project is based on 1/24 Express Mini X, which can be had for cheap from RCmart. The following are the stock specs

Polycarbonate Chassis
130 Motor (with a weird ass shaft design so it powers the front and rear dif directly)
4WD
Front Ball Dif
Rear Ball Dif
Front and Rear independent suspension
Lexian Body


Well the stock rims are ugly, so the first mod I did was with some spare X-mod Grip tires. Basically I had to drill out the center of the rim, due to X-mods using a D shape axel to accommodate for the round axel the mini x uses, then I had to slot the back so the axel pin had some place to grab on to.

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/4666/minix1yl6.jpg

Well I didn’t want to use the stock electronics and what not, and the stock battery tray was killing me on space. So I cut it out, let me tell me you that polycarbonate is some tuff ****. With the tons of room I gained I then mounted the RX and servo. Im going to use the stock Servo, it is a 3 wire servo and I didn’t want to mess with the steering and the servo mounting. I decided to use the RX/TX combo that came with my MRS4. I figured it would be good enough. This thing is only going to be used on my kitchen floor. As far as the ESC im going to use a Spy which I still need. I measured it out and it should fit just in front of the RX and not bind with the steering.

As far as power goes I order a few packs from CBP

4 cell KAN 400 2/3AAA Double Stick with 20AWG Wire and a Female Deans
4 cell KAN700 AAA 2x2 Stick with 20AWG Wireand a Female Deans
5 cell KAN 700 AAA FireBird design with 20AWG Wire and Female Deans
6 cell KAN 400 2/3 AAA Triangle stick design with 20AWG Wire and Female Deans

I also went a hunt at local Radio shacks and found some spare and crucial X mod drift tires which I modded the same way as the X mod grip tires. However the drift tires needed to be hollowed out a tad in order to clear the hubs only the front
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/2241/img0176pe8.jpg
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I also added a extra brace and bearing on the drive shaft, instead of the stock way which just has one at the front, I added one in the middle of the chassis to. You can see that mod in the picture below when compared to the picture above
http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/9918/img0208bw8.jpg
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/4152/img0248ii8.jpg
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/7082/img0249yt5.jpg

im waiting on my packs and i got to get some velcro to attach the packs

well being that i went to 2.4g in my 1/10th, i have a spare 75mhz rx laying around which is the same size as the 27mhz one in the above pics.

well i tossed in the 75mhz rx and so i could use my 2PL



400 mah pack
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/7281/img0254yf9.jpg
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/7520/img0255qn3.jpg
700 mah pack
http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/1163/img0256vf7.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/8818/img0257wy7.jpg
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/6640/img0282pg7.jpg
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it bothered me how the X-mod tires.rims didnt fill out the wheel wells too good so i gave the stock rims and tires a swing.
the stock rims/tire def fill out the wells much better. this picture shows the stock rims.tires with elctical tape around the tires to allow it to drift
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/8369/img0288wc9.jpg

well the motor was getting warm, so i bent up a spare 18T heat sink, i know it doesnt make 100 percent contact, but it def gets warm with the motor, so it is doing its job.
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/7567/img0290vz6.jpg
just to get a feel for how small this thing really is

TT01-RED CTS -1/10TH
MRS4 -BLACK C5 CORVETTE -1/18TH
MINIX- BLACK FAKE WRX -1/24TH
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/7531/img0295xa9.jpg


This is using the Stock tires wraped in electrical tape
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tikjpqjm7wY&feature=user

RE: 1/24TH DRFITER
 

Very nice pics. Do you have a link to the car on RCMart?

Thanks

RE: 1/24TH DRFITER
 

Thanks man....

yeah hold on let me dig up the link

http://www.rcmart.com/catalog/default.php?cPath=144_29

RE: 1/24TH DRFITER
 

Very nice. Not bad for $22 either. How does it handle with the XMod tires?

RE: 1/24TH DRFITER
 

well it handles great and drifts good with the Xmod tires, however the Xmod tires are super slick, i perfer the stock tires with tape, it drift perfect as seen in the video i posted. Plus it fills out the wheel well gap much better.

yeah these lil cars are a steal for 22 bucks. def nice lil inside bashers