Andyjk

Some pics of my slash, random bashing. Damn i love this thing!

BuzzBomber

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Slightly OT, but last night I finally got around to watching the TORC race from Crandon WI that aired over the weekend. Great racing, too bad they don't televise every class and race. I cannot for the life of me understand why this type of full-scale racing doesn't get more airtime and sponsor support! Back on topic, after the races I started putting the finishing touches on my new race body for the Slash. The old black and blue stock body will now be relegated to practice duty.

Andyjk

More for your viewing pleasure. I'm going to a track tomorrow, hopefully get some good photos. I'll be racing against a Tamiya DF-01.

robosnow

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Well, after doing some reading via searching this site and the traxxas site on what to do about my diff set up. I will tell you, people have done it all....oil, grease,silicone,glue,jb weld,paper(yes paper),silly puddy etc. I decided to start with removing, and cleaning all the old grease out, and then packed it tight with napa bearing grease. filled it 110% until it oozed out while putting it together. Just took it out. PERFECT for me. Love the way it handles...and no more sliding out on the pebbles and loose dirt. It still has some slip with the grease, but thats ok by me. Just figured I'd share.

fusebmx13

It will loosen up. Pretty soon it will be back to stock. The slash diffs are not sealed and that grease thins out and just seaps out. Enjoy it while it lasts though.

Congzilla

it isn't that hard to make a gasket for it.

robosnow

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How long you think I have before it returns back to the way it was? are you talking 3-5 battery runs or maybe a bit longer. Now I'm curious. I have to say...In my search I found alot of people that prefered bearing grease.

d.k.v

will the mumba monster from a e-revo brushless go into a slash? if so what gearing?

vge

You would be out of your mind to put that size brushless kit into a car of that size. it would be totally counter productive. you can get just as good if not better performance out of a smaller brushless kit. That erevo kit would rip the slash to pieces. I have a vxl system in my slash and its out of control. So bad that I had to put weights on the front to keep it from launching like a plane. As nice as the slash is, it really needs to be 4wd to add some weight. Its just weights too little.

d.k.v

ok... im just looking 4 lots of speed. right now i have a 21 turn 540 stock tamiya can lol. spins the wheels on asphult but has no top speed.

So VXL is the answer?

I might get the monster anyway coz i have a good project in mind that needs tonnes of wheel speed and toque

Brainanator

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Alright, so I guess I just ripped a rear tire [&:]

Any suggestions on a replacement? I don't really want to get the fancy dancy beadlock rims yet, so probably just the tires this time. I was thinking of just getting the same thing as a replacement, but if you guys have something better to suggest I'm all ears, the cheaper the better!

Also, do I need specific tire glue? Or will regular old loctite super glue work? Any tips/tricks? I'm hoping the tire holds up for awhile...doesn't look like too big of tear, I might try throwing some of the super glue in there and see if it'll hold, think that'll buy me some time?

edit: and yes, I AM using a case of cd jewel cases as a truck stand [8D]

d.k.v

now jewel has a use lol

i would just buy a new set of rears

Brainanator

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well I see all these options on ebay.....just buying the tires is cheaper, is it worth the hasell of mounting them? Can't be too hard right?

http://cgi.ebay.com/TRAXXAS-5873-REAR-2-2-TIRES-SATIN-CHROME-WHEELS-SLASH_W0QQitemZ220411669604QQcmdZViewItemQQptZRadi o_Control_Parts_Accessories?hash=item33518f2c64&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262&_trkparms=|293%3A1|294%3A30
http://cgi.ebay.com/TRAXXAS-5871-OFF-ROAD-RACING-2-2-TIRES-SLAYER-NIB_W0QQitemZ270392378487QQcmdZViewItemQQptZRadio_ Control_Parts_Accessories?hash=item3ef4a44477&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262&_trkparms=|293%3A3|294%3A30
http://cgi.ebay.com/TRAXXAS-5873A-REAR-2-2-TIRES-WHEELS-ASSEMBLED-SLASH_W0QQitemZ270413045423QQcmdZViewItemQQptZRadi o_Control_Parts_Accessories?hash=item3ef5df9eaf&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262&_trkparms=|293%3A3|294%3A30
http://cgi.ebay.com/PRO-LINE-1076-01-SWITCH-TIRES-2-2-M2-1-10-2-2-SLASH-NEW_W0QQitemZ270419816454QQcmdZViewItemQQptZRadio_ Control_Parts_Accessories?hash=item3ef646f006&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262&_trkparms=|293%3A5|294%3A30

The shipping on most of those seems like murder...25% of the product price...? geez.

d.k.v

mountings easy. removal of the old ones is hard.

i think you should buy a set mounted and go and trash the rear ones you have. have a lil fun on the road

p.s would the erevo brushless motor destroy my transmition??

Dialed_In

Brainanator, I'm not sure if your running in a stock class for racing. If not you might want to eventually consider going to 1/8 buggy wheels and tires. They require a 17mm adapter for them to work. There are several different companies that make them. You could do an advanced search for 17mm adapters in the Slash forum on Traxxas forums.

Here is one of the better threads from there. http://monster.traxxas.com/showthrea...=17mm+adapters

While your there, look around for Mohawk or Big Block tires. There is a guy on ebay that sells cheap 1/8 buggy tires and rims. Here is a link to his store. http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Supra-Sa...34Q2ec0Q2em322

If you go with 1/8 buggy tires you will probably need to cut a little of the body away. I have a set of back ordered adapters coming from Tower. They are the Integy ones for the Slash and I thought I would try them despite Integy's reputation LOL. It will be a while before I need them as my Slash is a shelf queen compared to yours LOL.

Anyways, I hope this helps or at least gives you another way to modify your Slash. I'm new to this hobby also and find all the mods highly interesting.

d.k.v

any pics of your truck dialed_in?

Dialed_In

My truck is still completely stock. It's the blue color and pretty boring. The wheel adapters will be the first mod I make but it will be a while before I use them. If you want a pic of a Slash with 1/8 buggy wheels have a look at the first link I posted in my last post. The adapters I bought are a gun metal color and I haven't decided which color rims to get.

I do have a small pic of my Slash and Mini-Quake on my profile page.

Congzilla

I have a nOOb question. When I got my Slash the suspension was pretty springy, now that it has some drive time on it when you push down on it, it stays down, even with the shocks off the a arm movement no longer feels smooth. I have taken all the pins out and cleaned it thoroughly but it didn't help. Is this common, if not what I can I do to fix it?

d.k.v

rebuild the shocks mabye?

Brainanator

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Thanks for the tip Dialed_in, I don't think I want to change to the buggy wheels yet, I like the look of the smaller ones that it already has. But that might be something useful later on.

A-Main sells the stock rear wheels for $23.91 shipped, will probably go that route.

Andyjk

Some photos of my Slash and my mates Bandit bashing.

And some photos of my Slash after I hit a sandstone boulder at full throttle.

ENJOY!

Dialed_In

Your welcome . I just thought I would mention it. As far as the size goes, the 1/8 buggy tires are only a little bit bigger.

d.k.v

Andyjk is that alloy?

Andyjk

Its a piece of Aluminiumthat I cut from a 0.5mm sheet

d.k.v

ok. kool