Build Thread Kyosho Fazer MK2 -2.0 Upgrade

[gragner66]

So nothing really trick done to the rearend. Other than normal bolt ons. Beefed up the rear diff with 2 more spider gears and metal outdrives, thick diff grease for better traction. Took out a lot of the loose sloppy feel. Used Kyosho CF shock tower Kyosho aluminum rear hub, sway bars. Yeah Racing an arm, dog bones, rear brace. ABSima shocks. TopCad diff cover.

 

[gragner66]

Looks great.

Thnx

 

[gragner66]

So I’ve run into the first major snag on this build. Trying to pair the Kyosho aluminum driveshaft to the aluminum Yeah Racing driveshaft couplers. Yeah Racing only offer a matching aluminum red driveshaft to their couplers for the short Kyosho chassis. I’m using the long chassis. So here is what I started with

 

[gragner66]

So the route I went was trying to widen the slots on the coupler at first

 

[gragner66]

I got that done then needed to hollow out the inside because the ball on end of the drive shaft was to big. It’s hard to tell with pics. But I shaved off the beveled portion. Started looking like there wasn’t gonna be enough aluminum to hold up to a brushless system

 

[gragner66]

So after filing things down this is what was still happening the ball still won’t slide in for being too big. There’s not enough aluminum to hold up removing more. So I went with the Kyosho HD cups. So maybe not as easy on the eyes but performance wise a win

 

[WickedFog]

Yeah, I would never use aluminum cups anyway. They would not hold up well at all. And sometimes, ya just gotta break up the bling. So in my opinion, it will be much better.

 

[gragner66]

Finally got the front steering hubs installed. There’s two ways to put ball joints in them. One is take them out of stock plastic hubs. Which needs a special tool or more less tear up hub removing them. Or order the steel ones and cover them with plastic guard.here is the end result. First pic is parts used second pic is everything installed

 

[gragner66]

Rain rain go away! Two days off and nothing but rain. So I work on some indoor stuff. At least it’s fun RC work. Or so I thought. Some days are just one step forward and two back. But a bad day of RC is better than a good day at wok right? So enough complaining.

 

[gragner66]

Like some other models the Fazer steering leaves a little to be desired. I thought I had solved this issue til I tore into the steering assembly. This pic shows what comes stock with the kit. It’s all plastic , flexes more than need so I went to work on it.

 

[gragner66]

So I replaced the top half with aluminum turnbuckles in hopes of solving steering woes. Once I got all of it out I find even more things to mess with the steering I replaced all the pieces up top with the aluminum ones below

 

[gragner66]

So now my plan is to get Kyosho’s metal servo saver and find a turnbuckle long enough to replace the thin silver metal rod that just lays in two holes and is held down in place by plastic which it rubs against all the time. The servo saver will replace all the plastic with aluminum.

 

[majin]

blown away, can't wait to see it finished

 

[gragner66]

So all in all wasn’t a bad day. I did go from top pic to middle pic. And got a new servo holder installed. Not sure why Kyosho went with those cups on steering knuckles to my insight they didn’t serve a purpose.

 

[gragner66]

Just a few pics of chassis thus far

 

[CertifiedMike]

Just a few pics of chassis thus far

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That Kyosho red and white looks nice!!!

 

[gragner66]

So after a closer look at my options on up grading the thin metal wire I think my option may need to be a 2/3mm sheet of carbon fiber or aluminum. The ball cups are gonna be too big and need too much shaved off to work. I think I’ll get the HD steering servo and take it from there

 

[gragner66]

So the steering has hit a wall for the time being. Carbon fiber brace won’t work either. Not enough room for moving parts. Unless really trimmed down to almost nothing. After more looking around the turnbuckle idea may work with the use of 1/18 ball ends instead of 1/10 scale. Gonna do some measuring and see

 

[gragner66]

It seems all the sudden there a few companies making hop ups for the Fazer. Power Hobbies has some red aluminum goodies for it now and Yeah Racing is adding stuff every few month or so. I hope someone has aluminum lower a arms in the near future for it!

 

[gragner66]

So I didn’t know this was an actual thing. I had an idea to put 2 calipers on one wheel. Just cause I could. Turns out some super cars have this set up. The body and over look of this build is to to be scale and realistic as possible. So her comes the Willwood brakes. I painted the calipers a bright red and dechromed the rotors with a bushes aluminum paint to look a little more real. Top is painted bottom is chrome