My Kraton 6S EXB

[olds97_lss]

I got this when the rollers were on sale in November 2021 and intended on building it up over the winter for next season. I got most of the stuff for it before it got too cold to run it, so I was able to get a couple bash sessions on it anyway.
Kraton 6S EXB Roller
Max6 with Surpass 35mm alloy framed fan
Rocket 4092 1650kv - 19T pinion and TRB hybrid ceramic bearings
NHX dual 30mm fan motor cooler with alloy framed fans and generic fan guards
M2C rear tower brace
3D RC wing mount - red
3D RC front bumper spring - black, then later got the red one when it was in stock
Backflip MT's wrapped
ProbodyRC Body
hobbystar hcs-4521 servo
v2 outcast servo saver (with red loctite)
Lunsford tie rods - broke a stock one 35 seconds into the first run, my fault for overstacking the stock servo saver spring
PPS motor mount/cover/front center diff support - moved the old mount to my outcast
Changed all diffs to open diffs and running 100k/500k/100k oil.
T-Bone rear skid/wheelie bar
Bearings for steering posts

When I got it, 11/15/2021:

Couple weeks later when some of the stuff showed up, 12/01/2021:

Started working on it, 12/07/2021:

Got a HR clone center diff cover, thought it was an actual HR one, 12/20/2021:

Lunsford tie rods, 12/21/2021:

My wife got me the PPS motor mount system for Christmas, 12/25/2021:

ProbodyRC body finally showed up, ordered it shortly after getting the truck, 12/28/2021

Got the body cut, stickered and installed, also got the red 3DRC front bumper spring and some roof skids off ebay, 01/09/2022:

How it is now, changed the pinion to a 20T, not sure if that will be too high and cause the motor to run hot. 01/09/2022:

 

[slowngreen]

Looks awesome, bet it RIPS!!!

 

[Doom!]

Beastly!!!

 

[olds97_lss]

Meant to post my first bash video with it. I literally broke it 35 seconds into the first run. Clipped a buddies truck as I was flying by. I had the stock servo saver in it, but used C-clips to compress the spring. I put too many in and the spring couldn't compress hardly at all on impact. Lucky it didn't break my servo. I put my old original outcast servo saver in it and red loctited it later. I have a HR locking one in my outcast currently, but it's more trouble than it was worth. I replaced the tierods with lunsford also. Probably dumb... but kind of trying to set this thing up to be tough as nails.

First bash:

Second:

Third and last bash before it got really cold:

 

[olds97_lss]

My wife got me an M2C chassis and HW 4985/1650kv motor for me for my b-day. Hoping I can gear it up a little without running into heat issues. I had a 19T pinion on the rocket 4092/1650kv. It did ok, but I wanted a bit more speed. I put a 21T on this to start. Will see how that does when things warm up.

While replacing the chassis, I found that my rear bulkhead was messed up, so I replaced that as well. She also got me the M2C ackerman bar, but mine still looks ok, so I'll just keep it as a spare. My outcast has a Scorched RC titanium one in it for a few years and it's held up fine.

The fan holder is a powerhobby 47-49mm holder that will support a couple 30mm or 40mm fans. I drilled a couple 2mm holes through one of the struts on the holder for zipties so I could hold the fan wires and motor wires separate there at the leg. I ordered these 40mm fans over a month ago to try, along with the covers. I also ordered a few of the 30mm fans to try out. The seem to push a lot of air at 7.2V, even 6V wasn't too bad. Will see how they hold up to chassis slaps vs the surpass hobby fans I usually run.