Build Thread My Slash 2wd build 2.0

[CJSRCLIFE]

Just buy an Arrma and race it then. No mods.
The race sounds fun!

I have 3 Arrmas so far an 8s Outcast EXB, Felony and my little 3s Vendetta also plan to get a 223s Senton, a Kraton 6s EXB V6 and maybe a Limitless V2 someday. I'm gonna stop buying Traxxas vehicles since i already have owned a lot of them and i want to what i still have going. I also plan to maybe get a couple TLR race buggies and a Losi 5ive-T 2.0 maybe someday.

 

[CertifiedMike]

I have 3 Arrmas so far an 8s Outcast EXB, Felony and my little 3s Vendetta also plan to get a 223s Senton, a Kraton 6s EXB V6 and maybe a Limitless V2 someday. I'm gonna stop buying Traxxas vehicles since i already have owned a lot of them and i want to what i still have going. I also plan to maybe get a couple TLR race buggies and a Losi 5ive-T 2.0 maybe someday.

I have mixed feelings about Arrma right now.
I love my Gorgon but my Granite 3s, not so much.
The new TLR stuff will prob be real nice if it ever gets released!

 

[CJSRCLIFE]

I have mixed feelings about Arrma right now.
I love my Gorgon but my Granite 3s, not so much.
The new TLR stuff will prob be real nice if it ever gets released!

My Vendetta had diff trouble until i got them shimmed and refilled with fluid also basically rebuilt the back to almost RTR spec except for the servo, servo saver and the Hoons tires but overall i now love that car. My Felony has been a beast but awfully slow with it's current electronics considered buying back a stock combo for it. My Outcast 8s EXB absolute beast of a truck performed and drove amazing when it had electronics in it but can't seem to get settled on replacement electronics like a stock combo from the new RTR or go big with that 12s Max 5 G2\800kv combo. All awesome cars and one thing i now love with Horizon vehicles at least for me now i don't have to immediately replace the receivers since i have my DX6C and eventually i'll have my iXSR.

 

[luke66]

I have mixed feelings about Arrma right now.
I love my Gorgon but my Granite 3s, not so much.
The new TLR stuff will prob be real nice if it ever gets released!

The 3S rigs are rough until you get the diffs figured out. After that they're pretty darn sweet!

TLR stuff would be nice. I'm expecting a Cybertruck-like waiting time though. (Maybe closer to the Roadster? Only 5 years late lol)

 

[CJSRCLIFE]

The 3S rigs are rough until you get the diffs figured out. After that they're pretty darn sweet!

TLR stuff would be nice. I'm expecting a Cybertruck-like waiting time though. (Maybe closer to the Roadster? Only 5 years late lol)

pretty much what i went through with my Vendetta also had to deal with the ESC having LVC kicking in too early but after i updated the firmware through the PC app and the Spektrum v2 programmer maybe it work all right. Also bought $10 worth of Arrma shims for the stock diffs and got them shimmed front and rear then finally put in a Spektrum AVC receiver to pair with my DX6C and this car almost completely transformed into my favorite 3s car. Although the stock 100a ESC tends to run a little hot sometimes so maybe someday i might upgrade to a different combo or just get an Kraton\Outcast 4s 120a ESC and keep the stock motor.

 

[CertifiedMike]

Its not the diffs tho. Bearings, axle shaft and a new set of wheels so far... I need to buy a couple more parts for it. It will either work out or it won't. I'm not going to stress over it too much.
I bought it to bash but it doesn't want bash without breaking. For my purposes, thats useless.
I already money pit cars. The Granite will never become that for me. If it won't bash as it was designed, I'll sell it and buy one that does.
I bought this truck so I WOULDN'T have to bash my race buggies.
I don't want to put money (or time) into a truck that gets hammered in my back yard.
There are lots of RC's out there that can run 3s all day and not have drama. THAT is what I want for my basher.
There are lots of ppl who say the Granite is great once its all upgraded to 4s parts. Arrma should have built it that way if thats true.
Its not just my experience. Other ppl here have had similar experience with the Granite 3s. I think the big tires on the 3s chassis just push it to its limits.

 

[luke66]

Its not the diffs tho. Bearings, axle shaft and a new set of wheels so far... I need to buy a couple more parts for it. It will either work out or it won't. I'm not going to stress over it too much.
I bought it to bash but it doesn't want bash without breaking. For my purposes, thats useless.
I already money pit cars. The Granite will never become that for me. If it won't bash as it was designed, I'll sell it and buy one that does.
I bought this truck so I WOULDN'T have to bash my race buggies.
I don't want to put money (or time) into a truck that gets hammered in my back yard.
There are lots of RC's out there that can run 3s all day and not have drama. THAT is what I want for my basher.
There are lots of ppl who say the Granite is great once its all upgraded to 4s parts. Arrma should have built it that way if thats true.
Its not just my experience. Other ppl here have had similar experience with the Granite 3s. I think the big tires on the 3s chassis just push it to its limits.

They finally did upgrade it to 4S spec with the new 223S models, but too little, too late.
If you ever decide you're done with trying to save the Granite LMK. I've always wanted to see how bad they actually can be. I had a Typhon 3S back in the day and struggled with it. I've always wondered if I've learned enough since then to make a Arrma 3S offroad rig work right.

 

[CJSRCLIFE]

I had an idea to get a new Senton 223s to see if it could be better than my Slash 4x4 Ultimate. My slash has upgraded Hobbywing Max 10 SCT\3,200kv combo now that it's geared to a 14 tooth pinion it's now awesome. I'm not sure how the Senton will do if i get one i heard some people have issues with the 2 in 1 combos going into LVC too early similar to what my Vendetta did and some have had issues with upgrading to the newer Spektrum issues. Idk but it makes me unsure if i want to get one or not.

 

[Lukedavis]

2 of my friends have 3s arrma's, one a big rock, and the other a vorteks. The big rock takes some massive hits, the same with the vorteks. Me, on the other hand, when I had an OG senton 3s, that thing was a pile of garbage. Every time I would hit the throttle, the diffs obliterated themselves. And don't even get me started on that stupid 50mm long screw or some stupid length that would always get trapped in the threads and strip the head. And the shocks, garbage. Mind you, I was running my Max10 G2 with a 2400kv motor on 3s. Nothing about that truck was good except for its looks.

 

[luke66]

2 of my friends have 3s arrma's, one a big rock, and the other a vorteks. The big rock takes some massive hits, the same with the vorteks. Me, on the other hand, when I had an OG senton 3s, that thing was a pile of garbage. Every time I would hit the throttle, the diffs obliterated themselves. And don't even get me started on that stupid 50mm long screw or some stupid length that would always get trapped in the threads and strip the head. And the shocks, garbage. Mind you, I was running my Max10 G2 with a 2400kv motor on 3s. Nothing about that truck was good except for its looks.

My problem with my Typhon 3S was the A arms and shock shafts kept breaking whenever I hit ANYTHING at ANY speeds. Very rough. The center driveshaft, servo, and diff stripping was the point I decided to sell the junk heap. I got a decent amount of $ for it though

 

[CertifiedMike]

They finally did upgrade it to 4S spec with the new 223S models, but too little, too late.
If you ever decide you're done with trying to save the Granite LMK. I've always wanted to see how bad they actually can be. I had a Typhon 3S back in the day and struggled with it. I've always wondered if I've learned enough since then to make a Arrma 3S offroad rig work right.

You might want to pin this in case I forget!
Just blast it back to me every week or so.

 

[luke66]

You might want to pin this in case I forget!
Just blast it back to me every week or so.

I probably shouldnt lol.

I'll let you pin it if you actually think it's worth pinning

 

[CertifiedMike]

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[luke66]

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Okey dokey then.

Now lets give David back his thread lol. I've gotten very good at tanking peoples build threads.

 

[DavidB1126]

Rebuilt these shocks. 40wt rear 35wt front and ill see how it does. Ill adjust with preload clips from there. And also glued up carpet tires to the better DE wheels. Learned my lesson and others can take note. If you want to use Traxxas SCT wheels, you HAVE to use either Traxxas Dual stage SCT inserts OR open cell inserts. Closed cell inserts do NOT like Traxxas wheels due to the odd design.

Otherwise it looks clean

 

[DavidB1126]

I know I haven't updated this in a long time but there's really nothing much new with the car but I will be doing a full hardcore rebuild on it soon sometime. Since I ran it at the beach a few weeks ago and need some new parts for it. But if you want to see the running photos check it out here:

https://www.rctalk.com/forum/threads/rcing-at-the-beach.146850/

Needing a new esc mount (just getting RPM castle esc cage and using only the bottom part), esc fan, and a new body, badly. Especially on the body part. Lol.

But, came over here to update this on tire wise. Think I found a good next tire when I decide to get new ones. P-L BFG A/T KO2's. Same compound as the Hyrax's I've been running, open cell, will fit on the Traxxas SCT wheels with no issues, but only 1mm shorter and less wide than the Hyrax's but no biggie. The Hyrax's are getting worn down to the point I get stuck in the grass, although they hook up super well still on the concrete and asphalt. Ever since I got tall SC tires, standard SC tires on this truck look super small. Lol. Anyways, what you think? Good tire/tread to hook up in grass like the Hyrax's? Trying to find a tall SC tire is pretty hard these days.

I was thinking on going with the Trencher T 2.2 trucks. as I ran trucks on SCT before and I do like the wide stance/look, but the thing with stadium truck, especially 2.2s, is that there isn't much realistic kind of wheels out there with actual spokes. Its just mostly mono or dish wheels due to racing. And also, you have to cut around the body/fender wells more with wide truck tires, than taller SCT's sooo...

 

[luke66]

Those look mean! Should be a good replacement.

 

[DavidB1126]

Been a while. Just got in a new shell. Just cut and mounted it up. Will paint it once I get a restock of painters tape after I do some harbor frieght and other places runs. Lol. But, new color scheme this time. Going back to one of the schemes I did a long while back. Black out front, faded into red, or atleast Ill try to do that way. If not, black for the front and cab and right after the cab to the back of the body, red. Should be killer.
Also I decided that for basher tires, I'll just go with a cheap set of TRX BFGs (standard compound) from Jenny's as its 1) cheap 2) doesn't require lots of trimming of the wheel wells. The BFG KO2 PL's above, they look mean but quite expensive for a set and I have to trim out ALOT of the front wheel wells/fenders for the body, making it look ultra weird when I go back for regular SCT setup for the track so... Yea.
Also put a set of shocks back on here since I was testing shocks with the rustler. On this truck, settled for Ultra shocks rear, just freshly rebuilt with 30wt, aluminum caps, and TiNi shafts. Fronts are the big bores like seen before. The ultra shocks makes the big bores from traxxas look like a scam. The ultra shocks are more smoother than the big bores. Lol. But next update, the body will be painted. Just put on the carpet set of tires since its the season for it but not sure when Ill take it to the track next.

Oh yea totally forgot, got new RPM nerf bars/side guards. and got a replacement HW 25mm fan for the esc.

 

[DavidB1126]

New body lookin fresh! (Don't mind the over spray)

Testing at the clay track last month with rear Ultra shocks, no preload, 30wt oil, stock springs. Very plush, soft. and stays very planted in harsh turns! Think it fixed my issue I was having. Fronts are using what I have been running, Big Bores, red springs, 35wt, 1 med preload spacer. Dialed.

Haven't really ran it on track since. But I do have my main carpet setup on the car. Looks like I took out the front preload to get the ride height low enough. Should be ultra dialed. Also something I just did today and Ill see on how it works this weekend, I did electrical tape on the front tires, on the sidewalls and covering 2 rows of pins on the outer side of the tire. Should help it not traction roll as much. Seen other people do the same and it works out pretty well. Considering I have the most grippy carpet tires out there. (Schuey mini pins. Blue compound. would've been more crazy if I went with the yellows. lol)

I have gotten new 3S packs, because they were on sale, lol. So I had to run them in this after I got them. Just ran them off of storage charge since it was too cold but had a burner set of tires on. Man. 3s x 4000kv x 23/86 gearing is FAST. Theoretically, it can do 50mph, I know that. But it ain't as it will catch air at about half throttle so... And, no load RPM is around 54k I believe if I remember how to do math. Surprisingly the motor stayed pretty cool for the whole run (about 10ish minutes as I was freezing) 1 tires tread got smoked, while the other rear tire got blown apart. Good times. Need to find a cheap set of belted tires. Was looking into those PowerHobby Slayer SCT tires on the Amazons.

 

[RustyUs]

I like the black and red color scheme.
Interesting connection. First time I've seen low profile bullets used like that.