RC4WD Blazer V8

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FREEDOM83

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Finally it arrived !!!

What an illusion to see the box:

Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

And I start to take out, first a pair of jellies for the V8, some pulleys and the ignition, they did not have more sweets in stock ...


Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

Nothing else open, a little screw to the ground, we'll see if it is missing somewhere or it comes from more:

Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

Wet does not come hehe :

Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

The bags with details and paraphernalia vary :

Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

Another bag with wall and battery charger NIMH:

Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

And the transmiter , which comes prepared with the third channel for winch:

Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

I take it out of the box, well protected comes for the compact that is the box and what it includes. First impression, and although I had seen the body live more times, not so the v8 and the r4, but more beautiful live than in the truth photo, used to buy cars, the truth that has surprised me pleasantly:


Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

The wheels, precious the truth, the screws and elacabado with the front locks:

Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

And the backs the different cap:

Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

And what I most expected to see, the V8 with the R4 and the double front shock absorber, quality finishes and detail, impressed me I'm really jejeje, win live:


Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

For the time being it's everything, it's a workshop, first to change the yota1 for some yota2 with ballistic caps and change wheels hehehe, then more things that I'll tell you.

Test the wheels:



Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr



Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr



Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr



And the axes that will lead to the wait:



Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

I changed the fuel tank for one of alu in red from RC4WD:



Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr



I have advanced the servo to be able to decorate the motor hole with the RC4WD pulleys and ornaments:



Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr



I have mounted the Yota2 of RC4WD with the ballistic diff covers of RC4WD, more elegant and with the direction behind the axle . I had thought of another system with forwarding but like that is enough. I have also removed the smaller leaf spring in front and back, I have mounted soft springs in rear shock that include them as OEM and in the front suspension I have left one of the shock absorbers on each side without a spring. It is softer and it twists easier, it has won a lot:



Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr



Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr



by alberto espinosa, en Flickr



Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr



Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr



Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr



Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr



Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr



Another detail that I had kept at home, the RC4WD hub nuts Mikey Thomson:



Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

sgtlt;5814080 said:
awesome truck, really liking the upgrades

And there are still many ... hehehe

A few more things, I needed urgent help and take the opportunity to ask for the bull bar:



Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr



Some pictures more hehehe:



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Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr



Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

After a long time, I will assemble the accessories

Rc4wd v8 extra parts install by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

Radiator , distributor , water pump , pulley kit , thermostat , exhaust headers ...

Rc4wd v8 extra parts install by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

Rc4wd v8 extra parts install by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

Rc4wd v8 extra parts install by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

Rc4wd v8 extra parts install by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

1 of the 4 radiator clamps was broken so it only takes 3

Rc4wd v8 extra parts install by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

Rc4wd v8 extra parts install by alberto espinosa, en Flickr
And after assembling everything, without instructions of anything, following the photos of the web of rc4wd, when mounting the body, the wall in front of the dashboard makes butt with the distributor and can not be mounted without cutting the body
Rc4wd v8 extra parts install by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

Rc4wd v8 extra parts install by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

And bull bar :

Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

Well, year after year we are putting hours on the Blazer who is still a virgin ......

Finally, the front suspension is moved, with no spring in any place and I have changed the turrets sideways because if not, the shock absorbers did not work well. I have also disassembled the V8 again because when changing the ignition distributor the spark plug wires had to be changed too and for this we had to disassemble the manifolds. Once everything is in order, a retightening of screws that comes from a loose source, and also grease as God commands that they are very fair in grease, at least for my taste.

Some workshop photos:

Here everything is taken out:

89C90988-6E47-42D8-8417-CBBED0E11293 by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

IMG_1075 by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

Here you see that it is necessary to remove manifolds for the cables:

E8729EBF-D924-45D8-9318-E801DE01D43D by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

Here we can see where the shock absorber should coincide so that it works as it should and where the turrets are as standard:

572EDE5B-1A46-452B-AF8D-09FADE007376 by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

So when you turn around, they look like this and work like a vice:

BDA34D56-559B-4D78-A87B-437EB37E089C by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

A photo of the R4 broken down jjejejejje:

IMG_1132 by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

I have to add that the front suspension did not move at all unless you took the car with one hand and the axle with the other, with the car's own weight it did not move even a millimeter, now it has about 2-3cm of travel, less than the shock absorbers allow, or higher turrets are placed or 25% of the shock absorber travel is lost

Things are still coming, and more that will come, after a fight via mail with the RC4WD after-sales service, in the end they make me an account on their website for future orders in their online store, just as I said The bad, I say the good, excellent after-sales service the truth, at the moment, with more fight or less, every problem has done something to solve it, so I can be happy that almost 2 years later, they have had a commercial attention and it is Very much appreciated.



Some gummies that will be for another but they arrived:



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IMG_1223 by alberto espinosa, en Flickr



And the rear leaf brackets, to prevent it from snagging:



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IMG_1266 by alberto espinosa, en Flickr



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IMG_1274 by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

More work, I changed the electronics, a servo from 38kg to 6v with the hobbywing 1080 ESC. Motor I have left the same to see that. I have put more elegant covers to the cables in the part that is seen under the hood. With this configuration everything has entered the aluminum tank and I have been able to remove the tray from the middle.

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Released !!! Pleasantly surprised on the ground, very happy

Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

I leave a photo of Saturday in the hangout, I did not make a cabpar, this happened to me Tiko ... hehehe

Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

Here the result of the hangout hehehehe, it already has character!

Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr

And now I get inside:

Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr
 
2 of the emblems that I requested for the vanquish, I have put them on the Blazer, I did not want to load the Vanquish anymore and being chrome metallic, the Blazer is also very good.

Although I know how deformed, it is because of the brightness of the chrome, but these anagrams are beautiful, there are for more models: http://club5racing.com/
Sin título by alberto espinosa, en Flickr
 
The order is FANATICRC with a gift mask !!

Untitled by alberto espinosa, on Flickr

Seeing how it works with a Blazer body, I have decided to mount a Hilux, which surely goes better hehehe, now it is dremel and sierra ...:

Here is the difference in size, I do not have a scale, but the blazer, it weighs a lot and is huge lol

Untitled by alberto espinosa, on Flickr

Untitled by alberto espinosa, on Flickr

Untitled by alberto espinosa, on Flickr

Untitled by alberto espinosa, on Flickr

I have only put the body in its place and the first problems begin hehehehe another day more calmly I start with it to see if I can lower the body more, it is my idea from the beginning:

Here glue the glass support and central dashboard with the air filter:

Untitled by alberto espinosa, on Flickr

and also, by height it is already sticking the filter in the hood, and the servo protrudes too far in front because it has the radiator:

Untitled by alberto espinosa, on Flickr

There will be more progress soon
 
The bars of aliexpress have arrived, I had others in their day in another hilux and they were much thinner, also the height, for my taste a bit tall, but this way they will protect more clearly. In the photos on aliexpress it comes with a Comanche body, but for that they would be small and do not fit well, although in the hilux, the rear supports, I had to fold them inwards so that they do not support the wheel arches, since the 4 support points are at the same height. For the rest they fit, they are 12 @ with shipping and include 6 LEDs and the 6 corresponding bulbs, I have not proven even if they are all white or if they are some red, I will tell you, for now some superimposed photos:



Untitled by alberto espinosa, on Flickr



Untitled by alberto espinosa, on Flickr



And taking advantage of the shipment I asked for some Chanquish, we will see in which car they go hehehe:





Untitled by alberto espinosa, on Flickr
 
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