AWESOME mods/tips
 

If anybody has any of their favorite tips post them right about... here.
My favorite:
(ABSOLUTELY NO SOLDERING) If you go out to rat shack and get a single cell AA battery holder you can wire it up, run it for a few seconds (it will not move because of lack of power, but hold on), then disconnect the battery holder from the circut. Splice (twist) the wires back together and........... VOILA!!!! You now have the power of a 5 cell, but with the weight of a 4 cell!!!!!! Much faster than a plain 5 cell.

here's how you wire it:
1) find the wire that connects the two battery holders
2) cut it in the middle
3) strip it about half an inch on each end
4) strip both the (+) and (-) end of the battery holder's wires about half an inch
5) connect the + 5th battery wire to the wire running from the left battery compartment
6) connect the - 5th battery wire to the wire running from the right battery compartment
7) hit the gas for 20-30 seconds
8) disconnect the battery compartment
9) twist the wires back together
10) kick ass

Uh... Are you suggesting that you disconnect the stock batteries, hook up a single cell, then run it for 30 seconds, disconect the single cell and reconnect the original four cells, and then you'll have the power of five cells with only four?

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

ok besides the fact that that does NOT work whatsoever, you suggest that people hook up a single AA batt holder WITHOUT THE AA BATT right? then you "RUN" it without any voltage, right? and then all of a sudden, MAGICALLY extra volts come from NOWHERE to increase the speed of the xmod giving you the voltage of 5 batts..............c'mon :rolleyes: unless you plan to leave the 5th cell holder in there, this "TIP/MOD" is complete BS. haha,oh man i can't believe that you expect us to believe that..........so if your theory is true then, how about i use a 9v batt HOLDER? then i'll get the extra 9v? haha......geez, ur not a RS employee trying to get people to go out and buy single AA batt holders so that you could make a profit are you? even though you're probably not being paid on commission.
if you really want to increase your xmod's performance, ur not going to do it without a soldering iron .....besides a faster motor that won't fry your ESC from too much voltage draw.

ooops. sorry i forgot to mention that you do have one AAA in the AA battery holder. And no, it is not BS, not like someone else here. <cough> and i am NOT a f***in RS employee!!!! If you don't believe me, try it dingbats!!!!

Arguing on the internet is like running in the special olympics. Even if you win, you're still retarded.

Good call Rez.

....okayyyy now that makes more sense now doesn't it :rolleyes:

haha, oh man im really sorry about that:( im just really tired of people making up things to scam everyone else like: "ATTACH 2 9V TO YOUR CAR AND WATCH IT FLY!!!!!!! JUST BUY THIS XMODS NOS PACKAGE (CONTAINS 2 9V AND BATT HOLDERS) FOR $49.99!!!!" and stuff like that :rolleyes: as for the mod you suggest, i run a removeable 5th cell setup in my supra. i took the time to race my supra (w/o 5th cell) against my stock, unmodded RSX and i found no difference......hmmm. again im really sorry about my last post. maybe i'll look before i leap next time.....good god i sound like my father now:rolleyes:


haha, yeah thats true, yet i succumbed to it, oh well...........freedom of speech so HA :D

that's ok...i'm a fan of freedom of speech too :). i might have been scammed a couple times too:o so yours didn't work? hmmmm. when I had the fifth cell in place, the motor moved the car about 1 cm, and when the motor was out of the car but still connected, it needed a spin to get going, and then maxed out on 1/4 of it's top. So i disconnected it, and it flew! must be something in my car... it was completely stock when i started it. [EDIT] did you follow my attachment exactly ? [/EDIT]

yeah, my removable 5th cell mod is set up the same way......hm maybe its MY car.......lol oh well, i'll just leave the 5th cell in there anyways:rolleyes:

that's funny. anyways.......i have found another cool one:
if you need a new body, go to your local Michael's and get a 1:24 or 1:25 scale car. They usually fit right on with no molding or cutting needed. I have a Datsun 240z on there right now

no difference???
 

You didn't notice a difference in your RSX with a 5th cell???? Are you sure it was fully charged? I have 6 cells in my Supra and there is an ENORMOUS difference.

no difference??
 

well obviously i'm gonna notice a difference when i leave in the 5th cell. what the mod/tip that fuzzy2cell discovered was that you run the 5th cell then REMOVE it. afterwards it will run a bit faster. i have a removeable 5 cell setup in my supra and the thing flies. if i DISCONNECT the 5th cell, i didn't notice any speed increase when i compared it to my stock RSX (NO MODS).....however after trying the mod on my civic, i did notice a bit of an increase in speed

well look on the bright side u wont have to replace the batts as much

Guys, there's nothing to this mod. Hooking up a 5th cell, then removing it, will not make your 4 cell car go any faster. If you noticed any increase in speed, it was your imagination. If you have the equipment to prove me wrong, PLEASE do so. I'll hook up 50 cells and then run 4. :rolleyes:

well thats kind of dumb to go through with the mod and see no difference

Hey guys,I haven't posting here for a while, midterms 'n' such.
What fuzzy2cell says about adding a cell then removing it may actaully be , as hard as it is to believe. If you havethe original caps on the car, adding the cell will charge the cap, which is somewhat like a very small battery, empasis on SOMEWHAT. After you remove the battery, the cap will still hold the charge, and when you add the original batteries back into the circuit, the remaining voltage inside the cap will give you a added voltage. Now the problem is that this effect is VERY, VERY limited, since the rating of the cap can be seen as the "capacity" of this "battery", so any gains you see will be small, UNLESS....... :D you use a BIGGER cap!! :p :p

(if you plan on doing this mod, make sure you know the difference between a polarized cap and a unpolarized cap, this is VERY important, otherwise you car may :blift: off the ground when your cap explodes(seriously!!:())

oh. ok. well, i found out that it does not have the power of a 5 cell cause I stuck a 5th cell in the car, and raced it on the treadmill.

anyone else? ok. heres another one i found on the forums. For deep dish rims, first:
1) Remove lug nuts from wheels

2) Pull wheels off

3) Turn wheels around so the part you normally see is facing in

4) Put wheels back on in "Deep dish" form

5) Put lug nuts back on

In other words, turn the wheels around



To widen the wheels, just put washers between the wheels and the bearings