I spent most of last night squeezing the Kawada's steering setup, servo, Rx, and ESC onto a Mini-Z chassis. I had to cut the battery plugs off the ES-01, and soldered on a pair of rings to the wires, so they are connected to the chassis in the same way the mini-z PCB. I shaved the ribs off the inside of the Z chassis; the inside walls are flat and the receiver slides in (just about). I am using the Tripmate knuckles on the Z kingpins, and the servo from the mini-x, on it's side, with a tab sliced off. They are a little wide; they bind a little, so I'll try the Tripmate pins tonight. I also had to cut away some of the stock bulkhead to allow the servo horn to move freely. I attached the plug I cut off the ESC to a stock Kyosho motor as the Tripmate motor didn't fit kyosho mount. Unfortunately, neither of my cameras are working at the moment, so I'll fire up the scanner tonight to give you a better idea of what I have done. I now have a Tripmate chassis minus electronics and steering, and a mini-z ESC with a servo in a bag, and a FM Mini-Z...
I just need to get another FM Rx and steering kit to get the Tripmate running again, (ESC on its way....
)I might rob the receiver in my micro, but that would be defeating the purpose... I'm probably gonna order a ball diff from this site soon, and move everything back to the Kawada... I suppose the next mods will be: swap the motor for something hotter (still have a pair of Neos and a BB can waiting to be used, ) and possibly another cell or two...
Watch this space...
Cian