10-28-2004, 04:48 PM
|
|
Nope, you're the first to ask!!
I mounted mine on the right rear frontmost hole for the rear deck plate, a little hard to describe.............you may be able to see it on the attached pic.
Thanks for kudos!!!!!!!
|
10-28-2004, 04:49 PM
|
|
lost the pic.............
|
10-28-2004, 07:45 PM
|
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Edmond, OK
Posts: 34
|
|
After I posted that question I took some carbon fiber plate that I had laying around and made mear a cuatom rear deck that basically looks similar to the original but much lighter. It only goes inbetween the suspension towers and the goes around the heatsink on one side and fastens to the rear nylon standoff via the supplied long screws that you supply for the stock battery holders (that I didn't use). It worked out really well. This allows the antenna to be mounted in the same area as originally.
That is a good idea to mount the antenna to the tower though. lol! I wish I had seen this post before all that work. haha. O well. It looks cool.
No problem on the props! I am not quick with compliments, usually, but when something is as well done as this was, It does no good not to say something.
Thanks for the tip,
|
10-28-2004, 09:09 PM
|
|
Yeah we thought about a rear plate just to stabilize the 2 suspension towers, but I for one was drained by the chassis development and put off new items till the new year.........
A word of caution, CF is very conductive, do not mount/screw any condutive wires to CF, especially the antenna wire, unless the exposed wire is isolated. This can be done with nylon/plastic hardware, just as long as the screws/wire do not touch the CF.
You must have one the rare Silver Tex chassis's, very sweet, post some pics!!!!!
|
10-28-2004, 09:17 PM
|
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Edmond, OK
Posts: 34
|
|
Quote:
Yeah we thought about a rear plate just to stabilize the 2 suspension towers, but I for one was drained by the chassis development and put off new items till the new year.........
|
Cool, I understand. I will buy one (probably many) when you decide to tackle it.
Quote:
A word of caution, CF is very conductive, do not mount/screw any condutive wires to CF, especially the antenna wire, unless the exposed wire is isolated. This can be done with nylon/plastic hardware, just as long as the screws/wire do not touch the CF.
|
Yeah. I found this out the hard way doing my first try at a chassis! Fried the inductors good... like chicken, except it didn't smell as good. lol.
Quote:
You must have one the rare Silver Tex chassis's, very sweet, post some pics!!!!!
|
I love it too. I will post some pics as soon as I can.
BTW, have you made a Silver Tex Pro Mod Upgrade? I bought the CF one, but would love for it to match.
|
10-29-2004, 05:42 PM
|
|
allaboutav, you've got mail.........
|
11-09-2004, 02:15 PM
|
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Edmond, OK
Posts: 34
|
|
Pics of the installed chassis
|
11-09-2004, 09:07 PM
|
|
|
11-29-2004, 04:05 PM
|
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: st. louis, missouri
Posts: 21
|
|
silver tex
Hey zero-man, does the silver textalium chassie conduct electricity like the carbon fiber chassie?
|
11-29-2004, 04:49 PM
|
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Edmond, OK
Posts: 34
|
|
Yes it does, but the kit he puts together comes with nylon standoffs for the support columns which helps with weight and some conductivity issues vs the CF kit. The CF kit you have to use some heatshrink to cover the metal standoffs so you don't fry anything.
|
12-03-2004, 01:02 AM
|
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 98
|
|
does the 1.5mm CF Chassis come with the nylon standoffs? im kinda scared about frying my electronics also, will it work with li-ions? cause it looks like the li-ions might rub against those metal standoffs
__________________
XMOD Yellow Skyline
AWD
Wide Track Bearings
IC-3
Soft Front, Monoshock
Hard Treaded
NML Stage 10, blue Gear
Carbon Fiber Driveshaft
Last edited by YeLLoW GT-R R34; 12-03-2004 at 01:15 AM.
|
12-03-2004, 08:24 AM
|
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Edmond, OK
Posts: 34
|
|
Quote:
does the 1.5mm CF Chassis come with the nylon standoffs? im kinda scared about frying my electronics also, will it work with li-ions? cause it looks like the li-ions might rub against those metal standoffs
|
As of this writing I don't believe the CF chassis ships with nylon. They are metal. The instruction set that is posted on his site says to use heatshrink to wrap the metal ones first before mounting anything to the car. If you do the heatshrink then, Lithiums work great on these chassis's. That's what I am running on my mine.
|
12-03-2004, 09:43 AM
|
Micro R/C'er in Da Burgh
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Pittsburgh
Posts: 243
|
|
Li Polys don't fit at all. The battery slots are in the way.
__________________
Smaller models, more control
|
12-03-2004, 09:47 AM
|
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Edmond, OK
Posts: 34
|
|
ions fit mine fine. I used a small amount of silicone to secure them to the chassis. I haven't used poly's. Are they significantly larger?
|
12-03-2004, 02:33 PM
|
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 98
|
|
hmm did you use the quick kit or pro kit?
__________________
XMOD Yellow Skyline
AWD
Wide Track Bearings
IC-3
Soft Front, Monoshock
Hard Treaded
NML Stage 10, blue Gear
Carbon Fiber Driveshaft
|
Thread Tools |
|
Display Modes |
Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:42 AM.
|
|