Newbie with alot of Questions

[Rodrick]

Sup guys and ladies (if there are any here) I have a couple of 1/10 scale cars but I been watching the 1/28 scale cars lately.I did alot of research on the net and at the LHS race track.I bought the red Supra Xmods.So far I learned alot from this board.

I want to know:
In the hobby class 1/10 scale cars the lower the motor turn= more speed and the higher the pinion teeth= more speed is that the same for the XMODS

What size are the wheel nuts and wheel shims? I saw someone say you can buy them from a hardware store cheaper.

Where's the best website to buy bearings,fets,and the the battery upgrades?

I seen fets with different numbers what does that mean.

I'm used to speed.My on-road car is doing mid-high 20's and my off-road truck is doing mid-high 30's.

Whats the biggest or fastest motor I can put in my Xmods without modding the motor area.I saw a lot of mini and micro motors on Tower Hobby,my LHS,& Ebay.I saw people saying good things about the 130 and 180 then in the same post I saw people saying bad things about the 130 and 180.Or should i go with a name brand motor like the T.O. stock?

I read the post "On how not to get ripped off" and I'm glad I did I was about to buy a few things from those sites.

Any help you guys can give me will be appreciated.

[SHIFT_DRIFT]

For speed, NML hand-wound motors work awsome.
Though it needs some stacked FETs or an external.
Externals take the place of a FET and are easier to install.
A good external is the "Woah Nelly" which is made by ph2t.
Prices rance from $25-$40 and require original FETs to be removed and the external soldered in.

The thing about the motors and pinion is right.
And for these cars, anything under 45 turns is a modified motor.

6 Celling is treally easy too, just do a simple search.

[Rodrick]

thanx SHIFT_DRIFT for the info but where can i find NML hand-wound motors an the "Woah Nelly"

[SHIFT_DRIFT]

The member "ph2t" who makes the Woah Nelly does stuff on AusMicro.com and a few other sites...

Search for the No Motor Limit site, i forgot it. ^,^

[Rodrick]

thanx again SHIFT_DRIFT i found the NML website

[SHIFT_DRIFT]

Weeeeeeee!
I see you live in Houston!
Do you know of any hobby shops that sell Mini Z's and parts?
I went to Yamato's and RC Hobby shop, both diddn't have a thing on Mini Zs.

[Rodrick]

There's one kinda close to me [/url] they even have [url=http://www.mmhobby.com/html/mini_z.html]mini-z races.I went by there today looking for Mini-z motors and the sales person told me he was out of mini-z items.

[viperdout]

www.whoanelly.com or www.whoanelly.com.au (can't remember which). Good luck with your xmod!

[rssjib]

Rodrick -

I am from the Houston area as well.
I have been to MM Hobby, too. Kind of expensive, though...

A good place to buy parts and learn about XMODS is AtomicMods.com. If fact, Rob (owner) is from Baytown...

Anyway, lots of good parts, motors, Li-Ion batteries, etc. Also, lots of how-to segments. There is a big FAQ section on his website, too. You can email and normally he will answer you within minutes during regular business hours.

They sell good motors--the 130SS and the Hi-Torque 180S are bad-ass motors. I have one of each on two different Li-Ion cars. The Li-Ions make the XMODS blaze...you should try them out.

Check out the site. It is informative, and the service is top-notch.

Later, and good luck...

[Rodrick]

Thanx rssjib I did a XMODS search on AOL and came across AtomicMods.com they have alot of nice stuff but they kinda expensive to me I'm not a racer I just like to play/bash.