Shoot Mike an email, he can help you out.

Mike Please Help me..!? I want that custom chassis with the slipperential...

any suggestions would be great...

2280, MGM 24.160, 24 cells or 8S lipo...
Mikes custom Chassis.. FLM Style.. w/ slipperential..
Flextek Suspension arms...
*4 Proline power stroke.. ( I already have)
front & rear FLM hybrid bulks with hotbodies Diff or someting better and cheaper.....
front & rear FLM shock towers..
CVDS... would the LST or genesis cvd work on the maxx... or would I get the Titanium ones from supermaxx..
Integy Super duty II steering knuckles...
Pro-line servo saver..
Titanium turnbuckles and hinge pins..
23mm hex adapters... Cen Genesis LE wheels/tire...
ANCM front and rear bumper & Skidplates... or Titanium Skids and FLM front and rear bumpers...
HS5955 for steering...
*willl be using my 3pk system... or should I get the new telemetry DSMs?...
and an extra 9XL just to have around the house...
2 x 4S 8000mAh Maxamps packs...
and the pinion gears to use.. etc...

How much would this cost me from you Mike, if I got EverythinG from you?...

Yah, I agree Capt... I'm just tryin' to get Mike's attention... I've shot him 2 emails.. already.. my next step is to drive down 10 hours and ask him to build it... :)

He would appreciate you being there.. that's for sure.. LOL

Hey Serum, didn't you get Maxxler to build you a custom chassis?.... Does he have a cnc mill?....

Maxxler.. Djeez.. I dunno.. LOL Yeah, maxxler has got topnotch CNC mill.. LOL but he is very, very busy at this moment. He is still going to school which is absorbing most of his time.

Correct i have a CNC, but i think Mike will do a great job so no help from me will needed.

I would say i'm not so busy but the day has only not enough hours^^
No my time i can spent for the hobby is limited but i think this problem haas all guys here.


@aqwut: I'm sure Mike will your dreams make true!

perhaps he can make you a lower version of the frame he did for the German distributor.

Man, do I feel hungry.

Food hungry? or hungry for power?

the guys at kershaw Emailed me saying they have some kind of center diff with slipper on it also.... I'm anxious to see what that is.... but that slipperential looks so awesome.... maybe instead of the new RC, I should get a mill instead.. :)

Taig has these mini manual mills for around $1500.. and around $2000 for cnc... I gotta do something.... I already have my bags packed... headin' to Mikes Later today.. :) j/k

LOL say hi to Mike!

having a mill is one thing, knowing how to handle a CNC is a different bag.. It's hard to find it out if you don't have got anyone to puppy-train you..

oh well.. I give up... He must be very busy.... There goes my dreams... ...
CVDs.... anything better than the Unlimited Engineering Ti w/ 8mm?... cuz that's just way too expensive...

UE steel cvds with 8mm axles are much cheaper and much stronger.

so they're stronger?.... cool... they're thicker than the MIP ones right? Because I've worn out many MIP ones.... I wonder if the Genesis or LST CVDs would fit... they're pretty thick.. I don't wanna use my custom 10mm anymore... just too heavy..

The UE 8mm cvd's are the toughest I've seen. Even the 6mm UE's are plenty tough.

LST shafts are not thick?

the difference between the UE 6 and 8mm is only the output shaft..(the part that mounts to the hex./wheel one is 6, while the other is 8mm. you also need knuckles that fit the bearings needed for the 8mm's.

You are correct.

That is why I have UE 6mm. I have the 15mm racer-X knuckles. Ever see a 8mm x 15mm bearing? I haven't! I've wondered if it it possible to bore out the knuckles to accept a 16mm bearing but it looks to me like Robin reshaped the 16mm knuckles and enlarged the bore rather than just enlarging the bearing bore alone.

hmm... I guess I'll just stick to the 6mm to save the hassle... but doesn't the rpm knuckles support the 16mm bearings?...

Actually, there are two types of bearings used in the supermaxx:
The ones most people use are the 8x16x5mm and the ones used with the six mm axles are the 6x16x5mm.
Almost all buggies and truggies uses the 8x16x5mm bearings. I did not go for it, simply because I thought that the 6x16x5 incorporates larger balls and thus, they are more corrosion resistant.
I think the 8x16x5 ones has smaller balls.

Yeah, I guess that makes a lot of sense.... Having bigger balls is better.. :)

It could be a matter of a thicker wall around the balls.

Procharged; the 15x8x5 bearings are impossible.. Very true.. the only option i could think of was to either make the holes bigger or get 15X10 bearings and make inserts for them.. (which is a relative weak bearing)

what size are the rollerblade bearings?... the ABEC1, 3, 5, 7

No, they do not support 16mm bearings, only 15mm.

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http://www.rpmrcproducts.com/product...2.htm#knuckles

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Actually Captain, there are (3) types used in Supermaxx Racer-X and EXT steering knuckles. You neglected to mention the 6mm x 15mm x 5mm bearings. Robin later upgraded the knuckles by enlarging the bearing bore to 16mm thus allowing greater strength (although minimal) and the option to go 8mm x 16mm x 5 mm for the 8mm Supermaxx cvd's. The more significant value of the 6x16x5 bearing is availability and selection in the bearing marketplace.

I thought about upgrading the rpm knuckles to 16.. I think a lathe and a holder would serve a good purpose here.. Or perhaps a simple reamer does the job allready.

Yeah, I neglected it on purpose, since I thought there were no UE knuckles that would accept the the 6x15x5mm bearings. I bought these bearings from Acer Racing in ceramic form. I had to make some 1mm sleeves for them inorder to fit them in the RacerX knuckles.:p

yeah, you posted a pic of those sleeves. No issues with them? they don't pop out?

For better or worse my generation version of Racer-X has 15mm but the rest is equal to the current model. I even have the "High Impact" lower front arms.

They dont pop out at all. Like they were created exclusively for the racer x knuckles.

if they don't use a flanged side, they will go out, unless they are pressed/loctide in place... no way around it.

@procharged. they can be made 16mm. it is doable.

Yeah, they snug in the holes very tight.

did you need a press to put them in place then?

There is some resistance when you put them inside the knuckles.
Its extremely difficult to take them out once they're in.

Well.. I couldn't get Mike's attention... but The guy at Kershaw's gonna build one out of the dragonplate Carbon FIber for me..... I hope it looks nice... I should be gettin' it in 3 to 4 weeks.... Dragonplate is so beautiful... and so strong....;)

What is dragonplate aqwut?

Ah, yes.. now i remember.. the company that ignored my emails....

did they really ignore it.... they ignored mine too, untill I ordered the sample pack... and it's pretty tough... I didn't think it was worth it... but it's cool... so I order the 1/8" thickness 12 x 18 Sheet ($108).... I hope The guy at Kershaw does a nice job on the chassis.... cuz that's an expensive sheet... and $370 for the chassis, center drive system with slipper, motor mount... I wish I could give that money to Mike instead. ;)

they listed it as 200 psi.. so to me, it seems pretty tough....

Good to hear i am not the only one they ignored, i figured their samplepack was overrated in price..

i don't deal with companies that 'loose' two of my emails..