Little update:
The selfmade CFK centershaft did not hold up, it broke. Strange thing is, that it happened during normal driving, no crash or something.
Have replaced it now with a stock centershaft, seems to hold up now with the chassis brace.
Then I made a new front wing from an 1/8th buggy wing and removed the Stampede Bumper. Doesn't look too good IMHO, but I think it makes more downforce.
Apart from that no defects or issues or crashes, it just runs. What I really like about the Slash drivetrain is that there are no drivecups (like on 1/8th scale buggys) that tend to wear down and are pricey and work intensive when they need replacement. Only part that wears down is the centershaft, but that is cheap and easy to replace.
Also found the reason for the bad straight line stability, it was the old servo I took from a TT MT4G3 which didn't center precisely anymore. Replaced it with a TT DS1015, much better now. Also experimented with toe-in on the frontwheels, which worsened steering so now I'm back to 0 degrees. Maybe I'll try
a little toe-out sometime to see what happens then.
Mounted a sway bar kit, seems to make a difference, the car rolls less now, but I guess I need some thicker wire to accomodate for the increased weight in comparison to a stock Slash.
The GRP S3 tires make nice traction but don't last too long, after about 10 packs they were almost done. But I must say I let the tires spin a lot.
Funny detail: Found two dead flies inside the rims, seems like they have been sucked-in somehow.
Body is now airtight from the underside, made some foam-thingies out of a touring-car bumper and also put some foam to the sides of the chassis to seal everything.
Put the mobius cam on the rear shocktower, but didn't turn out good, videos are too shakey, need to mount it firmer somehow.
As I am getting more practice, I begin to feel really safe while driving it, I can make 20 80+ mph passes in a row without breaking a sweat, in my opinion it is superior to the XO-1 in any way apart from looks. Better acceleration, better braking, and the most important thing, it's actually driveable and controllable on non-perfect roads. Even when it looses traction it's still controllable. And I can go through a full pack without heat issues.
The braking distance is really short, under 100feet from 90mph.
RTR weight with GRP tires as on the photos (but without cam) is 3572g now.
