Missed You all DM-1 E spec

[bruce750i]

I have my ch1 end points at 50% to avoid the u-joints binding at full lock.

A fellow Ofna fiend I know mounted a Xo-1 wing up nicely, if your not looking for a ton of DF.

Your painting skillz are off the hook! How do you get that solid black color look?

[jayjay283]

yeah Bruce I have my epa at 60% (airtronics mx3fhss) never messed with that trim really with the monster trucks but this car will turn until it messes it up. I just rattle can sprayed it with pactra black metallic. I was going to do the roof scoop and side scoops with yellow. I went to hobby town by me for the black metallic and after paying $7 each for 2 cans thought I'd use an old yellow I had, it was clogged so I stuck a pin in the nozzle and got some in my eye and gave up with the yellow/ The Bandit was painted by a pro at Venture Hobbies in Illinois. Its Friday wonder of the gang will be at Kohls parking lot tonight. May be time to bang it up

[bruce750i]

It turned out good anyways. Darn yellow! I just have a few things masked off right now on my body. I need to make sometime this weekend to mess it up. Did you figure out how to mount the side bumpers yet? Was anybody at Khols last night?

[jhautz]

Since you posted some pictures I thought I would too. I acually found a really good deal on a hobbywing motor and esc so I grabbed it and put it in this thing. Haven't run it yet but it's ready to go. Maybe next Friday I'll grad out to the kohls parking lot with it.

[jhautz]

One thing about this kit is the stock motor mount sucks IMO. I think I'm gonna pick up the RCM mount for this thing.

[jayjay283]

Bruce no I've held the side mounts to the car for a good couple hours (no I really don't have anything better to do) My wife's cool and lets me use the coffee table as a RC workshop/laptop station for a few days a week. I have a 1/5th it took me a year to put the side mounts on. Looks like we have to belt sand them down about 1/2 thickness an drill a few holes. Didn't go to Kohls it's too cold for fun, sat in PJs. Jhautz thats almost what I had really wanted for the body but the top roof some metallic blue. Pay you to paint my next one. Bill at IGT hunted me down one of those silver ofna nitro porshe bodies. Always wanted one. Well always wanted a real porsche but this may be more fun

[jayjay283]

Originally Posted by jhautz

One thing about this kit is the stock motor mount sucks IMO. I think I'm gonna pick up the RCM mount for this thing.

I am running 18/46 I had to dremel a bit off the fins of the gear holder, but the mount is crap. I was looking at Mikes too that will fit the 1/8th ? That 1/7th out there makes buying stuff for this a bit of a pain

NativePaul, Yeah these are standard 1/8th for ofna, kyosho gt1 etc, Kyosho came out with the GT2 which is a bit longer. Ive used a heat gun to soften the body and tuck the sides in a bit on 1/5th scale

[jhautz]

Originally Posted by jayjay283

I am running 18/46 I had to dremel a bit off the fins of the gear holder, but the mount is crap. I was looking at Mikes too that will fit the 1/8th ? That 1/7th out there makes buying stuff for this a bit of a pain

Did you replace the center gear? Or put in a center diff? The stock spur is a 49T. I was thinking about going to a smaller spur on mine, but haven't gotten around to it yet. I have it set up with 18/49 gearing and that's as tall as the stock motor mount will allow. I know it will be fast enough with the 2000kv motor and 6s but I would actually like to be able to get a few more teeth on there for speed runs.

The older 1/7 dm-1 is totally compatable with the newer spec length car. Only difference is chassis length is longer on the old one (longere rear center dog bone) and the rear shocks are the lay down style like the front shocks instead of the stand up rear on the newer spec 1/8 version. I actually have both cars. I converted the original longer dm1 years ago and still have it and I just got this car because it was a good deal and I just wanted something new.